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Events November/December

Friday, October 29th, 2010

All November:  NaNoWriMo! Write a 50000 word novel in 30 days!

Tuesday, November 2nd: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham will be talking about his sixth and latest book, By Nightfall, at the University of Amsterdam from 20.00 hrs onwards.  See the John Adams Institute website for all the details.

Friday, November 5th: Urban artist King Adz will visit Hotel V to sign his newest book Street Knowledge, from 17.00 – 19.00 hrs.  See the separate blog post with all the details, and who to mail to sign up for the event.

Saturday, November 6th: Authors Zia Kohn and Joyce Lagerweij come to ABC Amsterdam to present their book Concrete Messages, from 15.00 hrs onwards.  See the separate blog post for all the details.

Wednesday, November 10th: ABC is in the Wild!  We will be at Paard van Troje in Den Haag to support the concert given by Nneka in honor of the activist Ken Saro-Wiwa (and also to sell his books, of course), starting at 18.3o hrs.

Wednesday November 17th – Saturday November 20th: The Crossing Border Festival will take place in Den Haag.  This mish-mash of musicians and authors has been a long-standing feature of the cultural agenda in Den Haag, and this year promises not to disappoint, either.  Artists scheduled to appear are Rufus Wainwright, Wim de Bie, DBC Pierre, Roddy Doyle, Anna Driver, Jamie Lidell, and Michael Madsen, to name a very few.

Thursday, November 18th: Pianist Lang Lang will present his autobiography Journey of a Thousand Miles (and play a little?) at De Rode Hoed in Amsterdam, starting at 20.00 hrs.  See the John Adams Institute website for all the details.

Thursday, November 25th: Thanksgiving Day!

Tuesday, November 30th: Tattoo artist extraordinaire Kat Von D will be at ABC Amsterdam to sign her newest book The Tattoo Chronicles, from 18.00 – 20.00 hrs.  See the separate post for all the details.

Tuesday, November 30th: Watch the TEDx Amsterdam conference live at the ABC Treehouse in Amsterdam!  It’s free, but first come, first serve, so get there early if you want to catch the lectures.  See the separate post for all the details.

Wednesday, December 1st: Author Lionel Shriver will visit Spui25 in Amsterdam at the invitation of the John Adams Institute.  Her gut-wrenching novel We Need to Talk About Kevin won the Orange Prize in 2005, and her latest, So Much For That, has been shortlisted for this year’s National Book Award.  Go see her!  See the John Adams website for more information.

Thursday, December 2nd: Author Wladimir Kaminer will visit Border Kitchen in Den Haag in honor of the Dutch translation of his latest novel Es gab keinen Sex im Sozialismus.  As far as I can see only one of his books has so far been translated into English: Russian Disco.  See the Border Kitchen website for more information.

Thursday, December 2nd: Palestinian Ambassador Afif Safieh will sign his book The Peace Process: From Breakthrough to Breakdown at the ABC in Den Haag from 19.30 – 20.30 hrs.  See the separate blog post for all the details.

Saturday, December 4th: And again!  Palestinian Ambassador Afif Safieh will present and sign his book The Peace Process: From Breakthrough to Breakdown, this time at the ABC Treehouse in Amsterdam, from 13.30 until 17.00 hrs.  See the separate blog post for all the details.

Tuesday, December 14th: Filmmaker Spike Lee will visit Amsterdam at the invitation of the John Adams Institute.  Not much information is available right now about what he will be presenting or talking about (I’m guessing it might have to do something with Spike Lee: Do The Right Thing, a book published in December in honor of the 20th anniversary of the game-changing movie of the same name), but visit their website for updates.

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ABC Meets: Kat von D

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

An Exclusive ABC Event in Co-Operation with Hotel V

People can’t get enough of Kat Von D, the charismatic star of TLC’s LA Ink and one of the world’s most sought-after tattoo artists. In 2009 she released her first book High Voltage Tattoo, which became an immediate New York Times bestseller.

In her gorgeous new book, The Tattoo Chronicles, Kat offers an intimate look at a pivotal year in her personal and professional life through an illustrated diary that begins in spring 2008 and ends in summer 2009.

Visually stunning and unique in its design from page to page, The Tattoo Chronicles is jam-packed with tons of Kat’s images, from sketches of her tattoos to the finished works, and candid shots of friends, family, and her many unusual personal collections—all photographed by Kat herself. Fans will love reading about her array of clients from all walks of life, including Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister, Dave Navarro, and members of Metallica, Green Day, Kings of Leon, and the Eagles as much as they will love seeing new photographs of Kat that were taken specifically for the book.

ABC is thrilled to announce Kat von D will be signing her new book at ABC Amsterdam on Tuesday November 30th, from 6pm to 8pm. Interest in this event is high: to make sure that you can attend, sign up here.

(Our usual book siging rule  rule applies: Please do not present anything other than a copy of The Tattoo Chronicles for signing. ONLY the book will be signed. No scraps of paper, items of clothing,  posters, or body parts, no matter how attractive, will be autographed.)

Updated info Nov 23rd:  You don’t need to bring your invitation email, but DO bring your book!  We’re expecting a lot of people (latest count lies around 400) so be sure you SIGN UP (see above).  The event starts at 18.00 but you might want to think about lining up earlier than that; first come first served!

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ABC Meets: Tattooist Henk Schiffmacher

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Henk ‘Panky’ Schiffmacher is a painter, writer, collector, world traveler… but he’s best known as Holland’s most famous tattoo-artist. (So famous that he’s the answer to a question in the Dutch edition of Trivial Pursuit!)

He is internationally recognized as one of the best around. The Encyclopedia for the Art and History of Tattooing is Schiffmacher’s phenomenal magnum opus, which will be published on May 15th.

This 500-page full-color lexicon reveals the rich history and meaning of the tattoo, the ermine-lined cloak of the working classes. An absolute must-have for any tattoo collector!

The Encyclopedia for the Art and History of Tattooing is like  the fallen bookcase in Henk’s head,  full of facts, technical terms, anecdotes, tall stories and quirky details, and is filled with an endless parade of heroes and villains from the tattoo world.

Henk’s head has now been alphabetically ordered in a sumptuous book full of illustrations. Now, at last, the art of the tattoo has the encyclopedia it has always deserved.

The great man will be signing the English-language edition of his new book, Encyclopedia for The Art and History of Tattooing, on Saturday May 15, at 15:00 in our Amsterdam store.

It promises to be one of our most interesting book launches ever.

Date: Saturday May 15
Time: 3pm
Place: The American Book Center, Amsterdam

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Author Events in December

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

sinterklaasstoryWednesday December 2nd: Author Maike Mehlert and illustrator Rachelle Meyer will introduce their book A Sinterklaas Story at the ABC Treehut in Den Haag from 14.30 – 15.30 hrs.  The event is free, so we hope you can join us.  See more information here.

Thursday December 3rd: Jane Alison, author the memoir of The Sisters Antipodes, will be at the Balie in Amsterdam at 20.00 hrs at the invitation of the John Adams Institute.  For information about tickets, please click here.

mywonderfulworldoffashionFriday December 11th:  Nina Chakrabarti, author of My Wonderful World of Fashion, will give an interview and sign her book at the ABC Treehouse in Amsterdam.  She will sign her books from 17.00 hrs onwards, and the interview is from 19.00 – 20.00 hrs.  Please make a reservation.

tattoomystiqueSaturday December 12th:  Artist and tattooist Angelique Houtkamp will be signing her new book Tattoo Mystique at the ABC Amsterdam store from 15.00 – 18.00 hrs.  We hope to see you there!

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Lit Links: July 15th 2008

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

tatoo.jpgWhat do Kurt Vonnegut, Sylvia Plath, Ernest Hemingway and the Bible have in common? They’re among body art’s most quoted. (I’ll bet a book comes out of this website in the future. I’d buy it! In the meantime, you might like this one. ) Which quote would you want to have inked into your skin? How about:

“Would you kill him in his bed? Thrust a dagger through his head? I would not, could not, kill the King. I could not do that evil thing. I would not wed this girl, you see. Now get her to a nunnery.” From Green Eggs and Hamlet and other delightful merged books.

If you bought a copy of the scanimation bestseller Gallop, and have had the urge to take it apart to see how it works, try this.

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