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With Bibi Dumon Tak and Nikki Dekker
Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 20:30-22:00
Central Library, Podium B, Spui 68, 2511 BT The Hague
Each January, Writers Unlimited organizes the Writers Unlimited International Literature Festival The Hague (Dates: January 23–26, 2025) and hosts monthly Writers Series events throughout the year at various locations in The Hague, including the Central Library.
Her debut novel, diepdiepblauw (2022), was awarded the CCS Crone Stipendium and was nominated for the Bronzen Uil (shortlist) and De Boon (longlist). In her work, she explores in an accessible way how we can think differently about ourselves and the world.
Writers Series: Humans and Animals in Literature. Since 2019, she has written about how space can help us view earth differently, highlighted by her essay Wat is ruimte waard for the Month of Philosophy 2023, published by De Correspondent.
De Volkskrant named her the literary talent of 2023. Marjolijn van Heemstra will lead the conversation.
Bibi Dumon Tak (Rotterdam, 1964) debuted in 2001 with Het koeienboek, a non-fiction book for children about cows. Previously, Nikki published essays and poetry in her chapbook een voorwerp dat nog leeft (2018).
Many books would follow, mostly non-fiction for children, especially about animals. She also writes books for adults, among which Rotjongens caused a stir.
In September 2024, her second book, Graafdier (De Bezige Bij), was published, where she digs a tunnel through the Dutch landscape, specifically the region of De Groote Peel.
Can authors give a voice to non-human animals? by Annemarie van Haeringen. After that fatal fall, her house at the edge of the forest remains abandoned. Do we see the world differently through the eyes of an animal? With each object identified, Marthe becomes more complete. What is the relationship between humans and animals?
The conversation will be moderated by poet, writer, theater maker, journalist, and podcast creator Marjolijn van Heemstra.
While Earthworm prioritizes education over pontification—their lecture on the anaconda glows with admiration—most presenters use the spotlight to vent, dish, brag (Snow Leopard presents on its own species), or provoke the scholastically disinclined and often heckling crowd. The deeper she goes, the further back in time she travels, encountering creatures like the mole cricket, sundials, and the vertebrae of whales, going back 300 million years.
For her work, she received various awards, such as the Gouden Griffel for Winterdieren, the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs for Vandaag houd ik mijn spreekbeurt over de anaconda, and the Theo Thijssenprijs for her complete oeuvre. Fox’s report on geese relishes the subjects’ deliciousness in graphic detail, prompting an actual goose to retort: “How can you sleep after all the murders you’ve committed of members of my family?” Howler Monkey’s unicorn presentation sparks accusations of fabrication while other comments frequently masquerade as questions: after Fruit Fly’s talk on scarlet lily beetles, Donkey declares, “If I had to choose between walking under a poop blanket or dying, I think I’d rather die.” Irreverent text nails the mood of a classroom discussion in free fall, while mixed-media sketches offer stylish visual contrast to the comedic chaos.