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Salomon Kroonenberg

Salomon Kroonenberg, Dutch writer

The Dutch programme at the International Book Fair in Beijing was cunn... >>> read more

Henk Pröpper

Henk Pröpper, Director Dutch Foundation for Literature

In two weeks’ time, the official opening of one of the largest b... >>> read more

Kai Kang

Kai Kang, Journalist China Reading Weekly

Dear Dutch publishers. The book fair is over. Perhaps you’ll now... >>> read more

Ingrid and Dieter Schubert

Ingrid and Dieter Schubert, Dutch illustrators

The days are full and long. We are incessantly bombarded with impressi... >>> read more

Michele Hutchison

Michele Hutchison, Editor De Arbeiderspers

Arriving on the stand on the first day, I’d asked a Chinese visi... >>> read more

Michele Hutchison

Michele Hutchison, Editor De Arbeiderspers

Big excitement today since we were finally meeting with Songyu from Fl... >>> read more

Ingrid and Dieter Schubert

Ingrid and Dieter Schubert, Dutch illustrators

It’s now the third day, and the first one with plenty of sun. Un... >>> read more

Kai Kang

Kai Kang, Journalist China Reading Weekly

What a great opportunity to learn about the Dutch literature for Chine... >>> read more

Salomon Kroonenberg

Salomon Kroonenberg, Dutch writer

A duck flies to and fro over the vast expanses of world ocean, despera... >>> read more

Michele Hutchison

Michele Hutchison, Editor De Arbeiderspers

‘In the era of browsing, we provide reading.’ - Slogan see... >>> read more

Michele Hutchison

Michele Hutchison, Editor De Arbeiderspers

The jewel in the crown of our collection of Arbeiderspers titles publi... >>> read more

Michele Hutchison

Michele Hutchison, Editor De Arbeiderspers

The Chinese publishers I have met during the course of my career, the ... >>> read more

Salomon Kroonenberg

Salomon Kroonenberg, Dutch writer

I have so far never been to a book fair. Nor do I know what to imagine... >>> read more

Kai Kang

Kai Kang, Journalist China Reading Weekly

Since 2006, I began writing about the Netherlands’ performance a... >>> read more

Henk Pröpper

Henk Pröpper, Director Dutch Foundation for Literature

Now that the fair is just round the corner, this is perhaps the moment... >>> read more

Michele Hutchison

Michele Hutchison, Editor De Arbeiderspers

The traffic in Beijing is horrendous, I’m sure the other blogger... >>> read more

Thomas Möhlmann

Thomas Möhlmann, Staff member Dutch Foundation for Literature

What an evening the poets and the approximately 200 onlookers present ... >>> read more


Querido

Querido

Dutch bookseller Emanuel Querido founded his publishing house in 1915.

Since 2010 Querido is part of Singel 262 Publishers (together with Nijgh & Van Ditmar and Athenaeum Publishers).Throughout the years, Querido has specialized in high-quality Dutch fiction and poetry. Hella S. Haasse, Thomas Rosenboom, Bernlef, Toon Tellegen, Matthijs van Boxsel and Tomas Lieske are only a few of our award-winning authors. In recent years translations of foreign literature have been added to our list. We have recently published Elfriede Jelinek, Edward P. Jones, David Mitchell, Patrick Modiano, Wieslaw Myśliwski, Daniel Kehlmann and Marlene van Niekerk.

Website: www.querido.nl

Querido Children’s Books

Querido started a children’s book list in 1971, with the publication of Pluk van de Petteflet by Annie M.G. Schmidt and Fiep Westendorp, now an all-time classic. Soon other award-winning authors and illustrators joined Querido, among them Guus Kuijer, Toon Tellegen, Joke van Leeuwen, Hans Hagen, Marit Törnqvist, Francine Oomen, Sieb Posthuma, Bart Moeyaert and Marjolein Hof. Foreign authors and illustrators whose work has recently been published by Querido are David Almond, Aidan Chambers, Timothéé de Fombelle, Cornelia Funke and Shaun Tan.

Website: www.queridokinderenjeugdboeken.nl
Contact: Dik Zweekhorst (at the fair) or Luciënne van der Leije (Rights Manager)

Contact: mr Emile op de Coul: rights@singel262.nl

Dutch publishers and fellow organisations at the Beijing Book Fair 2011