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THE BOOKISH PLAZA Ezine BOOKISH PLAZA eZINE nr. 26, February 2014 BOOKISH PLAZA “a good read @ a great price” EVENTS BOOKISH PLAZA @ 30 March 2014 ARUBADAG De Broodfabriek Rijswijk Content Welcome to Bookish Plaza eZine P.1 ‘Nameless’ in the Picture P.3 Literary News P.1 New Arrivals P.3 Events P.2 Soon for Sale P.4 INTERVIEW with Jermin Bell P.2 What is BookIsh Publishers? P.4 1 februari 2014 Read my World WELCOME TO THE BOOKISH PLAZA eZINE Bijlmer Parktheater, Amsterdam Interview with Jermin Bell Zuid-Oost Start at 20.00 pm Still a fresh new outlook on BookIsh Some interesting books at New Entrance fee € 8,50 Plaza eZine. Hope you like it! Arrivals, like Amatmoekrim’s, by LITERARY NEWS critics assumed, controversial work A new feature this time is Literary Till 5 February 2014 on Suriname’s hero and leader News with the new winner of the Poeziëweek Anton de Kom. Soon for Sale VSB Poetry Prize. Different venues Like promised we have an inspiring brings some beautiful work for you interview with Aruban poet Jermin to read and listen. 7 februari 2014 Bell, who was so kind to give us a Don’t forget to send us your Boekpresentatie sneak peek into his writings. literary event dates. Have a fine Gentleman in slavernij Our Events calendar with literary read! Thank you for reading the (historical novel by Janny de dates for your convenience with eZine and do share it with others. Heer) outstanding acts of writers. Start at 18.00 pm The Aruban born, Netherlands based I could tell everyone what my hobbies were. The BookIsh Plaza Team Bibliotheek CCS Jermin Bell made his debut last year with Sure enough I mentioned a couple of my The Dutch writer and poet Antoine Antoine de Kom is of mixed Dutch- Soldatenstraat, Paramaribo ATTENTION! his poetry book Nameless. Time to know hobbies and I also said “writing”. My teacher de Kom (57) is the winner of the Surinamese descent and a much more about this young poet. got very excited; she explained that her 11 February 2014 VSB Poetry Prize 2014. He gets the grandson of Anton de Kom, the husband was also a writer. But I actually meant Bijlmer Boekt Could you tell us when and why you began Do you want to publish your annual Dutch Award for his poetry famous Surinamese nationalist and writing words in different handwriting. But writing? collection Ritmisch zonder string resistance fighter. De Kom spent Start at 20.00 pm Luipaardweg 56 literary events and/or literary when I got back home I wrote my first piece Bijlmerparktheater, Amsterdam 1338 CG Almere Flevoland news in the BookIsh Plaza eZine? (2013) [Rhythmic without a much of his youth in Suriname. It was on an afternoon after I had gotten and it was a letter to God asking Him “why” he The Netherlands Zuidoost This is your chance! Just send us Thong], the jury announced last Witness to this are his first two back home from the first day of summer had taken my mom when I was only 12. 0031 036 844258 th Entrance € 13,50 your copy and poster (jpg format) Wednesday January 29 at the poetry collections Tropen (1991) school. I remember that my teacher asked [email protected] th www.bookishplaza.com before the 25 of every month at awards ceremony in the City Hall and De kilte in Brasilia (1995). me to introduce myself to the class and if [email protected] of Rotterdam. Soon for sale @ BookIsh Plaza. BookIsh Plaza Ezine nr.26, February 2014 page 2 Nameless In the Picture BOOKISH BOOKISH PLAZA eZINE nr. 26, February 2014 finished helping Rosabelle publish ‘The ultimate PLAZA her first collection of poems. I told message would be ONDERNEMINGSRAAD 2012 her that she was crazy and I didn’t that by going “a good read @ believe that anyone was going to be inside of your interested in reading my writings. Soon for Sale a great price” But she was the one that planted heart and cleaning the seed of inspiration and about it you will grow as < 10 years later, she asked me again a human being.’ to let her know when I was ready to publish my collection after I had NEW ARRIVALS posted a piece on to facebook, I was English € 15,00 De man van veel Hoe Nanzi de koning beetnam Iets meer dan een seizoen ready and so we started working on Karin Amatmoekrim Nilda Pinto (red.) Stephan Sanders Nameless. You made your debut in 2013 In december 1939 wordt een Tweetalig Nederlands- 25 jaar... zo lang duurde de with the collection of In Nameless the writings/poems writings/poems Nameless. What Surinaamse man gedwongen Papiaments boek met 32 vriendschap tussen Stephan are divided into three themes, Carlito ta bay keiro opgenomen in een Haags verhalen over Nanzi de spin Sanders en Anil Ramdas. Ze inspired you to write this book? Romance, Spirituality and Identity. Jerry Franca gesticht. Aanvankelijk lijkt hij - die niet alleen de koning betraden bijna tegelijk het Could you tell us how this came to After I had written “Why” I op zijn afkomst na - niet veel beetneemt, maar ook de tijger, openbare debat, ze waren be? burned this piece as a symbol of information from deep within drop me a line of facebook or via anders dan de andere de duivel en zelfs zijn vriendin. beiden geëngageerd, en me. my website www.jerminbell.com me mailing this letter to God. I I felt as if I should guide my readers patiënten. Het boek gaat over Verhalen die een geheel eigen, maakten samen het have no recollection of what I in some sort of way when reading de waanzin van een man wiens authentieke sfeer ademen. televisieprogramma Het Which writer(s) have most Can you share a little of your wrote in this piece. I only “Nameless”. When you read my plannen te groot lijken voor Zowel voor volwassenen als Blauwe Licht. Maar ook in hun influenced your life? current work with us? remember asking a lot of work you will understand why. The deze wereld waarin we leven. voor kinderen vanaf ca. 5 jaar. verschillen deden ze niet voor questions. After some time I categories were chosen from my Well, I have read many books in I am helping a friend of mine elkaar onder. started receiving answers to my own experiences with the given my short life. The first book I ever write his life story. His story is Dutch € 19,95 Dutch/Papiamentu € 19,50 Dutch € 15,90 questions, which I put on paper, categories, and I vividly remember read, when I was 12 or 13 was very inspiring. He was brought up . because I thought they were when I was writing them I felt as if I “conversations with God” by in a home with a violent father, Visie, passie en lef René Zwart beautiful and I wanted to keep was reading a “self help book”. So Neale Donald Walsch. This book lived on the streets and got out of What is BookIsh Plaza! the answers so that I wouldn’t that is the feeling I want to provide truly made me delve into a new these situations triumphantly. forget them. Years after I shared to my readers. consciousness and opened the Thank you to Jermin Bell for this BookIsh Plaza sells fiction and non-fiction books online. We are specialized in one of my pieces with the mom of gates of my heart to allow Is there anything you find inspiring interview. (Caribbean) literature and poetry, but we also have books on history, politics, a very good author friend of mine, inspiration to heal everything in particularly challenging in your sociology and children’s books among others. Rosabelle Illes, and she it. encouraged me to publish my writing? Photos by Robin de Vogel BookIsh Plaza also has a collection of second hand books from novels to own collection. She had just Which book are you reading Yes, having to constantly have a Illustration by Marco Biemans non-fiction and social sciences books. right now or planning to read BookIsh Publishers clean and open heart so that my Savaneta Alegre (cd) next? And why? Tipico Perla BookIsh Plaza inspiration can flow freely. It’s an SNEAK PEEK BookIsh Publishers is a small BookIsh Publishers and BookIsh Plaza are part of the BookIsh Group. ongoing process. It requires me I’m reading “Aleph” by Paolo eZine February 2014 publishing house that publishes Promote your Culture through Books keeping up to date with the latest Coelho. I’m reading it because work of Caribbean authors living in Interview ? findings in spirituality and Betty got very excited reading the the Netherlands. Check out our FREE ezine send e-mail to New Arrivals meditating a lot. And by a lot I mean book. She keeps me up to date Guidelines for Manuscripts! everyday. I think we, as human, And Many More …. 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