Authors
Jaap Robben
Jaap Robben (1984) is a poet, playwright, performer, and acclaimed children’s author. You Have Me to Love, his first novel for adults, has received international glowing reviews and is the winner of the 2014 Dutch Booksellers Award, the Dioraphte Prize, and the ANV Award for best Dutch debut. To date, the novel has sold over 50,000 copies in the Netherlands and is available in ten languages. You Have Me to Love is currently being adapted into an English-language film. Robben was chosen as one of the featured debut authors at the 2018 Brooklyn Book Festival.
Books
Events
1 Apr
Voices of Europe: Summer Brother
Dutch novelist Jaap Robben talks about his latest work Summer Brother, a story of a dislocated family and of brotherly love.
16 Oct
Summer Brother – Jaap Robben in conversation with Tara Tobler
Jaap Robben is a well-loved writer in The Netherlands. His novel Summer Brother, an honest and tender story of brotherly love, was longlisted for the International Booker Prize.
14 Oct
Brotherly Bonds
Jaap Robben and Jodie Chapman talk to Cathy Rentzenbrink about the powerful brotherly bonds at the heart of their books.
19 Jul
Jaap Robben & Lize Spit
Novelists Jaap Robben and Lize Spit will be in conversation with Dutch-English translator Michele Hutchison. The event will also feature readings by David Doherty who translated Jaap's novel Summer Brother into English and Kristen Gehrman, the translator of Lize's novel The Melting.
17 Mar
The Dutch Riveter
The Dutch Riveter launches with a literary cabaret of readings, discussion, live drawing and music in partnership with The British Library.