COC Nijmegen and Foundation Lesbian Reading together organize

Literary city walk Nijmegen

Sunday, May 3, 2009 | start Villa Lila | room open 12:30
start 13.00h

On Sunday, May 3rd you can make a city walk through the Nijmegen lesbian history, with at unexpected moments and surprising places a meeting with writers Minke Douwesz, Anja de Crom, Rianne Witte and Saskia van Leendert.

Signing up for the Literary city walk Nijmegen can be done until April 19th at the bookstore ‘de Feeks’ and at www.lesbischlezen.nl. A participation certificate costs € 5 =. Please be quick, because full = full.

Who can you meet?

Saskia van Leendert (1972) tries to capture the everyday reality in understandable poetry. Her poems have a strong expressive power and are driven by a palpable desire. Lightness, nostalgia, profundity and mollification come together in a raw and sometimes outdated reality. In May she will present her debut collection Hoe zij mij leest. Perhaps you know Saskia from the literary evening of the Lesbian Festival 2007.

Minke Douwesz (1962) works as a psychiatrist. In 2003 she debuted with the major novel Strikt, which experienced four editions and became third in the election Best lesbian books ever. Her second book, Weg, is released in April and tells about ending a relationship.

Anja de Crom (1964) is writer and journalist. She wrote together with Esther Bremer the "boarding school novels" Pitty to college and Artemis hunting. In 2006 her novel appeared, Villa Volta (2006), a cheerful story about love, friendship and squatting in houses, which was second in the election Best lesbian book ever. The successor Halsoverkop will be released at the end of April, and is a humorous and fast paced written story about loyalty, friendship and large sums of money.

Rianne White (Texel, 1972) won with her short story Moeders the second prize in the story contest of the Lesbian Festival 2007. Schijn, hoop en liefde is her debut novel. The first chapter appeared previously as short story in the collection The tango salon and other love stories about women’s love (LaVita Publishing, 2008).

This activity is sponsored by the bookstore De Feeks, women documentation centre De Feeks, Central Library The Mariënburg and Villa Lila

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