Enne Koens

Enne Koens (b. 1974) made her debut in 2007 with the adult novel Tot alles gezegd is (Until Everything Is Said). She originally worked in the theatre but has made a name for herself as a writer of psychological children’s books that are characterised by their light tone. Koens made her debut as a children’s author with the highly acclaimed Vogel (2011). Her next book, Sammie en opa (2013), won a Vlag en Wimpel, and Hotel Bonbien (2015) was nominated for the Flemish Boekenleeuw award. In 2017 Koens received the Charlotte Köhler Stipendium as a promising early-career author. Ik ben Vincent en ik ben niet bang (2017) was nominated for the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis and Die zomer met Jente (2019) won a Vlag en Wimpel.

Hotel Bonbien

(Luitingh-Sijthoff, 2015, 192 pages)

After the fabulous Sammie en opa (Sammy and Grandpa, 2013), Hotel Bonbien is Enne Koens’ second brilliant book for readers of eight and up. This is a warm and appealing story about ten-year-old Siri, who is worried that her parents, who run a roadside hotel on the N19 trunk road in France, are heading for divorce.

I’m Vincent and I’m Not Afraid

(Luitingh-Sijthoff, 2017, 184 pages)

You could describe this as a classic book about bullying, but that would be doing a disservice to Enne Koens’s talent as a writer. In lucid language, she has penned a very moving story.

You Can See the Whole World from Here

(Luitingh-Sijthoff, 2021, 216 pages)

Enne Koens’s new book reads like a detective novel, with the author deftly casting out the lines of her story. Once again, she has written a sensitive children’s novel full of colourful figures.

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Enne Koens

Hotel Bonbien

I’m Vincent and I’m Not Afraid

You Can See the Whole World from Here

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