New Dutch Writing

10 October 2025

New Dutch Writing is a high-profile promotional campaign by the Dutch Foundation for Literature, to promote Dutch writing in translation in the UK and Ireland and to nurture the next generation of translators.

It includes fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels, children’s and poetry books, celebrating the work of translators and capitalising on the burgeoning interest in international literature among UK readers while engaging them in a stimulating, cross cultural debate. The campaign launched in July 2019 and continues through into 2025 and includes over 150 author events at a range of festivals and literature venues nationwide, featuring Dutch writers in conversation with their British counterparts. 

Upcoming events

  • 2 April 2025
    Sjeng Scheijen's The Avant-Gardists
    Artists in Revolt in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union 1917–1935
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  • 6 April 2025
    Jan Brokken's Baltic Souls
    Remarkable Life Stories from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
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Past events

  • 13 October 2025
    Marije Tolman - Crafting Characters
    Crafting Characters Workshop with Marije Tolman at Cheltenham Literature Festival

  • 12 October 2025
    Lord of the Flies launch with Aimée de Jongh
    Lord of the Flies launch with Aimée de Jongh at Manchester Literature Festival

  • 11 October 2025
    Aimée de Jongh's Lord of the Flies
    Aimée de Jongh's adapatation of William Golding's Lord of the Flies at Cheltenham Literature Festival