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.
Past events
6 April 2025
Jan Brokken's Baltic Souls
Remarkable Life Stories from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania2 April 2025
Sjeng Scheijen's The Avant-Gardists
Artists in Revolt in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union 1917–193513 October 2024
Marije Tolman - Crafting Characters
Crafting Characters Workshop with Marije Tolman at Cheltenham Literature Festival12 October 2024
Lord of the Flies launch with Aimée de Jongh
Lord of the Flies launch with Aimée de Jongh at Manchester Literature Festival11 October 2024
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