• The day everything changed

    The day everything changed is a graphic novel-style anthology that tells 10 personal histories of October 7 2023.

    • Pros: deeply personal stories are touching, great art, educational, a tribute to the human spirit.
    • Cons: -.
    • 5 / 5

    The stories focus on hope and resilience, it’s not about despair or hate. It’s about finding light in the darkest of times. The book truly illustrates the power of an optimistic spirit.

    Excellent use of the graphic format to tell ten deeply personal stories. They offer interesting insights about people, feelings, thoughts and region.

  • A kid from Marlboro Road

    A novel by Edward Burns about Irish Catholic migrants. The first of a trilogy.

    • Pros: great historic coming of age story, fiction but really good story.
    • Cons: mediocre writing, a lot of foul language.
    • 3 / 5

  • War Up Close

    It’s the titel of a play by Ksenia Marasanova, directed by Paul Dekker. In Dutch: “Zij zagen Oorlog“. I produce the show and helped with some texts. War Up Close shows war from all angles, through the eyes of people that are about to make a choice and have to live with the consequences.

    Ksenia takes you into the lives of people from different backgrounds. They all have good intentions and need to make a decision. It never goes dark and the curtain never closes. Ksenia transforms from one person into the next. It’s theater, so everything happens right before your eyes. You see it, you feel it.

    Final 2025 shows: Emmen, Groningen, Antwerpen, Almelo and Helmond.

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