Short writing about books worth reading
Trema publishes one book recommendation per month, written by me, Daniël van der Winden.
I’m drawn to books that make small worlds feel enormous—often in translation, often slim, rarely what you’d call a page-turner; the compressed fury of Natalia Ginzburg, the waking thoughts of Claire-Louise Bennett, or the wandering eye of Teju Cole.
By profession I’m a software designer; by inclination, I’m a reader and a writer. I write in English and in Dutch.
For commissions, you can email me.
Trema is the Dutch word for the diaeresis—the two dots above a vowel that tell you to slow down and pronounce each syllable. A small mark that changes how you hear a word.
Colophon
This website runs on Ghost, an open-source publishing platform. The theme is custom, designed and built by myself. Typography is set in Degular by Oh No Type Co. for headings, and Foster Type’s Blanco for body copy.
If you’d like to read more about how I went about creating it, you can do so on my personal website.
