Daniël van der Winden

By profession I’m a software designer; by inclination, I’m a reader and a writer. I write in English and in Dutch.

Amsterdam, NL

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The Silver Book

By Olivia Laing

Olivia Laing’s second novel apprentices an English boy to a magician of Italian cinema, in the months leading up to the events of November 1975.

By Anne Fadiman

A frog in the freezer, an immortal printer, and a new Yiddish word for Zoom fatigue: on Anne Fadiman’s latest collection.

By Wendell Berry

Six interlinked stories, warm and unhurried, from a fictional Kentucky town.

By Joanna Pocock

Joanna Pocock retraces a Greyhound journey across America

By Yōko Ogawa

A tale about an island where vanishing is ordinary, and remembering is dangerous.

By Claire-Louise Bennett

Bennett’s writing about love and memory catches you mid-air.

By Elisa Gabbert

A generous collection of essays on reading, writing, and the quiet pleasures of literary life.

By Stefan Hertmans

Spanning multiple war-ridden decades of the 20th century, Hertmans’ reconstruction of his grandfather's life is lovingly layered.