Milena Michiko Flašar about Graz
Farewell
Leb Wohl
Graz is for me a city in which people vanish. By this I mean just what I say, literally and without qualificati...
Unique 30 minute audio stories. Writers on cities.
| Simone Lenaerts | A Scrap of Time |
| Werner Schandor | Freedom of the Heart |
| Andrea Stift | I do not live here |
| Onno Kosters | Gravity and Counterweight |
Grahamstown
Toast Coetzer about Grahamstown
I am sitting in the sea
ek sit in die see
I am sitting in the sea it is dry children emptied it and then there was nothing I climb out of the car my eye...
| Ronelda Kamfer | Hoarding Thoughts |
| Brink Scholtz | The Outskirts |
| Ingrid Winterbach | Remains |
| Gerda Dendooven | A Perfect Plan - Stories from the Land of the Black Man |
Turnhout
Lasha Bugadze about Turnhout
Three in the city
სამნი ქალაქში
Lasha Bugadze also wrote a citybook about his hometown Tbilis: A song for Tbilisi. 1. …Talk about a sho...
| Peter Terrin | The Truth of the Matter |
| Chika Unigwe | Heart of Darkness |
| Walter van den Broeck | A Migrant in Turnhout |
| Maxim Februari | Underground Party Room |
Stellenbosch
Saskia de Coster about Stellenbosch
Wildebeest (EN)
Wildebeest
My mother says that these days you have to get divorced to keep up with the Joneses. That’s not why I’m ge...
| Clinton du Plessis | |
| Arjen Duinker | Parrots and Other Birds |
| Marlene van Niekerk | |
| Rentia Bartlett-Möhl |
Yerevan
Johan de Boose about Yerevan
Let Me Carry Your Pain
Laat mij je pijn dragen
‘Parting is death’s little sister,’ said an elegant lady yesterday, alighting from Ero’s minibus, whil...
| Gevorg Gilants | All Roads Lead To |
| Armen Ohanyan | Radio Yerevan |
| Serge van Duijnhoven | Cemetery of the Alphabet |
Ostend
Bernard Dewulf about Ostend
Snippets from Ostend
Fragmenten uit Oostende
16 January 2010It’s a clear winter’s day over Ostend and the adjoining mirror. Only the horizon is ...
| Peter Holvoet-Hanssen | The mission in Ostend |
| Jeroen Olyslaegers | Another cheek |
| Christiaan Weijts | Damage |
| Milena Michiko Flašar | Nobody Nowhere |
Tbilisi
Lasha Bugadze about Tbilisi
A song for Tbilisi
სიმღერა თბილისზე
1983. March. Those who have coronary artery disease tend to feel worthless. Take the distinguished composer Lad...
| Shota Iatashvili | Where edges meet |
| Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili | A long letter to a sister far away |
| Frank Westerman | 922 people liked this |
| Stefan Hertmans | The Knifemaker of Tbilisi |
Semarang
Bouke Billiet about Semarang
Palm leaves and promises
Meisje van vroeger
Students at the University of Sheffield got their teeth into the citybook by Bouke Billiet on Semarang). Under ...
| Candra Dewi Dian Puspitasari | Golden Child |
| Tubagus P. Svarajati | Lee Hwa (EN) |
| Triyanto Triwikromo | Little Stories of Pre- to Post-Colonial Semarang. Poems |
| Gustaaf Peek | 9 letters to Maria M. |
Ghent
Wim Brands about Ghent
The Brass Band that Ate an Elephant
De fanfare die een olifant opat
Wim Brands' citybook on Ghent will be translated from Dutch by students of the Universities of Sheffield, Cambr...
| Annelies Verbeke | Home Town |
Venice
Luc Devoldere about Venice
Pearl without a Shell
Parel zonder schelp
In his citybook about Venice, Luc Devoldere takes us on a journey from 537 to 2012, to the city and the lagoon,...
| Atte Jongstra | Death Comes Up From Below. Walks in Venice |
| Lydia Mischkulnig | Curiosity 'alla veneziana' |
| Cees Nooteboom | Venice 2012 |
| Rebekka de Wit | As Venice is now |
Charleroi
Thomas Gunzig about Charleroi
The Reservation
La réserve
1. Arrival in Charleroi The residence was a small redbrick house built at right angles to the Museum of P...
| Erik Lindner | Charleroi. 10 poems |
| Davide Longo | Interview No. 6 |
| Pascal Verbeken | Eurowash 2000, a packet boat in the city |
| Caroline Lamarche | Intangible Heritage. A stay in the Black Country |
Chartres
Goce Smilevski about Chartres
The Cathedral and the Circus
КАТЕДРАЛАТА И ЦИРКУСОТ
Some dreams come true only when we forget them. And we forget most dreams once they become easily attainable. T...
| Bart Van Loo | The Veil of Time |
| Jeroen van Rooij | Labyrinths |
| Marcin Wronski | Postcards from Chartres |
| Chris Van Camp | 32, Rue aux Juifs. A dialogue |
Utrecht
Onno Kosters about Utrecht
All and Nothing
Alles en niets
To sympathise with the pains of love, you must share in its feelings.Belle van Zuylen to James Boswell, 15 June...
| Davide Longo | Master Utrecht |
| Jeroen Olyslaegers | This is where you begin again |
| Brink Scholtz | The return |
| Astrid Lampe | My City A Building Site |
Sheffield
Abdelkader Benali about Sheffield
Down and Dirty in Sheffield
Uitgeteld en plat in Sheffield
The citybook by Abdelkader Benali about Sheffield has been published in The Low Countries in april 2013. Abdelk...
| Rebecca Lenaerts | my humble home / aan huis geketend / fourgon fermé |
| Helen Mort | The God of Gaps |
| Studenten Sheffield | Beyond Sheffield Train Station |
| Àgnes Lehóczky | Parasite of Town |
Lublin
Arnon Grunberg about Lublin
A Reported Offence
Aangifte
The 9th of May 2012 the Belgian newspaper De Morgen published the original Dutch citybook Aangifte and an in...
| Andrzej Stasiuk | Lublin (en) |
| Witold Szablowski | All the Gateways of Lublin |
| Maud Vanhauwaert | Lublin’s Stations of the Cross |
| Mauro Pawlowski | Na zdrowie, good Belgian! |
Bucharest
Anna Luyten about Bucharest
The Ways of the Ant
De weg van de mier
The 1th of August 2012 the Belgian newspaper De Morgen published the original Dutch citybook De weg van de m...
| Ester Naomi Perquin | Bucharest - A One-Person Travel Pack |
| Răzvan Radulescu | Me, in the Center |
| Adrian Schiop | Travesty |
| Jaap Faber | Be Sure to Take Your Own Bicycle Pump |
Skopje
Abdelkader Benali about Skopje
Warrior on a Horse
Beeld van een gewapende strijder op een paard
1 Whoever visits Skopje in August has to take into account a dry heat that persists from early morning to late...
| Saskia de Coster | A Hundred and Forty Kilos of Love |
| Nikola Madzirov | Homes without Frames |
| Goce Smilevski | Conversation about the City's Metamorphosis |
| Irena Cvetkovic | A Date |
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citybooks and Radio Books in Afrikaans
In the run-up to citybooks Stellenbosch, Rentia Barlett-Möhl translated twelve Dutch-language Radio Books and citybooks to Afrikaans and recorded the podcasts with the help of skilled readers. For an overview of the citybooks and Radio Books in Afrikaans by Hafid Bouazza, Adriaan van Dis, Arnon Grunberg, Joke van Leeuwen, Kees 't Hart, Menno Wigman, Tommy Wieringa, Ester Naomi Perquin, Peter Holvoet-Hanssen, Saskia de Coster, Stefan Hertmans and Bernard Dewulf click here.
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