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At the beginning of this month we had an incredible and busy day at DRUK book fair at Paradiso in Amsterdam, thank you for everyone who came by!

Mid-November we had a wonderful intimate launch of the new publication by Rob Perrée, available in a Dutch and English edition: A Black Collage / Een zwarte collage. This special, festive book launch took place at Kunsthal KAdE with an inspiring lecture by essayist Stephan Sanders and a musical contribution by singer Luyi and ud player Nawras Altaky, and a welcome word by publisher/editor Eleonoor Jap Sam and KAdE director Robbert Roos. Book design by Mainstudio (Edwin van Gelder)

Throwback to the book launch mid-November of ‘The Artistic Attitude’ by Anke Coumans, also available in a Dutch edition ‘De artistieke attitude’.

November 15th we launched The Thinking Foot at Huis Vasari in Amsterdam! Written by Thomas A P Van Leeuwen, edited by Helen I. Jessup. Design by Joseph Plateau Grafisch Ontwerpers / Eliane Beyer. Published by Les Éditions du Malentendu, an imprint of Jap Sam Books.

THROWBACK ______ End of November we launched Role of Play: New Games, New Chances. A Future Perspective on Play in Society, @pakhuisdezwijger in Amsterdam. Ben Schouten organized a wonderful programme in the form of a talk show. A registration of the launch (in Dutch) is available through the website of Pakhuis de Zwijger: https://dezwijger.nl/programma/the-role-of-play-new-games-new-chances

Arianne Olthaar and Jap Sam Books would like to invite you for the book launch of The File on D. / Dossier D. by Arianne Olthaar on Thursday December 14th at West in the Hague from 7 p.m. 

Beginning of November we launched Myriad Ways of Being ~ Being of Myriad Ways by artist Simone Albers. This publication is published on the occasion of the granting of the Sieger White Award to Simone Albers in 2022 and of her solo exhibition at Maurits van de Laar Gallery, in The Hague. The eponymous exhibition is still on show until Sunday November 26. The artist is present during the finissage on Sunday from 1 - 5 pm.

On the occasion of the book launch of Role of Play. New Games, New Chances. A Future Perspective on Play in Society by Ben Schouten and Menno Deen, Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam organizes an evening to engage in conversation and playful interaction with various designers and researchers about how our gaming culture has changed since the digital revolution of the past 50 years.