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Hier de 86 straathoeken waar deelnemers op 14 mei om 13.30 uur samenkomen om het herdenkingsgedicht ‘…..’ van …… voor te dragen. Deze jaarlijkse traditie begon in 2015 op 75 locaties en groeit gestaag, met elk jaar meer deelnemers. Wij lezen het gedicht in tien verschillende talen, als symbool van eenheid en gedeelde herinnering.
DeelnemenPoets Don’t Kill
Write us a Poets Don’t Kill 2026 poem and get curated for the first Poets Don’t Kill anthology.
Theme: Women In War
Rules: Open to all / Max. 32 lines
Submit: 14mei.nl/submit
Entry: free
Language: English
Deadline: June 1st

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European Book Tour
Visit one of the following bookstores, galleries or spaces to learn more about Erik van Loon’s latest book Forty Letters – to Women in War.
April 11 (15:00-16:00)
ZurichPhotobastei 2.0
Van Loon launches the European Book Tour at Photobastei 2.0 in Zurich, right in the heart of Europe. Visitors are warmly invited to settle into the living room for the reading.
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April 13 (19:00-20:00)
RomeAltroquando
Altroquando hosted Van Loon’s “ABC” in 2024. Now the doors to its basement bar open once again for an intimate reading with the author, right in the cradle of society.
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April 15 (11:00-12:00)
ViennaShakespeare & Company
In the heart of the city’s former Ghetto, the doors open for an intimate reading with the author, set against a backdrop shaped by centuries of resilience, memory, and culture.
April 15 (19:00-20:00)
BudapestMassolit
In the big walnut garden behind Massolit — the women‑owned English bookstore — Van Loon will read the story of two women whose towns were destroyed miles away on the same day.
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April 17 (15:00-16:00)
KyivSense
At the biggest bookstore of Kyiv, Van Loon will read a letter about a puppet‑player who survived a massacre simply because she refused to wait until three.
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