Book Evening with Annejet van der Zijl

Name: Book Evening with Annejet van der Zijl
Start: 2026-10-06T19:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-06T19:30:00+02:00
Location: Het Kulturhus Vorden

took place · 6 Oct 2026

Het Kulturhus Vorden, Vorden

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Ivan Borghstijn talks with Annejet van der Zijl about her book 'De zwevende wereld' and her writing.

About: Annejet van der Zijl

Known for meticulous archival research and a narrative drive that reads like fiction, Annejet van der Zijl has built a body of work - from Sonny Boy to An American Princess - that has earned her a permanent place in Dutch literary culture.

900K

sold copies of Sonny Boy in the Netherlands

65K+

sold copies of De zwevende wereld

non-fiction books, all bestsellers

longlist Dutch Biography Prize 2026 for De zwevende wereld

What's new

aug 2026
De zwevende wereld stands on the shortlist of the Dutch Biography Prize 2026, selected from 138 submissions.
mrt 2026
During the Book Week (11-22 March 2026) Van der Zijl performed in Veldhoven for an interview and signing session about De zwevende wereld.
feb 2026
Van der Zijl was a guest at Library Eindhoven and in Loenen aan de Vecht for lectures about her latest book.

Tour

EindhovenLoenen aan de VechtVeldhovenLeidenUtrechtDe SteegCuijkAlmere

Tracks

Sonny Boytrue-to-life love story (2004), almost 900,000 copies sold in the Netherlands, adapted for film in 2011

De Amerikaanse prinsesbestseller about Allene Tew, more than 15 weeks at #1 in the Netherlands, internationally translated

Bernhard, een verborgen geschiedenisbiography of Prince Bernhard (2009/2010), winner of the M.J. Brusse Prize, doctoral thesis at the university

De zwevende werelddual biography of Franz von Siebold and Kusumoto Ine (2025), shortlist Dutch Biography Prize 2026

Anna: het leven van Annie M.G. Schmidtaward-winning biography (2002), basis for TV series and musical

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