Boys we were, but reading boys

by A Quattro Mani
27 September 202030 March 2022
6 min read
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Hoe krijg je jongeren weer (of meer) aan het lezen? Schrijver Bas Steman (49) slaagde erin een groep pubers zover te krijgen dat ze het écht leuk gingen vinden. ‘Ons leven en onze vriendschap is door samen boeken te lezen veel diepgaander geworden.’
Timo, Sem en Wouter ©Marc Brester/A Quattro Mani
Ik Jan Cremer
‘Echt, wát een gave stijl heeft die Jan Cremer.’ Sem kijkt zijn vrienden aan, die net een heerlijk bord lasagne hebben verorberd en nu met een stapel boeken voor hun neus zitten. Het is z...

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A Quattro Mani

Photographer Marc Brester and journalist Vivian de Gier can read and write with each other - literally. As partners in crime, they travel the world for various media, for reviews of the finest literature and personal interviews with the writers who matter. Ahead of the troops and beyond the delusion of the day.View Author posts

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