How I Accidentally Wrote a Book
Annet Huizing
Trim size: : 14,3 x 21,5 cm | 148 pages
A compelling children’s book and writing course in one
Katinka wants to be a writer. The stories simply appear in her head. But she doesn’t know how to put them on paper. That’s why, one day, she takes the plunge and knocks on the door of Lidwien, a famous writer who lives across the street. Lidwien is willing to give Katinka writing tips, in exchange for help in the garden. Lidwien asks Katinka all sorts of questions about what reading and writing mean to her. She teaches her how to formulate and how to observe, and Katinka writes and rewrites her life. It’s her way of dealing with the fact that her mother died some years ago, and her father is in love or is having a midlife crisis, or both. Meanwhile, Katinka hears more and more about Lidwien’s own life, which is also worth writing down. As a special friendship develops, Katinka learns about life in general, and almost accidentally writes a whole book.
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How I Accidentally Wrote a Book
Quotes from the press
‘Something of everything and all in perfect balance. A book that doesn’t fit into any of the pigeon holes and therefore ought to be on every shelf in the bookshops. Annet Huizing has done […] the most impossible thing of all.’ – Jury report, Pencil Award Jury 2015 ‘Tight prose. […] Sensible, often funny, and moving at just the right moments.’ – Trouw
Awards
Silver Pencil Award 2015, The Netherlands
Nominated for the Premio Strega 2019, Italy
Preview / Sample translation
The Burlap House by Annet Huizing – Sample translation 4 chaptersToggle Content goes here
About the author
Annet Huizing lives in a houseboat in Utrecht and writes fiction and non-fiction for children. She made her debut at Lemniscaat with Hoe ik per ongeluk een boek schreef, which won her a Zilveren Griffel award and was translated into more than ten languages. Her second book, De zweetvoetenman, about the Dutch legal system, was also awarded a Zilveren Griffel. Annet Huizing and illustrator Margot Westermann also won the Mr. Eva Meillo Prijs 2018 with De zweetvoetenman.
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