Aafke Romeijn
(Netherlands, 1986) is a successful musician, author and journalist. She debuted as a novelist with Concept M (2018). This well-received sci-fi novel takes place in the Netherlands in 2020. A young woman makes sense in a surprising way of her condition of colourlessness, a chronic disease that has grown to epidemic proportions in Europe. She radicalizes and ends up in an organization that carries out attacks. Romeijn has performed as a pop-music artist at festivals such as Lowlands and Noorderslag. With her beats, razor-sharp lyrics and analog synthesizers, she's the uncrowned queen of Dutch-language electropop. Her album M, the soundtrack to her novel and her first self-produced record, was released in 2019, followed in 2020 by her debut poetry collection Leegstand (Vacancy). In 2021 she released the album Godzilla and published 7B, another sci-fi novel set in the year 2040 in Groningen, where military personnel train in a huge complex for a war over natural resources.
Past events
Whose House is This?
A literary relay with readings on the festival theme 'Whose House is This?'. The festival authors are blowing a strong wind through the homes of the family, society and literature!
A Book to Call Home with Aafke Romeijn
Chris Keulemans interviewed Aafke Romeijn about the book that brought her home.
WWZ x Winternachten Festival 2022
Performers, Poetry & Punchlines - the best spoken word artists and poets of the moment all together on one stage!
Who Wants to Live Forever?
Seven authors read their visions on the future.
On the Couch: Aafke Romeijn as Katadreuffe
Psychiatrist Damiaan Denys invited musician, journalist and writer Aafke Romeijn onto his couch. She impersonated Jacob Willem Katadreuffe from F. Borderwijk's Karakter.
How Dark Is the Future?
Three writers of futuristic novels: Leni Zumas (US), Mohammad Rabie (Egypt) and Aafke Romeijn (Netherlands).
