Lidewijde Paris

(The Netherlands, 1962) is a writer and journalist. She studied Dutch Language and Literature at Utrecht University. She then started working as a journalist for the Dutch daily NRC. She later worked as a publisher at publishing houses such as Querido, Ailantus and Nieuw Amsterdam. In 2016, Paris founded De Lees!ambassade (The Reading Embassy) to promote literary reading. Since 2017, she has also worked as a radio presenter and since 2018 as a book reviewer with Dutch broadcasters. At the Filmhuis Den Haag, she regularly presents Hoe lees ik een film? (How Do I Read a Film?). She published Hoe lees ik? (How Do I Read?, an accessible book explaining literary tricks), Hoe lees ik korte verhalen? (How Do I Read Short Stories?) and Een gedicht is ook maar een ding (A Poem is Just a Thing).