Friday Night Wintercafé

Here, at the beating heart of the Winternachten festival, you encountered one another, or the writers for booksigning. Your festival guide and presenter Francis Broekhuijsen showed the way through the programme. The De Vries Van Stockum Bookshop was open all evening in the foyer, offering a special selection of titles by all festival authors.

Meet & Greet - time schedule
20.50-21.20 Damiaan Denys and Dimitri Verhulst
21.15-21.45 Joke Hermsen and Adam Zagajewski
21.55-22.25 Jennifer Clement
22.10-22.25 Hanna Bervoets and Mark O'Connell

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Date and time Friday 18 January 2019 21:05 tot 23:40 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - foyer

Here, at the beating heart of the Winternachten festival, you encountered one another and the writers. Your festival guide and presenter Francis Broekhuijsen showed the way through the programme. Together with his guests he created an agreeably cozy atmosphere. At the Wintercafé you can discover young Hague poetry talents during the Spot on Young Poets programme or just chat with a drink. The De Vries Van Stockum Bookshop was open all evening in the foyer, offering a special selection of titles by all festival authors. These included new as well as older books, and, when available, both Dutch and English editions.

Meet & Greet - time schedule
Meet the writers for a conversation or booksigning!
20.50-21.20 Damiaan Denys and Dimitri Verhulst
21.15-21.45 Joke Hermsen and Adam Zagajewski
21.55-22.25 Jennifer Clement
22.10-22.25 Hanna Bervoets and Mark O'Connell

At the end of the evening, DJ Socrates helped you clear your head and, according to longstanding Winternachten tradition, you could start the night by dancing and get ready for another festival day.

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Francis Broekhuijsen

(The Netherlands, 1970) is a presenter, producer, actor and voice-over artist specializing in music, literature, arts and culture. After graduating as actor from the Toneelschool Amsterdam he was a member, among others, of the ensemble of the Nationale Toneel. He was a presenter at Amsterdam-based broadcaster AT5 and a radio producer with the KRO on national network NPO Radio 1. He narrates audio books, and was shortlisted for the Storytel Award 2019 for Best Audio Book with his reading of Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer's novel Grand Hotel Europa. Until last year, he presented on radio station Sublime the daily morning show Sublime Sunrise, the Instagram poetry programme Sublime Smooth and evening show The Sublime Experience. In 2025 he wrote and hosted the tv-series Kringlopen met Francis on regional Dutch broadcaster NH. Broekhuijsen works for Writers Unlimited as festival curator and presenter.

Go to the website of Francis Broekhuijsen
Instagram: @francisbroekhuijsen
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DJ Socrates

(UK, 1980), like the philosopher, remains curious about new things. Always pushing boundaries and incorporating fresh music. He approaches each set as a unique road trip with a wide range of styles and countries passing by. His kaleidoscopic sound includes global reggae, trippy cumbia, UK bass, slow rave & African acid. With 20 years of experience under his belt, Socrates has matured like a good wine to celebrate life with. During Writers Unlimited Festival, he will provide a swinging Silent Disco in the foyer of Theater aan het Spui during Friday and Saturday Night Unlimited from 23:15 hours onwards.
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