Talking to the anthologist: Arie Boomsma

Join the regulars' table. Host Francis Broekhuijsen welcomes Arie Boomsma, the editor of beautiful poetry anthologies. Don't forget to have your books of poetry signed. In Dutch.

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Date and time Friday 17 January 2014 21:55 tot 22:20 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - foyer

Join the table of host Francis Broekhuijsen. He welcomes Arie Boomsma, editor of beautoful poetry anthologies. We listen to his favouriee music, and talk to him.  Don't forget to have your books of poetry signed. In Dutch.

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Arie Boomsma

(Marken, 1974) is a tv host, a model and a writer. Recently he published Waarom ben je niet bij mij (Why are you not with me), an anthology of love poems: from classics like Kloos, Slauerhoff and Bloem, to younger poets such as Van Heemstra, Mohlmann and Deckwitz. In his youth Boomsma roamed the Netherlands as the son of a minister in the church and studied psychology and communication in the US. He made his debut on tv with Veronica and transferred to EO after having published a book on religious questions with his father and brother. One of the most striking tv programmes he made was 40 dagen zonder seks (Forty days without sex). The relationship with EO flagged when Boomsma, scantily dressed, had himself photographed for L’Homo, a one-off edition of LINDA. Somewhat later he joined KRO where he has presented several programmes on homosexuality. In 2011 he published his debut novel Relishow, about a popular evangelist who propagates the love of Jesus first and foremost in a physical sense. In January 2014 his Troost (Comfort) appears, an essay for the CPNB Month of the spiritual book.
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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.

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