Writers Unlimited Festival Cafe

Meet with drinks and snacks. The right atmosphere comes from host and DJ Francis Broekhuijsen. Bookstore De Vries Van Stockum offers a rich selection of books by festival authors.

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Information

Date and time Saturday 24 January 2026 21:15 tot 23:00 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - foyer
Price 15,- (up to 30 years or Ooievaarspas)
25,- (Early Bird, up to 26 December, thereafter 35,-)
32,50 (DenHaagPas).

Meet up in the heart of the festival with a drink and a bite to eat. Host and DJ Francis Broekhuijsen created the right atmosphere with his virtual Writers Unlimited Radio Show, and guided you through the extensive festival programme. You were welcome to request your favourite song to be played.

De Vries Van Stockum's bookshop was open all evening and richly stocked with books or cd's by festival authors and artists; you could also meet them there and have their work signed:

These authors signed their books at the boookshop:
21:15-21:45 José Eduardo Agualusa
21:20-21:50 Jante Wortel
22:15-22:35 Kim Hyesoon, Mia You, Don Mee Choi, Simone Atangana Bekono
22:35-22:50 Maxime García Diaz, Sheena Patel
23:20-23:45 Pelumi Adejumo, Staci Bu Shea, Pamela Sneed, Alejandra Ortiz

Together with the Silent Eclectic Disco Show by The Hague's DJ Frank van Es, we danced into the late night from 23:15. Didn't want to dance but have a nice chat? Then there was plenty of room for that. No obligations, do as you like...that was the credo of the Writers Unlimited Festival heart!

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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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