Benny Lindelauf

Yes, here it is. The newest baby. An adaptation of the Christmas story.

As a child in winter I sang ‘the shepherds lay at night’ in church. And I often wondered why the shepherds in the middle of the night did follow the light of some faraway star. I couldn’t believe that a shepherd lying cozy by his fire, probably dead tired would see the star and think: Hey, let’s see where that light will take me!

The question came to my mind again when theatregroup Het Laagland asked me to write a play especially for Christmas. Accompanied by the thirty-person orchestra of the South Netherlands Philharmonic, I told the story. A fantastic experience.

And now there is the book, an adaptation of that text. With beautiful illustrations by Marieke Nelissen.

Happy Holidays!

Today ‘The opposite of worries’, the collection of books about the Boon family, was published.

A sturdy collection of 639 pages, containing ‘Nine open Arms’ and ‘Heivisj’s heaven’.

There is nothing better than the smell of a fresh book!

It has been almost 20 years since ‘Nine Open Arms’ appeared and 12 years ago the successor ‘Fings war’ was released. Both books helped me emerge as an author. They are books that are particularly dear to me, because they arose from the stories my grandmother told me about a house at the end of a long winding road in South Limburg.

And now, for the first time, both books are bundled together in a clump of about 600 pages.

The book will be published in mid-March 2022.

Ludwig Volbeda and I have won two awards. ‘Whole Stories for a Half Soldier’ won silver and gold!

Yes, Ludwig and I have our second nomination! This time from the Children’s and Youth Jury Flanders. ‘Whole Stories for a Half Soldier’ is competing for the prize. The KJV is the largest reading jury in Flanders and Brussels for children and young people between the ages of 4 and 16. An adult jury makes a selection from the range of Flemish and Dutch children’s and youth books for different age groups. A youth jury reads the books and chooses a winner. The last edition had no fewer than 11,000 followers! ‘Whole Stories for a Half Soldier’ is one of six books nominated in the 12+ category.