On 3 June 2026, Rozalie Hirs’s tenth poetry collection vragen naar het begin (2026) will be published by Uitgeverij Querido|Singeluitgeverijen, Amsterdam.

inhoud

-> read

-> you are like no other
-> tethys
-> where the world begins

-> events

-> flyer

-> notes

 

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you are like no other

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tethys

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where the world begins

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events

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Sunday 7 June 2026 – 15:00 CET
vragen naar het begin
book launch, interview, reading, signing
with Julius Roelants (bookseller); Piet Gerbrandy (interview);
Tsead Bruinja, Annelie David, Vicky Francken, Piet Gerbrandy, Joep Stapel, Rozalie Hirs (poetry, readings)
Bookshop Roelants
Van Broeckhuysenstraat 34, Nijmegen, Gelderland

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Wednesday 10 June 2026 – 17:00 CET
vragen naar het begin
book launch, reading, signing, reception
with Thijs Joores (editor);
Simone Atangana Bekono, Hannah van Binsbergen, Edwin Fagel, Astrid Lampe, Yasmin Namavar, Rozalie Hirs (poetry, readings)
Athenaeum Bookshop
Spui 14, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

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Friday 12 June 2026 – 11:00 CET
vragen naar het begin
book launch, reading, signing, coffee and cake
with Ike Bekking (bookseller), Geert Buelens (interview), Rozalie Hirs (poetry, readings)
Bilthoven Bookshop
Vinkenlaan 2, Bilthoven, Utrecht

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Saturday 13 June 2026 – 18:30 CET
vragen naar het begin
book launch, reading, signing
with G.W. Sok / Jos Kleij (host), Rutger Zuydervelt (live electronics), Rozalie Hirs (poetry, readings)
Bookshop Praamstra
Zondvloed Festival, Deventer, Overijssel

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Sunday 28 June 2026 – 15:00 CET
vragen naar het begin
boekpresentatie, voordracht, signeren
book launch, reading, signing
with Lies Van Gasse, Sandrine Verstraete, Tom Van de Voorde, Rozalie Hirs (poetry, readings)
Bookshop Paard van Troje
Ghent, Belgium

 

flyer

Poetry / €22.99 / June 2026
Paperback / 17 × 24 cm / 120 pages / ISBN 9789025321673 / Cover design: Michaël Snitker

notes

Poems in this collection were written on commission and/or for Doorgeef Gedicht, Lira News (no. 70, #6), 2024; Ode to Guido Gezelle, International Poetry Festival, Roeselare, Belgium, 2024; Amsterdam 3hoog achter, a monograph by visual artist Jet Nijkamp accompanying her exhibition at WG Kunst, Amsterdam, 2025; Bombing of Poems, Poetry International, Rotterdam, 2025; Dichter van de week, Zondag Katern, De Volkskrant, Amsterdam, 7 June 2025; the architectural journal Forum, vol. LVIII, no. 10, Architectura et Amicitia, Amsterdam, 2025; De ondergang (eds. Johan Sonnenschein, Jacob Groot), Gorter Organisation, 2026. Poems from this collection have also appeared in Poëziekrant 2025/6 (Poëziecentrum, Ghent, Belgium, 2025) and DW B 2026/1 (Brussels, Belgium, 2026). For more information, see Rozalie Hirs’s bibliography.

With thanks to the Wolkerstuin for a writing residency in the summer of 2025. With special thanks to Literaturhaus Wien for the Friederike Mayröcker Stipend and the associated residency in the winter of 2025. Warm thanks to Thijs Joores, Jan Kuijper, and Johan Sonnenschein for their editorial contributions.

Integral book design: Michaël Snitker
Editorial support: Vincent Schmitz
Publishers: Patricia de Groot, Josje Kraamer