READ MY WORLD KICK-OFF

On June 13, we’ll kick off the Read My World 2026 season. An afternoon where stories from the Moluccan and Papuan diasporas come together.

You’ll move among books and creators, voices and conversations. Indoors and outdoors, everything blends together. You’ll linger at a (poetry) reading, strike up a conversation, hear music drifting through the garden, and before you know it, a few hours will have passed.

Aca Siwabessy will present her book PADEDE, in which she brings together personal and collective stories from the Moluccan community.

Throughout the day, there will be live music, a workshop, and food.

At the book market, you’ll find Bijlmer Bookstore, Boekhandel de Duif, Coolzone, Fort van Sjakoo, Hard//Hoofd, and Noon, among others, with information booths from Marinjo/Malib and the Papoeahuis.

Read My World is platform voor het geschreven en gesproken woord uit de hele wereld.