British publisher Harvill Secker announced today that Chinese will be the language of focus of their third annual Harvill Secker...... Read more
Last year, we invited a couple of young, international authors to become our writers-in-residence at Crossing Border 2011. Ben Brooks,...... Read more
On Dutch news website Nu.nl James Vincent McMorrow names his performance at Crossing Border as one of the highlights in...... Read more
An extensive showcasing of young, exciting, international writing talent – that’s our goal at The Chronicles. And so we invite...... Read more
Crossing Border The Hague will take place in 2012 on 15, 16 and 17 November. Don't want to wait so long? Our music festival Walk the Line is held in The Hague in May 2012.
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ALL FESTIVAL REPORTING BY BROADCASTING COMPANY VPRO CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEBSITE VPRO.NL/CROSSINGBORDER
'The absolyte buzz band of this Crossing Border 2000 is Coldplay. The debut album Parachutes has just been released and received extremely positively by press and public. The main hall of the Melkweg is completely packed,... thankfully the performance can still be listened to on 3voor12.'
‘Crossing Border is a festival for contemplative folk music and literature. This year’s edition was excellent, with Spinvis and Dyzack as excellers.’
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‘Those who were lucky and crossed the Royal Theatre in quick tempo were able to see even more memorable performances. The Chinese author Chan Koonchung told infectiously about his dystopian novel The Fat Years, with the provocative statement that China is a ‘for 90% free country’. The earlier mentioned Ed Sheeran was skilful with his loop pedal, with which he recorded a rhythm like a human beatbox and subsequently used this to sing a soulful folk song’ – NRC Handelsblad November 21st 2011
‘Acapalla singing in a church, a Chinese author who is boycotted in his home country, but also ripping guitars. Crossing Border had less known names on Friday and Saturday than previous editions, but that meant there was more to discover.’
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Who wants to dance more, can go to Theater aan het Spui until the early hours. Most of the visitors chat outside for a while, between artists who are already loading their vans. Some of them are expected in Antwerp soon, as Crossing Border is there as well’ – Algemeen Dagblad/ Haagse Courant November 21st 2011
‘Crime author and old-timer Elmore Leonard on one side, young writing talent in The Chronicles project on the other. In between Jennifer Egan, who received the Pullitzer Prize this year for her novel as concept album A Visit From The Goon Squad. (…) For those who want to leave the intellectual discourse about literature for what it is, can let themselves be seduced by the sounds that seep into the small interview rooms, every time a visitor leaves the room.’ – De Volkskrant November 21st 2011
Watch 3 on stage´s compilation of Crossing Border here.
