Moving with the times

We go waaaaaay back, De Grote Bosatlas and I. I leafed through my elder sister's copy years before I went to secondary school and finally got my own. Much later, I owned a newer edition which I used to look up the correct spelling of place, river and country names for editing jobs. By now, its sixty-fifth edition is published. It's not just a book anymore but it has countless digital options too. And I got to make my own contribution to it, a modest but important one. Noordhoff asked me to check the texts and maps in the atlas on its use of inclusive language and image use. This classic is really moving with the times!

image: Noordhoff

Lockdown project

I still have no idea how to make sourdough – this was MY lockdown project. I was asked to work as an editor in chief for Noordhoff's Stepping Stones on this volume, for 3rd year Dutch secondary school students, but I also worked on the two for year 4. Just this one has reached my side of the Channel yet.

Browsing though it, memories of the many Zoom calls, planning sheets, emails, sketches, illustration forms, and feedback rounds all bubble up. As far as I know, no blood was drawn, but sweat has definitely appeared, and maybe a few tears. It was a Mega Task, but the results speak for themselves.

Wanderlust

Parcels from Rotterdam always make me happy. For mo'media, I edited a number of city guides for their new-and-improved time to momo range, AND Renske Borst's newest book. Inspiration in spades! It will be hard to decide where to go first when the world reopens 🔆