From 15–17 October 2027, the TRANSIT Festival returns to Leuven/Louvain, celebrating the very best of 21st Century Music and presenting numerous world premieres of new works. This year, the acclaimed UK vocal ensemble Exaudi joins the festival. The program includes the world premiere of a new composition by Rozalie Hirs, […]
Category: poetry events
new work – elisabeth hetherington & ensemble, muziekgebouw aan ’t ij, amsterdam
On 13 May 2027 at 8:15 PM, the boundary-pushing new music ensemble Het Muziek (formerly ASKO|Schönberg) performs as part of the Thursday Evening Series at the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ in Amsterdam. The programme includes a newly commissioned work by Rozalie Hirs, composed to her own text for soprano Elisabeth […]
feeling-thinking or embodied cognition in the poetry of rozalie hirs and anne carson – helena van praet, bloomsbury group
On 3 September 2026, Bloomsbury Academic (Bloomsbury Group, London) releases Feeling-Thinking or Embodied Cognition in the Poetry of Rozalie Hirs and Anne Carson, a new book by Belgian scholar Helena Van Praet (see photo), FWO Junior Postdoctoral Fellow in Dutch and Comparative Literature at Ghent University.
poetry performance, watou live, poperinge, belgium
On Sunday, 19 July 2026, at 3:00 PM and 5:00 PM, Rozalie Hirs gives a poetry reading during Watou Live in Poperinge, Belgium. The full line-up of Watou Live is announced in spring 2026. You are warmly invited! Specifically, Rozalie Hirs performs the poetry cycle she wrote for the exhibition […]
sonic cheese – exhibition, watou, belgium
From 15 July until 31 August 2026, the visual arts and poetry festival Watou takes place in Watou. The artists’ collective Blobotone, Frouke Wiarda (BE/NL), and Judith van der Elst (NL), together with cheesemaker Leen van Zelderen (NL), create and present the ecological exhibition Sonic Cheese and the Taste of […]
vragen naar het begin (2026), paard van troje, ghent – book launch
On Sunday afternoon, 28 June 2026, from 15:00 to 17:00, Bookshop Paard van Troje in Ghent, Belgium, presents the new poetry collection vragen naar het begin (Querido, 2026) by Rozalie Hirs. Poets Lies Van Gasse, Sandrine Verstraete, Tom Van de Voorde, and Rozalie Hirs read from their own work. There […]
dreams of airs (2017-18), zondvloed festival, deventer
On Saturday, 13 June 2026, the Zondvloed Festival takes place in Deventer, featuring performances by Spinvis & Saartje van Camp, Joke van Leeuwen, Meindert Talma, Rozalie Hirs, Maria Barnas, Tjitske Jansen, Idwer de la Parra, Dorpsoudste de Jong, Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek), Rihab El Majdoubi, and Xillan Macrooy. Zondvloed is organized […]
vragen naar het begin (2026), bilthovense boekhandel – book launch
On Friday morning, 12 June 2026, from 11:00 to 12:00, the Bilthoven Bookshop, Vinkenlaan 2, Bilthoven, presents the new poetry collection vragen naar het begin (Querido, 2026) by Rozalie Hirs. Bookseller Ike Bekking hosts the morning. Geert Buelens interviews Rozalie Hirs about her new book. Hirs reads from the new […]
vragen naar het begin (2026), athenaeum bookshop, amsterdam – booklaunch
On Wednesday, 10 June 2026, from 17:00 to 19:00, Bookshop Athenaeum | Scheltema at Spui in Amsterdam presents the new poetry collection vragen naar het begin (Querido, 2026) by Rozalie Hirs. Thijs Joores, editor at Querido, hosts the afternoon. There is also an opportunity for book signing and drinks. You […]
vragen naar het begin (2026), roelants – book launch
On Sunday afternoon, 7 June 2026, from 15:00 to 17:00, Bookshop Roelants in Nijmegen presents the new poetry collection vragen naar het begin (Querido, 2026) by Rozalie Hirs. Bookseller Julius Roelants (photo below) hosts the afternoon. Piet Gerbrandy interviews Rozalie Hirs about the new collection. Tsead Bruinja, Annelie David, Piet […]
anneke brassinga, rozalie hirs – international women’s day, vreedehuis, the hague
On 8 March 2026, International Women’s Day, Anneke Brassinga and Rozalie Hirs are guests at the Vreedehuis in The Hague. The event brings the two poets together for readings and an on-stage conversation. At the invitation of programmer and host Frieda Zwanikken, Gia van den Akker presents an eurythmic interpretation […]
rhythm of meaning – spanish interview victor vimos, arruaje de pájaros, mexico
3 March 2026. Today, the Spanish-language interview ‘El ritmo del significado’ by Víctor Vimos with Rozalie Hirs was published in the Mexican poetry magazine Carruaje de Pájaros. The interview includes a selection of poems from Hirs’ ecologica (Vleugels, 2023), translated into Spanish by Micaela Van Muylem. Two months ago, the […]
come sempre (2025) – riverside, california, united states
On Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 12:00 PM, the distinguished soprano Susan Narucki presents a recital together with coloratura soprano Kirsten Ashley Wiest in Riverside, United States. The program features works by Marti Epstein, Kaija Saariaho, and Rozalie Hirs. The lunchtime concert is free and open to the public. Rozalie […]
poetry publication – onderzees alfabet
On 23 February 2026, the poem ‘Mariana Trench’ by Rozalie Hirs was published on the website Onderzees Alfabet (English: Undersea Alphabet). She wrote the poem on commission from Bureau Mail Man VZW, Ghent, Belgium. The portrait above, depicting Rozalie as her totem animal — the bottlenose dolphin — was painted […]
poets’ marathon 2026, perdu, amsterdam
On Friday, 30 January 2026 at 7:30 PM, the Dichtersmarathon (Poets’ Marathon) 2026 takes place at Perdu in Amsterdam. The concept of the Dichtersmarathon is simple and powerful: thirty poets each give a reading of up to five minutes, presenting three poems—two of their own and one by an international […]
rhythm of meaning – spanish interview victor vimos, transtierros
17 January 2026. Today, the Spanish-language interview EL RITMO DEL SIGNIFICADO by Víctor Vimos with Rozalie Hirs was published on Transterrios. The interview also includes a selection of poems from Hirs’ ecologica (Vleugels, 2023), translated into Spanish by Micaela Van Muylem. Enjoy reading!
member advisory board – dutch foundation for literature
Starting January 1, 2026, Rozalie Hirs has been appointed as a member of the Advisory Board of the Dutch Foundation for Literature (Nederlands Letterenfonds). The foundation seeks advice on the allocation of grants from an Advisory Board. The advisors possess extensive knowledge of both national and international literature, with expertise […]
mirror mirror on the water – article helena van praet, routledge
17 December 2025. Today, the article Mirror, Mirror on the Water: Water Imaginaries of and by Women in Contemporary English- and Dutch-Language Poetry by Helena Van Praet was published in the journal Women’s Studies – An interdisciplinary journal, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. ISSN: 0049-7878 (Print) 1547-7045 (Online). In this […]
poetry publication – poëziekrant, ghent, belgium
15 December 2025. Today, the new issue 2025/6 of the literary magazine Poëziekrant, published by Poëziecentrum, Ghent, is released. It features the interview by Frauke Pauwels ‘I engage in conversation with language’ with Swedish poet Ida Börjel, a dossier on ‘Poetry and New Media’, several reviews, and new poems by […]
contemporary poetry studies and cognition – essay by helena van praet
30 November 2025. Today, the essay Contemporary Poetry Studies and Cognition by Helena Van Praet was published in Cahier voor Literatuurwetenschap Volume 16 (2025), by the Flemish Association for General and Comparative Literature Studies, Ghent University, Belgium. The full article is available here. In her new article, Van Praet writes: […]
für ein zartes daheim | for a delicate home – installation by anja utler, museum morsbroich, germany
From 23 November 2025, Anja Utler’s installation if I can only say how_there may be a delicate home will be on display at Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany. The installation includes verses from more than fifty fellow poets, including Rozalie Hirs. Download the brochure here [PDF]. The installation is launched on […]
dagtekening van liefdesvormen – best dutch book designs, stedelijk museum
From 8 November 2025 until 4 January 2026, the exhibition Best Dutch Book Designs is shown at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Part of the selection and exhibition is Rozalie Hirs’ recent poetry book dagtekening van liefdesvormen (Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Querido, 2024), designed by Michaël Snitker. Each year, the Stedelijk Museum and […]
poet-in-residence, friederike mayröcker-residency, literaturhaus wien
From 3 November to 31 December 2025, Rozalie Hirs (*1965) is the poet-in-residence in Vienna, Austria, as part of the prestigious Friederike Mayröcker Residency Programme. During her residency, she will have the unique opportunity to live and work in the former apartment of the renowned Austrian poet Friederike Mayröcker (1924–2021). […]
writers meet bob dylan, national theater, the hague, the netherlands
On 2 November 2025, author and poet Kees ’t Hart hosts an afternoon event inspired by the theme Writers Meet Bob Dylan. Writers and poets including Auke Hulst, Kees ’t Hart, and Rozalie Hirs read and perform new poetry written in response to the work of Bob Dylan. Rozalie performs […]
the happy ending – anneke brassinga
On Monday 29 September 2025, at 19:30 CET, The Happy Ending is launched, featuring poems by Anneke Brassinga, read by the poet herself. The publishers are Tsead Bruinja and Zea (a.k.a. Arnold den Boer). The evening includes performances by Ab Baars, Anneke Brassinga, Tsead Bruinja, Terrie Ex doet Woeloem, Jacob […]
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in a state of [war] (2013) – transpoesie festival, antwerp, belgium
18 September 2025. Transpoesie is an annual poetry festival that has been bringing poets from all over Europe to Brussels since 2011. Original poems are presented in the poets’ own languages. This year, for the first time, the festival also comes to Antwerp, at the Letterenhuis. Poets from 16 European […]
performance – amor mundi
On Sunday 14 September 2025 at 15:00 CET, poets Yousra Benfquih, Annelie David, Kreek Daey Ouwens, Rozalie Hirs, and Sarah de Koning present the poetry event Amor mundi, with tributes to Friederike Mayröcker (20 December 1924 – 4 June 2021) and Hannah Arendt (14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975). […]
elementary particles (2022) – passaggio late night, Radio 4al
On Thursday 11 September 2025, Lex Bohlmeijer reads the poem ‘elementary particles’ (2022) by Rozalie Hirs, selected from her ninth poetry collection dagtekening van liefdesvormen (Querido, 2024), on his radio show Passaggio Late Night (NPO Klassiek), Radio 4, Hilversum, The Netherlands. The photo above shows the tracks of elementary particles, recorded […]
the ferryman (1995) – passaggio late night, radio 4
On Tuesday 9 September 2025, Lex Bohlmeijer reads the poem ‘the ferryman’ (1995) by Rozalie Hirs, selected from her poetry debut collection Locus (Querido, 1998), on the program Passaggio Late Night (NPO Klassiek). That same week, from September 8 to 12, Hirs’ album Infinity Stairs (2025) is featured as Hollandse […]
danaë (1993) – passaggio late night, radio 4
On Monday 8 September 2025 at 22:30 CET, Lex Bohlmeijer reads the poem ‘Danaë’ (1993) by Rozalie Hirs, selected from her debut collection Locus (Querido Publishers, 1998), during his program Passaggio Late Night on NPO Klassiek, Radio 4, Hilversum, The Netherlands. The photo above shows Danaë nude, painted by Titian […]
performance marthe koning – makers’ sessions, de nieuwe vorst, tilburg
On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, at 7:30 PM, new up-and-coming creators will present their work during MakersSessies—a collaboration between Makershuis Tilburg and De Nieuwe Vorst. This evening’s featured artists are: Speels Collectief, Marthe Koning (pictured), Annemijn Rijk, and Milou van Duijnhoven & Merel Severs. dagtekening van liefdesvormen | Marthe Koning […]
save what moves you #9 – podcast dutch and flemish climate poets
On 15 July 2025, the Dutch and Flemish Climate Poets release episode #9 of the podcast Redden wat je raakt (English: Saving What Moves You). Moya De Feyter and Pim Cornelussen talk with poet Rozalie Hirs and botanist Nils van Rooijen of The Living Archive about endangered plant species and […]
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forum [1–10] the house – exhibition & publication
On Sunday, 15 June, 2025, at 15:00-17:30 CET, the exhibition Forum [1–10] Housewarming opens at ENTER ENTER gallery. During the event, the tenth and final issue of Forum will be launched: #10 – The Attic. Forum is an initiative by AetA, Architectura et Amicitia. Between 2018 and 2025, the editorial […]
performance – poetry international, rotterdam
On Saturday 14 June 2025 at 13:00 CET, Maricela Guerrero (Mexico City, 1977) and Rozalie Hirs perform as part of the program Sustainable Poetry Development at Poetry International Rotterdam, The Netherlands. They will present their work and engage in conversation with fellow poet and scholar Mia You. The event takes […]
you are like no other – publication, de volkskrant
7 June 2025. The new weekend edition of de Volkskrant is out today. De Volkskrant is a leading national daily newspaper in the Netherlands. Featured in the Sunday section is this week’s Poem of the Week: ‘you are like no other’, a new poem by Rozalie Hirs — described by […]
dreams of airs (2017–18) – literaturhaus wien – austrian premiere
On Thursday evening, 5 June 2025, at 19:00 CET, Rozalie Hirs presents her poetry and music cycle dreams of airs (2017–18) as part of the international literature festival at Literaturhaus Wien, Austria. This portrait event marks the Austrian premiere of the work. It is also the first time the poet-composer […]
performance – international poetry festival, literaturhaus wien, austria
From 3 to 6 June 2025, Literaturhaus Wien hosts its annual International Poetry Festival. This edition features all five poets who will be residing in Vienna for a two-month period as part of the Friederike Mayröcker Residence Program: Volha Hapeyeva (Minsk, Belarus, 1982), Marina Skalova (Moscow, Russia, 1985), Ramona de […]
poetry publication – le journal des poètes
June 3, 2025 – The latest issue of Le Journal des Poètes (Éditions les Taillis Pré, Châtelineau, Belgium) is out today. It includes, among other things, new French translations by Daniel Cunin of poems by Dutch poets Sasja Janssen and Rozalie Hirs. See below for ‘Revêts’ (poem [19] selected from […]
performance – interview by johan de boose, antwerp, belgium
On Thursday afternoon, May 22, 2025, at 12:30 PM, Rozalie Hirs will be a guest at the Poetry Afternoons hosted by Antwerpen Boekenstad (Antwerp Book City). At the Permeke Library, Johan de Boose interviews her about the recent poetry collection, dagtekening van liefdesvormen (Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Querido, 2024). Rozalie also reads […]
bombing of poems, poetry international, rotterdam
On Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM & 9:50 PM respectively, two Bombings of Poems unfolds over the city of Rotterdam. This artistic intervention forms part of the events leading up to the 55th Poetry International Festival in June, organized by Poetry International, Rotterdam. Picture this: 100,000 poems printed […]
performance – book launch annelie david, perdu, amsterdam
On 4 May 2025, the book launch of Onvolledig alfabet (Incomplete Alphabet, Ghent: Poëziecentrum, 2025) by Annelie David takes place. With contributions from, among others, Poëziecentrum, Annelie David, and Rozalie Hirs. The location is Perdu, Kloveniersburgwal 86, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. More information will be announced in the Spring of 2025. […]
performance – poets’ evening, mascini, amsterdam
21 April 2025. Every third Monday of the month, Poets’ Evening takes place at Theater Mascini in Amsterdam, where poets present readings from their own work. On Monday, April 21, 2025, at 8:30 PM, Jonas Bruyneel and Rozalie Hirs are the featured guest poets. Date: 2025-04-21 Doors open: 8:30 PM […]
performance – exhibition of works by jet nijkamp
On Saturday 12 April 2025 at 15:00 CET, a poetry event takes place in conjunction with the solo exhibition Amsterdam 3hoog achter, featuring drawings by Jet Nijkamp (*1965). During this event, poets Tsead Bruinja, Jos van Hest, Rozalie Hirs, Sanja Percela, and Co Woudsma read from their own works. The […]
a lot is happening – interview by roel weerheijm
21 March 2025. The spring issue of Poëziekrant 2/2025 (March–April 2025) features an interview with Ghayath Almadhoun (1979), as well as new poetry by Hanneke van Eijken, Anne Vegter, Lars Ruben, Babs Gons, Tijl Nuyts, Stefan Hertmans, Marc Reugebrink, Casper Burghgraeve, Hannah Zaouad, Tim Bongaerts, and Eelco Couvreur. And much […]
longlisted for the great poetry prize
March 3, 2025 – The longlist for the Great Poetry Prize 2025 (De Grote Poëzieprijs) has been announced. This prestigious award honors the best poetry collection published in the past year. · de verwerping van het stilzitten, Lidy van Marissing (het balanseer) · CORPS poreus, Nele Buyst (het balanseer) · […]
dagtekening van liefdesvormen named one of the best designed books of 2024
February 24, 2025 – This morning, the books selected for The Best Designed Books exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam were announced. The selection and exhibition are made possible by Stichting De Best Verzorgde Boeken. Each year, the foundation highlights 33 books that represent the finest achievements in graphic design, […]
the case for a small language network (2024) – installation, ntaa, ghent, belgium
From 20 February to 8 June 2025, the installation The Case for a small Language Network (2024), created by visual artist Richard Vijgen in collaboration with Rozalie Hirs, based on her poetry collection Infinite Sense (2021), can be seen at the international new media art exhibition ‘Intelligence, it’s automatic: from […]
i speak to the reader with affection – interview by henry sepers, schrijven magazine
In February 2025, the new issue of Schrijven Magazine is released, featuring an interview with Rozalie Hirs titled “I Speak to the Reader with Affection” by Henry Sepers. The article will also be available online. In the interview, Sepers speaks with Hirs about her poetry collections ecologica (2023) and dagtekening […]
feeling-thinking: embodiment and knowledge in the poetry of rozalie hirs and anne carson – helena van praet, university louvain-la-neuve
On Wednesday 11 December 2024, at 15:00 CET, the public defense of the Ph.D.-dissertation by Helena Van Praet, titled Feeling-Thinking: Embodiment and Knowledge in the Poetry of Rozalie Hirs and Anne Carson, will take place. The location is the Sénat académique, University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Halles universitaires, Place de l’Université 1, […]
publication – forum
On Wednesday, December 4, 2024, at 7:00 PM, the new issue of the architecture magazine Forum (Volume LVII, No. 9) is presented to the public. It features contributions around the theme The Bedroom, with work by Bart de Baets, Like Bijlsma, Carmen Buitenhuis, Anne Dessing, Niels Geerts, Vibeke Gieskes, Birgitte […]
performance – poetry and science #1: mathematics, knaw, Amsterdam
On Wednesday 27 November 2024 at 19:30, the KNAW invites you to an exceptional evening where poetry and mathematics intersect at the historic Trippenhuis, Kloveniersburgwal 29, Amsterdam. The central question of the evening explores whether art and science once spoke a shared language — a language that captured both the […]
performance – international poetry festival 4th edition, roeselare, belgium
On Sunday 24 November 2024, starting at 15:00 CET, the fourth edition of the International Poetry Festival takes place in Roeselare, Belgium. This year, the festival hosts a dozen poets, including Steven Van Der Heyden (Roeselare’s city poet), Aschwin van den Abeele, Catherine Barsics, Christophe Batens, Tsead Bruinja, Lies Gallez, […]
poetry performance – boektopia, genk, belgium
->> Nederlands On Saturday afternoon, 23 November 2024, Boektopia goes on tour and celebrates poetry at the Public Library in Genk, Belgium. Rozalie Hirs is one of the guest poets there. Further information will follow after the summer. November Book Month. The book fair Boektopia brings authors with readings, performances […]
wat deed ik daar – book presentation tsead bruinja, perdu
On 15 November 2024, at 20:00 CET, the new poetry collection wat deed ik daar (Uitgeverij Querido, 2024) by Tsead Bruinja is presented at Perdu, Kloveniersburgwal 86, Amsterdam. The evening features readings by fellow poets Mischa Andriessen, Sasja Janssen, Heidi Koren, Bas Kwakman, Astrid Lampe, Henk van der Waal, and […]
babel – pass-the-poem, newsletter, lira
October 25, 2024. This week marks the release of edition 70 of Lira News, which features the new pass-the-poem #6 ‘babel’ by Rozalie Hirs. Langelaar wrote pass-the-poem #5 ‘Wind’ (edition 69, July 2024) and passed the baton to Rozalie Hirs. “If you are not yet familiar with the work of […]