It's hard to imagine that Book Week (Boekenweek) has been around for 75 years, and I've only just heard of it this year! Well, from 10-20 March 2010, a huge number of bookstores in the Netherlands will offer lectures, debates, and other activities honoring the media item that keeps them in business: the book.

This year's theme - roughly translated - is Little Titans: Growing Up In Literature. Unfortunately there aren't offerings available in English. At least not that I've been able to find. But if you can read Dutch, feel free to jump in. If not - well, be comforted to know that Dutch culture is still very much open to celebrating all things literary!

The Book Week poster was created by Piet Parra, a Dutch graphic designer and illustrator.