The Dutch literary magazine Das Magazin turns Amsterdam into a gigantic Murakami reading club. On Saturday the 11th of January the Murakami Festival will take place in venues across the city.  Join the Murakami reading club! A month before the festival, five hundred readers will receive Murakami's newest book, a month before it will be officially sold in (book) stores. They will be the very first readers of 'Colorless Tsukuru Taziki and His Years of Pilgrimage'. During the Murakami Festival fifteen reading clubs will take place simultaneously, at different locations in Amsterdam. At each, 25 readers can talk about Murakami's newest book with a passionate discussion leader.

Discussion leaders and Locations:

Nowhere		A.H.J. Dautzenberg
Books&Bubbles		Arjen Fortuin
Kattenkabinet		Arjen van Veelen
Lloyd Hotel		Auke Hulst
SSBA Salon		Charlotte van Zanten
		Wim Brands
Okura Hotel		Christine Otten
Roppongi		Ellen Deckwitz
Uitgeverij Atlas Contact		Frank Heinen
Lab111		Joost de Vries
Letterenfonds		Luk Van Haute
De Appel		Marja Pruis
Das Magazin HQ		Philip Huff
‘t Japans cultureel centrum		Theo Hakkert
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Comedytheater	Jeroen Vullings
	Anna Drijver
	Jessica Durlacher

You can read more about the festival [in Dutch]