Hollis Kurman

The ‘Kunst in Vrijheid’ event has been postponed until further notice given COVID-19 safety concerns and regulations
Hollis Kurman will moderate this symposium to celebrate 75 years of freedom, exploring the theme of artists being able to create and express themselves freely.

On 31 October, 2019, Hollis moderated an Ivy Circle event on ‘The Gig Economy’ with Professor Diane Mulchay, author of ‘The Gig Economy’ (hosted by Egon Zehnder Amsterdam).

If you’re in Amsterdam, come perform or just join in for the ABC Open Mic session at the American Book Center (Friday, 13 September, 2019 at ABC – Het Spui, Amsterdam). Performers should sign up by 17:00; session begins at

Please join the Ivy Circle and its partners for their annual Education Fairs this Fall: Ivy Circle MBA Fair 2019 Amstelveen, The Netherlands; 19 September 2019 At our 13th annual Amsterdam MBA Fair, Ivy Circle with the support of Roland

Jonathan Safran Foer – We are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast. On 3 September 2019, Hollis Kurman moderated the John Adams Institute event with internationally renowned writer Jonathan Safran Foer. Foer talked about climate change and explained

From 10-14 July 2019, Hollis attended the Southampton Writers Conference 2019 in Southampton, New York, where she participated in the children’s book writing workshop with award-winning children’s book author-illustrator Dan Yaccarino.

SCBWI Europolitan Conference 2019 Zürich, Switzerland; 3-5 May, 2019 — Europolitan was born as a joint initiative between five SCBWI European regions to pool their resources and plan a conference together that would be larger than any one region could

Is it too early to make a wish for next year? I’d love to see as much diversity in the corridors and stands (on both sides of the table!) of this fantastic Fair as we’re finally starting to see in

How many cities have a poets’ street? Another reason to love Bologna. — If you want to see more of what goes on here in Italy, you can visit my Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/holliskurman_writer/

Settling in at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair… sunshine inside and out. Previewing my début picture book, Hello! A Counting Book of Kindnesses, illustrated by Barroux and published by Otter-Barry Books (2020). The child refugee journey through a hopeful lens…

In the Dutch opinion weekly Elsevier of November 12, 2018, Hollis was featured in an article in their series American Dreamers. ‘The Dutch are calmer than the Americans‘