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Coming sunday the Books Are Bridges Art Books Fest takes place at the Clubhouse of SNV in Rotterdam. Our representative Jesse Presse will showcase a selection of new publications by Jap Sam Books at their table. Come say hi!

Image by Bram Belloni 

Amsterdam, 31 May 2022 - Visual artist Remy Jungerman receives the Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Art 2022, the biggest visual art prize in the Netherlands. The jury praises the artist for the way he interweaves the cultures of the countries that define him, Suriname, the Netherlands, and the United States.

This saturday, March 19th the It's a book 2022 Independent Publishing fair will take place! The event is hybrid, so you can join the digital event from wherever you are here. Jap Sam Books will participate in the online event with a great selection of our publications.

On Wednesday March 9th Future Cities was launched at Pakhuis de Zwijger with an amazing program, both physical and online via livestream. For everyone who missed it, you can watch the whole livestream below!

We are happy to announce that Future Cities. Stories behind the statistics of urbanization and growth will be launched on March 9, from 5 till 7 pm at Pakhuis de Zwijger (on location and online).

For RSVP: Pakhuis de Zwijger Free admission.

Image by Barbara Medo

Together with MAMA we proudly present This Naked Incident, a visual and textual exploration by Alexander van der Heide & Sander Coers into the place 'masculinity' has in the lives of young people today.

On the occasion of the collaboration between Jap Sam Books and SixtyEight Art Institute researcher and curator Denisa Tomkova interviewed Eleonoor Jap Sam, founder and director of Jap Sam Books. This elaborate interview shines light on the vision of Jap Sam Books and our approach to publishing.

With a few days left of 2021 we look back at all the amazing books we released this year.