An independent English Bookshop just around the corner of the University building & the library
We have a curated collection of:
English Literature | Graphic Design | Poetry | (Social) Sciences | Gender studies | History | Nature | Cookbooks | Picture books | Postcards | Posters | Notebooks | Planners | Plint | Art prints by local artists
Upcoming events
Pink Cube - Our Exquisite Corpse
A participatory artwork
The waiting lists for transgender healthcare in the Netherlands are massive. The average waiting list for a first interview with a psychologist to get a gender dysphoria diagnosis is two years. This is not the beginning of treatment, but an assessment to see if you even qualify for specialized care. As of March 2023, the waiting list at the UMC in Groningen is 30 months long. 30 months equals 130 weeks. 30 months equals 912 days. 21.900 hours. 1.314.900 minutes.
The ongoing participation project OUR EXQUISITE CORPSE visualizes these endless waiting lists. A cadavre exquis is a poem or a drawing made up of multiple segments by different people to form an, often barely legible, end result. OUR EXQUISITE CORPSE is such a cadavre exquis, but time-based. We welcome everyone to contribute one or more tiles to a quilt spanning several meters. You keep track of how much time you spend on the tiles. Seconds, minutes or hours, as long as you want. All these minutes are added up. We keep going until we reach 1.314.900 minutes. 21.900 hours. 912 days. 130 weeks. 30 months.
Over the next couple of months, maybe even years, we will bring the artwork to several locations where you will be able to contribute.
This event is organised by Pink Cube.
Walter’s Bookshop
Oude Kijk in ’t Jatstraat 10
From 12:00 till17:00
Upcoming dates:
Saturday 22-11-25
Saturday 17-01-26
Satirdau 21-02-25
News
Wonderlaand Podcast
We were interviewed by the wonderful Hedwig Sekeres and Augustin De Julio Pardo of the Wonderlaand Podcast – a podcast in English with stories from Groningen. They interviewed us about Walter’s Bookshop and Godert Walter. If you’d like, you can listen to the podcast (and their other stories) here.
New: An English Walking Guide of Groningen
Now available at Walter's Bookshop.. An English Walking Guid of the city filled with interesting details of Groningen and beautiful pictures.
Walter's Showcasse
Walter’s is owned by Bookstore Godert Walter – Oude Ebbingestraat 53, Groningen.
Disclaimer: Money spent at Walter’s Bookshop will be invested in new books for Walter’s Bookshop, the daily maintenance of loved ones and/or our cats but never on space travel.
