How it began On the autumn equinox of 2018, after reading a Flemish article about forest bathing and feeling the call of it in my bones, blood and belly, I set up this website. It […]
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The Writing(with)plants Campaign Closed … but You Have One More Month
The crowdfunding campaign for Writing(with)Plants has ended successfully. The book is now in production. But for those who missed it, there is one final opportunity to order your copy at the early supporter price of €40 … this month […]
Final Days: Help the writing(with)plants care(work)book Take Root
The book The care(work)book grows out of five years of writing(with)plants sessions, collective gatherings where people write alongside plants and landscapes, slowing down to notice, reflect and imagine together new stories, rituals and prototypes. This first edition […]
You are invited to join a writing(with)plants workshop during the Rooted Festival in Aarhus (13-14 June 2026), and (re)enchant Denmark in June.
At the end of spring I will be again in Denmark. Let me share a bit more about the second edition of the Rooted Festival, where I am invited to host a writing(with)plants session. This […]
You are invited to join Writing(with)Willow on March 22 and April 12th – and create a multispecies family portrait
This spring I’m inviting you to two special Writing(with)Willow sessions on March 22 and April 12. They are part of the growing writing(with)care project … and also connected to the crowdfunding campaign for the upcoming book. Why willow? Yes, there is a willow […]
The Writing(with)plants care(work)book is here – Reserve Your Copy
The book What if writing could become a form of care? The care(work)book grows out of five years of writing(with)plants sessions, collective gatherings where people write alongside plants and landscapes, slowing down to notice, reflect and imagine […]
[Only in Dutch] Van bezielde landschappen in Japan naar betoverde plekken in Nederland en België – doe mee met een online kringgesprek (afgelast)
Deel van de promotie van TUSSENLAND In zomer 2025 organiseer ik live en online momenten voor verbinding en verwondering. Voor mij is mijn nieuwste boek Tussenland een artefact van een groter project, een excuus om […]
[Only in Dutch] Mijn nieuw boek Tussenland is uit !
Ik ben trots op elk boek, verhaal en wetenschappelijk artikel, maar Tussenland is toch een van mijn favorieten. Ik heb jaren gesleuteld aan Tussenland. Voor enkele jaren was Tussenland mijn project aan de Vlaamse schrijversacademie. […]
Mythic Fiction with tree spirit elements: The white dream
Mythic fiction? What is this? It’s is literature that is rooted in, inspired by, or that in some way draws from the metaphors, archetypes, symbols, themes of myth, legend, folklore and fairytales. In the 1980s, the […]
[Only in Dutch] my new book: “DE WITTE DROOM”
Toen ik in 2013 Pakistan bezocht, leerde ik dat dit land meer gezichten heeft dan de westerse media mij deed geloven. In een restaurant in Lahore gaf ik mezelf een denkoefening: “hoe krijg je een […]