{"id":27202,"date":"2026-09-05T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T09:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/agenda\/harmen-van-straaten\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T11:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T09:03:21","slug":"harmen-van-straaten","status":"publish","type":"agenda","link":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/agenda\/harmen-van-straaten\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Harmen van Straaten"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Writer and illustrator Harmen van Straaten comes to Bibliotheek Drachten! To celebrate his 40-year career, he talks about his books, illustrations and his latest children&#8217;s book <em>Herrie in de tent<\/em>, the Picture Book of Children&#8217;s Book Week 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Van Straaten has illustrated hundreds of children&#8217;s books and written over fifty books himself for children of different ages. Well-known titles include <em>Spuit Elf<\/em>, <em>H\u00e9, wie zit er op de wc?<\/em> and <em>Super Jan<\/em>. During this special meeting, he tells how his stories and illustrations came to be, reflects on forty years of writing and there is of course also an opportunity to ask questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An afternoon for young and old about the world of Harmen van Straaten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27198,"parent":0,"menu_order":72,"template":"","agenda_activity":[555,409,171],"agenda_language":[],"class_list":["post-27202","agenda","type-agenda","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","agenda_activity-gesprek-en","agenda_activity-lezing-en","agenda_activity-conversation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meet Harmen van Straaten - Leeuwarden City of Literature<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/agenda\/harmen-van-straaten\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meet Harmen van Straaten - Leeuwarden City of Literature\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Writer and illustrator Harmen van Straaten comes to Bibliotheek Drachten! To celebrate his 40-year career, he talks about his books, illustrations and his latest children&#8217;s book Herrie in de tent, the Picture Book of Children&#8217;s Book Week 2026. Van Straaten has illustrated hundreds of children&#8217;s books and written over fifty books himself for children of [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/agenda\/harmen-van-straaten\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Leeuwarden City of Literature\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-05T09:03:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Harmen-van-Straaten.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/en\\\/agenda\\\/harmen-van-straaten\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/en\\\/agenda\\\/harmen-van-straaten\\\/\",\"name\":\"Meet Harmen van Straaten - Leeuwarden City of Literature\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/fy\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/en\\\/agenda\\\/harmen-van-straaten\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/en\\\/agenda\\\/harmen-van-straaten\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/Harmen-van-Straaten.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-05T09:00:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-05T09:03:21+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/en\\\/agenda\\\/harmen-van-straaten\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/en\\\/agenda\\\/harmen-van-straaten\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/en\\\/agenda\\\/harmen-van-straaten\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/Harmen-van-Straaten.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/Harmen-van-Straaten.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":1707},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/en\\\/agenda\\\/harmen-van-straaten\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Meet Harmen van Straaten\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/fy\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/fy\\\/\",\"name\":\"Leeuwarden City of Literature\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\\\/fy\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Meet Harmen van Straaten - Leeuwarden City of Literature","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/agenda\/harmen-van-straaten\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Meet Harmen van Straaten - Leeuwarden City of Literature","og_description":"Writer and illustrator Harmen van Straaten comes to Bibliotheek Drachten! To celebrate his 40-year career, he talks about his books, illustrations and his latest children&#8217;s book Herrie in de tent, the Picture Book of Children&#8217;s Book Week 2026. Van Straaten has illustrated hundreds of children&#8217;s books and written over fifty books himself for children of [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/agenda\/harmen-van-straaten\/","og_site_name":"Leeuwarden City of Literature","article_modified_time":"2026-09-05T09:03:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Harmen-van-Straaten.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/agenda\/harmen-van-straaten\/","url":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/agenda\/harmen-van-straaten\/","name":"Meet Harmen van Straaten - Leeuwarden City of Literature","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/fy\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/agenda\/harmen-van-straaten\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/agenda\/harmen-van-straaten\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Harmen-van-Straaten.jpg","datePublished":"2026-09-05T09:00:31+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-05T09:03:21+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/agenda\/harmen-van-straaten\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/agenda\/harmen-van-straaten\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/agenda\/harmen-van-straaten\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Harmen-van-Straaten.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Harmen-van-Straaten.jpg","width":1280,"height":1707},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/agenda\/harmen-van-straaten\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Meet Harmen van Straaten"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/fy\/#website","url":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/fy\/","name":"Leeuwarden City of Literature","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/fy\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/agenda\/27202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/agenda"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/agenda"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/agenda\/27202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27205,"href":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/agenda\/27202\/revisions\/27205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"agenda_activity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/agenda_activity?post=27202"},{"taxonomy":"agenda_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/agenda_language?post=27202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}