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Between May 7 and August 14, 2022, every day during the 100-day Arcadia cultural program, Happiness delayed<\/em> by Leeuwarden UNESCO City of Literature brought a new story to a different, paradisiacal spot in Frysl\u00e2n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scroll to read and listen to the stories<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

100 stories by 100 writers told in 100 gardens over 100 consecutive days<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve asked 100 authors from Frysl\u00e2n, The Netherlands and Belgium, and all over the world to write about their idea of paradise, of beauty, of happiness. Until August 14th<\/sup>, every day a new short story will be told, each day in a different garden or other idyllic setting throughout the province of Frysl\u00e2n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the live readings of the stories by skilled (voice) actors, they are published on our website, where you can read each story in Dutch, Frisian and English, and in some cases in the original language of the story (among others Spanish, German, Korean, Hebrew). On this website, you can listen to recordings of the stories too; most of them in Dutch or Frisian, but the stories that were written in English have also been recorded in English, for example Cat Hellisen<\/a> (CoL Edinburgh, UK), Emma Neale<\/a> (CoL Dunedin, NZ), and Jessica Bothma<\/a> (CoL Durban, ZA). 

We are very happy with and proud of this unique collection of stories and translations about beauty, happiness and what paradise might, should, could be, or not. We want to say a special thanks to the Cities of Literature who contributed a story for Happiness Delayed: besides Edinburgh, Dunedin and Durban also Barcelona (SP), Heidelberg<\/a> (DE), Nanjing<\/a> (CN), Suleimaniya<\/a> (IQ), Ulyanovsk<\/a> (RU), Utrecht<\/a> (NL) and Wonj<\/a>u (KR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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