The VPRO book program Moped at sea must stop, VPRO and presenter Wilfried de Jong report on social media on Wednesday. The program Eus Book Club will return to television in April, the NPO said on Wednesday.
“A decision by the non-profit organization”, underlines De Jong Chirping. “Four more broadcasts.” Many viewers on social media reacted to the news with dismay.
In Moped at sea De Jong and Ruth Joos speak weekly with writers and poets about their work. The show is in its second season.
It’s the second time the cancellation of a book show has caused a stir. At the end of 2019, hundreds of prominent writers, journalists, TV and radio operators and pundits protested the cancellation of the TV show VPRO books. Among the signatories were such prominent writers as Adriaan van Dis, Herman Koch, Peter Buwalda, Margriet de Moor, Kees van Kooten and Niña Weijers.
Eus Book Club will return to television in April, because the program has enjoyed success for the past two years, according to the charity.
In Eus Book Club “we celebrate a love of reading,” read a statement on broadcaster NTR’s website. Writers took part in the program, but also mayors who told which text had struck them. The program is presented by Özcan Akyol.
