Bob Van Laerhoven
@walterhond.bsky.social
Multi-award-winning Flemish novelist.Published 44 books(traditionally) in Holland and Belgium. Translated into French, English, German, Spanish, Swedish, Slovenian, Italian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, and Amharic(Ethiopia).
The Long Farewell is the winner of a Literary Titan Gold Book Award 2025.
#literature #literaturelovers❤️ #wwii #suspense # #thriller
(...) If you want to look straight into the heart of human weakness and still find traces of grace there, this book will stay with you for a long time.
#literature #literaturelovers❤️ #wwii #suspense # #thriller
(...) If you want to look straight into the heart of human weakness and still find traces of grace there, this book will stay with you for a long time.
November 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The Long Farewell is the winner of a Literary Titan Gold Book Award 2025.
#literature #literaturelovers❤️ #wwii #suspense # #thriller
(...) If you want to look straight into the heart of human weakness and still find traces of grace there, this book will stay with you for a long time.
#literature #literaturelovers❤️ #wwii #suspense # #thriller
(...) If you want to look straight into the heart of human weakness and still find traces of grace there, this book will stay with you for a long time.
A psychiatrist/author/blogger published an extensive analysis of “The Long Farewell” on Amazon.com
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5.0 out of 5 stars A novel looking at the history of Germany pre- and during WWII through a dark mirror
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2025
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OlgaNM
5.0 out of 5 stars A novel looking at the history of Germany pre- and during WWII through a dark mirror
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2025
www.amazon.com/Long-Farewel...
The Long Farewell
Amazon.com: The Long Farewell: 9798263584863: Van Laerhoven, Bob: Books
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November 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A psychiatrist/author/blogger published an extensive analysis of “The Long Farewell” on Amazon.com
OlgaNM
5.0 out of 5 stars A novel looking at the history of Germany pre- and during WWII through a dark mirror
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2025
www.amazon.com/Long-Farewel...
OlgaNM
5.0 out of 5 stars A novel looking at the history of Germany pre- and during WWII through a dark mirror
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2025
www.amazon.com/Long-Farewel...
My Publisher launched "The Long Farewell" in September. In this WWII novel, the famous psychiatrist, Professor Carl Gustav Jung, concludes that cruelty is meted out by the oppressor and inherited by the victim. Gaza is a terrifying example.
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The Long Farewell
Amazon.com: The Long Farewell: 9798263584863: Van Laerhoven, Bob: Books
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October 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
My Publisher launched "The Long Farewell" in September. In this WWII novel, the famous psychiatrist, Professor Carl Gustav Jung, concludes that cruelty is meted out by the oppressor and inherited by the victim. Gaza is a terrifying example.
www.amazon.com/Long-Farewel...
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Hi @cop30brazil.bsky.social, the climate crisis won’t wait, and neither will we. From the Amazon to the Pacific, Indigenous and traditional Peoples are calling for courage, justice, and real action to phase out fossil fuels #COP30. Stand with us and act! #UnidosPelaTerra #TheAnswerIsUs
October 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Hi @cop30brazil.bsky.social, the climate crisis won’t wait, and neither will we. From the Amazon to the Pacific, Indigenous and traditional Peoples are calling for courage, justice, and real action to phase out fossil fuels #COP30. Stand with us and act! #UnidosPelaTerra #TheAnswerIsUs
Tell Japan: shut down the ivory market, save elephant lives. action.eko.org/a/japan-ivor...
Tell Japan: Shut down the ivory market.
Every year, tens of thousands of elephants are butchered for their tusks despite a global ivory ban -- and Japan’s massive domestic market remains one of the main drivers.But we have a once-in-a-gener
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October 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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My Publisher, Next Chapter, sent me the cover draft for "The Long Farewell," my sixth novel in English translation.
Excerpt of the blurb:
THE LONG FAREWELL is an unforgettable exploration of fascism’s lure and the roots of the Holocaust. More than ever, the novel is a mirror for our modern times.
Excerpt of the blurb:
THE LONG FAREWELL is an unforgettable exploration of fascism’s lure and the roots of the Holocaust. More than ever, the novel is a mirror for our modern times.
September 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
My Publisher, Next Chapter, sent me the cover draft for "The Long Farewell," my sixth novel in English translation.
Excerpt of the blurb:
THE LONG FAREWELL is an unforgettable exploration of fascism’s lure and the roots of the Holocaust. More than ever, the novel is a mirror for our modern times.
Excerpt of the blurb:
THE LONG FAREWELL is an unforgettable exploration of fascism’s lure and the roots of the Holocaust. More than ever, the novel is a mirror for our modern times.
Two distinguished gentlemen apparently appreciate my work.
Robert Morgan Fisher is a multi-award-winning author, essayist, and songwriter.
Brian Evenson has won multiple awards for his daring blend of literary and popular fiction, which is translated into eleven languages.
Robert Morgan Fisher is a multi-award-winning author, essayist, and songwriter.
Brian Evenson has won multiple awards for his daring blend of literary and popular fiction, which is translated into eleven languages.
August 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Two distinguished gentlemen apparently appreciate my work.
Robert Morgan Fisher is a multi-award-winning author, essayist, and songwriter.
Brian Evenson has won multiple awards for his daring blend of literary and popular fiction, which is translated into eleven languages.
Robert Morgan Fisher is a multi-award-winning author, essayist, and songwriter.
Brian Evenson has won multiple awards for his daring blend of literary and popular fiction, which is translated into eleven languages.
My esteemed colleague and prolific author Sean O'Leary published his interview with me in his writer series. You can read it on several FB pages, including his and mine.
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August 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
My esteemed colleague and prolific author Sean O'Leary published his interview with me in his writer series. You can read it on several FB pages, including his and mine.
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Stop the big corporations fueling Gaza’s destruction.
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Stop fuelling the “economy of genocide”
A historic new UN report just did what the UN almost never does — it named dozens of global corporations fuelling Israel’s “economy of genocide”. They’re helping bomb Gaza and steal Palestinian land f
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July 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Stop the big corporations fueling Gaza’s destruction.
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Projection graffiti 🤍
July 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Projection graffiti 🤍
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"Scars Of The Heart" is featured in "The Table Of Honor."
The Table is "A unique new book marketing portal spotlighting the best of international book festivals. You can't belong to the Table Of Honor unless you have placed in an accredited international competition.
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The Table is "A unique new book marketing portal spotlighting the best of international book festivals. You can't belong to the Table Of Honor unless you have placed in an accredited international competition.
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July 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"Scars Of The Heart" is featured in "The Table Of Honor."
The Table is "A unique new book marketing portal spotlighting the best of international book festivals. You can't belong to the Table Of Honor unless you have placed in an accredited international competition.
thetableofhonor.com
The Table is "A unique new book marketing portal spotlighting the best of international book festivals. You can't belong to the Table Of Honor unless you have placed in an accredited international competition.
thetableofhonor.com
In ten days, my short Story Collection "Scars Of The Heart" received two more Awards, bringing the total to five.
From 2014 to the present, my crossover work between literature and the suspense genre has been awarded fourteen times in the USA.
From 2014 to the present, my crossover work between literature and the suspense genre has been awarded fourteen times in the USA.
July 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
In ten days, my short Story Collection "Scars Of The Heart" received two more Awards, bringing the total to five.
From 2014 to the present, my crossover work between literature and the suspense genre has been awarded fourteen times in the USA.
From 2014 to the present, my crossover work between literature and the suspense genre has been awarded fourteen times in the USA.
Four-Award-winning short story Compilation"Scars Of The Heart" is now available on NetGalley for review. Interested? Go to:
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Scars of the Heart
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June 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Four-Award-winning short story Compilation"Scars Of The Heart" is now available on NetGalley for review. Interested? Go to:
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African Union: enforce the ban on the donkey skin trade action.eko.org/a/african-un...
African Union: enforce the ban on the donkey skin trade
Millions of donkeys are slaughtered every year so their skins can be used to make ejiao, a gelatin found in cosmetics and supplements.Donkeys are stolen from communities that rely on them for survival
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June 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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"The Tree-Hugging Woman and I" proves that old love can cloak itself, yet it remains invincible.
"The Tree-Hugging Woman and I" proves that old love can cloak itself, yet it remains invincible.
May 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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"The Tree-Hugging Woman and I" proves that old love can cloak itself, yet it remains invincible.
"The Tree-Hugging Woman and I" proves that old love can cloak itself, yet it remains invincible.
Spain: lead by example and protect the great apes action.eko.org/a/spain-prot...
Spanish lawmakers: protect the great apes!
Nearly 150 great apes remain confined in zoos, circuses, and laboratories in Spain — exploited, distressed, and denied the conditions they need to thrive. A new law could change that, but delays are p
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May 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Conversations with my horse Archimeda II
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Conversations with my horse Archimeda II
- Listen, Master, listen…
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May 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Conversations with my horse Archimeda II
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Mary-of-Mice: a short story guest post about a fairytale coming to life after decades.
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Inside the Author | Scars Of The Heart by Bob Van Laerhoven » Hott Books
Do you love short stories? You don't want to miss Inside the Author | Scars Of The Heart by Bob Van Laerhoven. Visit Hott Books to read an excerpt & learn more!
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May 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Mary-of-Mice: a short story guest post about a fairytale coming to life after decades.
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A girl with fire-red, tingling hair was my first Muse. At the request of an American blogger, I wrote a guest post about her. You can read “Christine With The Flaming Hair” on the blog
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A certifiable book junkie and proud of it! Book reviews, author interviews & more! All Bookworms Welcome :)
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March 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A girl with fire-red, tingling hair was my first Muse. At the request of an American blogger, I wrote a guest post about her. You can read “Christine With The Flaming Hair” on the blog
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Strangely, many are. The level of ignorance is terrifying. A man I know voted for him: sweet guy, but hadn’t read a book since high school and had never voted in his life. He liked how Trump “tells it like it is.“ But this deluded man doesn’t know what “it” is. He couldn’t find Europe on a map.
March 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Strangely, many are. The level of ignorance is terrifying. A man I know voted for him: sweet guy, but hadn’t read a book since high school and had never voted in his life. He liked how Trump “tells it like it is.“ But this deluded man doesn’t know what “it” is. He couldn’t find Europe on a map.
I am, first and foremost, a novelist, but I like to write and publish now and then short stories too. By contrast, my colleagues at the Short Mystery Fiction Society are publishing their intense and enticing short stories more regularly.
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January News from the Short Mystery Fiction Society
About Shortmystery, genre insight from every perspective: reading, writing, revising, submitting, editing, publishing, and publicity.
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February 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I am, first and foremost, a novelist, but I like to write and publish now and then short stories too. By contrast, my colleagues at the Short Mystery Fiction Society are publishing their intense and enticing short stories more regularly.
shortmystery.blogspot.com/2025/02/janu...
shortmystery.blogspot.com/2025/02/janu...