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Rainy day dream come true
I don’t know if I can still blame lockdown, but I’m sucked into my phone more than ever. Social media for breakfast lunch dinner and what...
Joke De Roeck
Sep 15, 20212 min read


Yes! Our book is heeeere!
Yippiieeee! POISON IVY, our book of poems and illustrations, is rrrready to roll, baby! Time to celebrate, somersault, handstand and...
Joke De Roeck
Mar 14, 20211 min read


Dying rich
I recently read a book about the life of Alexander McQueen. When the writer talks about the fashion designers death (he comitted suicide...
Joke De Roeck
Feb 28, 20212 min read


Birthing a book
It’s been a while oh yes indeed! Making my way from festival to festival, camping on beaches, visiting friends, road tripping soaking up...
Joke De Roeck
Feb 11, 20212 min read


All I want
All I want you to do is lay your body next to mine rest your travelled heart and head between my legs I won’t tell you to stop or go...
Joke De Roeck
Jan 13, 20201 min read


Always celebrate yourself
Last week, I received an email from my favourite English bookshop in Brussels: The book you ordered, has arrived! Yay! My bike flew me...
Joke De Roeck
Oct 13, 20182 min read


Second hand stories
I found his book on a flea market in a muggy church years ago. I liked the dust on it, no fingers have touched the cover in a long time....
Joke De Roeck
May 1, 20182 min read


I wrote a book!
Do you know that feeling when things just seem to fall into place? Daydreams of escaping the city to hide under autumn leaves come true...
Joke De Roeck
Nov 5, 20163 min read
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