Writer/ idler/ photocopyist Richard Foster is about to publish his second auto fiction – The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club – this month. Here he outlines the credo of this pastime. Portraits by Nina Dörner
Artist and writer Richard Foster is a regular contributor to this publication. He is the author of a number of articles on Dutch post punk and two books based in the Netherlands of the 2000s, Flower Factory (2022) and The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club, published 14 February, 2025 (both Ortac Press). The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club is best described as a set of psychedelicised, autofictive fairy tales. A diverse cast – from addicts to grandmothers – narrate the major social changes that country underwent during the mid-noughties. Themes include the...
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