Gwen Peroti is a freelance producer of events in the cultural sector. She worked for, among others, IFFR, Museum De Lakenhal and ZigZagCity Architecture Festival.
She has been part of the production team of Read My World since the first edition, this year for the first time as head of artist handling & hospitality.

Leonie Dijkstra has been the communications coordinator for Read My World since 2026. She has worked as a marketer and communications professional in the cultural sector for nearly twenty years. She has worked for a wide range of institutions and festivals, including the Nederlands Theaterfestival, Theater Utrecht, Theater Rotterdam, Theater Bellevue, and Frascati. In this practice, she consistently operates at the intersection of content and audience: how do you present a story in such a way that it not only becomes visible but also truly resonates?

Simone Zeefuik is the Bijlmer-based literature lover whose vocabularies center around film scenes, passages from her favorite books, memes, sculptures, photos and song lyrics. In addition to being a writer and program maker, she is a dedicated ginger tea critic who enjoys working in the theater and exhibition world.

Julia Jouwe (29) is an activist, journalist, and co-founder of The Young Papua Collective. Her Papuan name, Féje, meaning “the caring one,” reflects her dedication to community organizing, education, and storytelling. Inspired by her grandfather Nicolaas Jouwe, one of the founders of the West Papua independence movement, she explores how history, identity, and power are intertwined. In her work, she unravels dominant narratives and seeks out underrepresented perspectives, with particular attention to Indigenous voices, colonial legacies, and climate justice. Through investigative journalism, public programs, events, and workshops, she creates space for new narratives and intergenerational dialogue.

Houda (1992) is committed to social issues, has started an anti-racism action group in Tilburg and organizes Safe Space events. She is a writer under the pseudonym Tough and Vulnerable and regularly performs as a spoken word artist. She is a fiery lady who sees and feels strength in vulnerability, although the latter is not always easy. For the past two years she has been a coordinator at Poetry Circle Nowhere and a production point of contact at The Stage. She is currently developing the side program of a performance by House of Nouws.

Lorraine Masamba is a freelance creative marketer, producer and (radio) host, likes to work for the unheard and has a passion for dancing & food.

Merel graduated from the Art and Economics course at the HKU in 2017, after which she started working as a self-employed person in the cultural sector. She is a freelance production manager at various theater companies, sets up her own theater projects, is business manager at iona&rineke and produces Read My World. While still studying, she started at Read My World as a volunteer coordinator, but has now been a producer of the festival since 2019.

Pelumi Adejumo is a transdisciplinary writer whose work explores themes such as migration, grief and linguistic alienation. She also sees language as a form of location, a place of struggle. Adejumo obtained her bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing from the ArtEZ School of the Arts and her master’s degree in Fine Art from the Dutch Art Institute. In 2023 she received the Frans Vogel Poetry Prize for her multilingual work. She publishes and performs in various places at home and abroad.
She was also the thesis supervisor at the Sandberg Master BlackerBlackness Studies and is part of the Read My World editorial team.

Rik van der Veen has been working as a technician in the cultural sector for years. He has been the festival’s head technician since Read My World was founded.

Tessa van Dooren has been active as a full-time translator since 1998. She worked successively at a small translation agency and a large multinational before switching to a career as a freelancer in 2006. A few years ago she decided that things had to change and that she wanted to focus on texts without a commercial purpose. It was time to use language again as it should be: to tell stories that need to be heard, to touch, entertain, amaze and shape people. To this end, she took additional training at the Translators’ School and has now reached the point where she can combine the many translation kilometers she has made with her first great love: the love for the book.

Tim is a program maker who has worked for organizations such as Tolhuistuin, Amerpodia, Prince Claus Fund and Poetry Circle Nowhere. In addition to his work for the Read My World festival, he is currently working in healthcare as a Spiritual Caregiver and on a documentary for production house Een van de Jongens. In his programming he uses different disciplines in storytelling. Making use of the different qualities that poetry, literature, film, dance, theater and music possess to show and explore different themes, questions and desires.

Willemijn Lamp is co-founder and artistic director of Read My World.

Roos Matla en Sofie Doeland studeerden in 2011 af aan de opleiding Scenografie, Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten. Sindsdien zijn ze freelance decor- en kostuumontwerper, bouwer en maken ze eigen installatiekunst. Ze delen een werkplaats op het Domijn in Weesp en werken zowel samen als apart van elkaar.

Al sinds het begin van het Read My World Festival verzorgen zijn de locatievormgeving. Eerst onder de naam van LABland (een collectief van beeldmakers samen met Juul Dekker, tussen 2011 – 2017), daarna onder hun eigen naam.

Bureau O4 bouwt gebruiksvriendelijke websites op maat voor uiteenlopende bedrijven en organisaties, onder anderen:

SLAA.nl

Abrahamkef.nl

Brainwashfestival.nl