Clavis (publisher)

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Clavis
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Founded1981
Country of originBelgium
Headquarters locationHasselt, Belgium
Official website www.clavisbooks.com

Clavis, Clavis Publishing or Clavis Media is a Flemish publishing house of children's books based in Hasselt, Belgium with additional offices in Amsterdam and New York City. The company is the largest publisher of Dutch-language children's literature. [1]

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History

The company was founded in 1981 by the family Werck and the company published its first children's book in 1984. [1] [2]

The company has published many books by Dutch and Flemish authors and illustrators, including Guido Van Genechten, [3] Iny Driessen, [4] Bart Demyttenaere, Ed Franck, [5] Liesbet Slegers, Kolet Janssen, [6] Anneriek van Heugten, Stefaan Van Laere, Gerard van Gemert, Patrick Lagrou, [7] Sanne te Loo, Betty Mellaerts, Maria Heylen, [8] Johan Vandevelde, Marleen Mutsaers, Patrick Bernauw [1] and Marc de Bel. [1]

In February 2011, director Philippe Werck was replaced by Willy Vanden Poel after years of complaints by authors and illustrators regarding late payments. [1] [9] In July 2011, the Werck family bought back their ownership stake in Clavis from the investment firm LRM (minority shareholder in the company) and Philippe Werck became CEO again. [9] In 2018 Philippe transferred his stake to his daughters Kristien and Sigrid. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Weeda, Frederiek (4 February 2011). "Uitgeverij Clavis vervangt top na klachten over traag betalen" (in Dutch). NRC. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Ondernemerszin en passie voor kinderboeken bij Clavis Uitgeverij" (in Dutch). Sterck Magazine. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  3. ↑ de Schepper, Ria. "Guido Van Genechten" (in Dutch). Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur (1982 - 2014) - Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  4. ↑ De Jonckheere, Sofie. "Iny Driessen" (in Dutch). Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur (1982 - 2014) - Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  5. ↑ van Coillie, Jan. "Ed Franck" (in Dutch). Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur (1982 - 2014) - Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  6. ↑ van Coillie, Jan. "Kolet Janssen" (in Dutch). Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur (1982 - 2014) - Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  7. ↑ De Jonckheere, Sofie. "Patrick Lagrou" (in Dutch). Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur (1982 - 2014) - Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  8. ↑ van Coillie, Jan. "Maria Heylen" (in Dutch). Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur (1982 - 2014) - Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  9. 1 2 Claes, Dominiek (12 July 2011). "Familie Werck (Clavis) koopt aandeel LRM af" (in Dutch). Made in Limburg. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
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