Janneke Spoelstra, lexicographer at the Fryske Akademy, gave a lecture entitled 'Can female writers in Frisian feel at home in Frisian literature? And do they?', at the congress of the Association of Low Countries Studies, which had the theme: 'Homing in'. The lecture and the article in English behind it are preparations for the interviews Janneke Spoelstra will hold with Frisian female poets in the context of the interview collection she started in March 2022. The article has meanwhile been published in a Frisian translation in Ensafh, no. 4.

The interview collection is intended as an update of Jelma Knol's book 'út syn aerd wei froulik, de Fryske dichteressen en it misferstân' (1993) and will appear in the Literêre Rigen of the Fryske Akademy. Janneke Spoelstra looked at various percentages of 'homing in' by women in Frisian literature. Some percentages as an update of Jelma Knol's 1993 figures, for example how many women contributed to the Frisian literary magazines Hjir (then) and Ensafh (now), and some new percentages, such as the participation of women in poetry collective Rixt. She also looked at how the Frisian figures related to data about women's participation in Dutch-language poetry and poetry in Ireland.

The project runs until March 2024. De Afûk will publish the interview volume.

Janneke Spoelstra will talk more about it at the Conference on Frisian Humanities, on Wednesday 14 September, during the lecture 'Wêr bliuwe de froulju?'