Arnon Grunberg was invited to be a guest speaker at a masterclass writing, organised by publishing company Querido and newspaper Trouw. On the 3rd of March 2007 he took everyone with a boat to Boxing Gym Bep Kneppers in Amsterdam where trainers Henk Sleijfer and Carlos Ramnath gave a hardcore boxing training.

(During the training)
Henk: 'Keep your hands high, otherwise Arnon will write nasty things about you.'
Someone: 'But we write articles too, you know.' Henk: 'Yes, but no one is ever going to read them.'

Afterwards there was a very nice and tasty lunch in Café Tabac.
Arnon Grunberg gave the participants an assignment to write a short story (fiction or non-fiction) based on the events of the morning.
14 stories and one haiku were the result. Justine Leclercq's 'Nieuwe ronde' was selected to be published on this site. Read it here.