Een spannend kinderboek over het verlangen naar reizen, fantasie en de Nederlandse natuur. Het boek is rijk geïillustreerd door theatermaker en illustrator Nora Tinholt, die alle illustraties geheel met de hand maakte met ecoline, inkt en waterverf. Vanaf april 2019 verkrijgbaar via de boekhandel, BOL.com, AKO, Libris of gesigneerd via www.yarumakki.nl

Including writing for national daily’s Trouw and de Volkskrant, Volzin, newssite on Latin America Noticias, local newspaper Den Haag Centraal and Tumult, centre for debate in Utrecht. Webeditor at Initiatives of Changes Netherlands. Writer at Onze Taal magazine, on Dutch language.Trip to Ecuador, South America, in 2008 for a series of articles published in Trouw, La Chispa and on the website Noticias.Contributed to the publication on the Arab Spring Onder mijn zolen; verhalen over de Arabische opstand (2011). Stefan de Vries & Marijn Kruk. Contribution on Jemen, together with Anna Bukhari.

Giving Dutch classes to immigrants (part-time). Students prepare for the "inburgeringsexamen" or "staatsexamen".

As a general reporter at successively the national desk, the political desk and the foreign desk I wrote on a broad variety of subjects and from many locations, both inside and outside the Netherlands. During this period I had a special focus on education, immigration, the 2012 parliamentary elections, the Nordic countries and Europe. I had practice in all genres: reports, news, interviews, feature articles and investigative journalism. In 2012 I was nominated for the National Award for Educational Journalism. On the Volkskrant-website you can find all my work: http://www.volkskrant.nl/zoeken/?s=%22Irene+de+Pous%22 For a selection see my personal website: www.irenedepous.nl

Internship at the national desk, writing background and feature articles for NRC Weekblad, NRC Next and NRC Handelsblad. Reporting among others on the local elections of 2010. You find my work at the NRC website: http://zoeken.nrc.nl/?q=%22Irene+de+Pous%22

Journalist and webeditor at the editorial office on religion and philosophy. Responsible for the further development of the website and webcommunity for the religion and philosphy desk, improving the interaction between the newspaper journalists and the online activities. Also reporting and writing for the newspaper.