Italy's leading newspaper Corriere della Sera spotlights the Netherlands' role as guest of honor at the 2025 Salone Internazionale del Libro in Torino, with particular attention to the innovative ways Dutch poets are making poetry accessible to new audiences. The article, 'Tech-spirited Netherlands', focuses on how poets like Babs Gons (current Poet Laureate of the Netherlands) and Ellen Deckwitz (Official Poet of Amsterdam) are bridging traditional poetry with modern technology. Central to this cultural dialogue is VOUW's Poem Booth, which the Italian daily describes as an 'AI poetry machine that creates poems from pictures.' Writer Jessica Chia highlights how the Poem Booth represents a new approach to democratizing poetry. The coverage positions the Netherlands' participation at Torino as part of a broader cultural mission: 'The Discovery of Holland.'
— Justus Bruns