Author: Etienne

Researching upcoming novel on the canals of Amsterdam. With Maurice Jorissen, member of Amsterdam Handhawing.

With Elleke Boehmer (University of Oxford) and Eep Francken (University of Leiden), at a seminar on history and fiction in Zuid-Afrika Huis, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Digital working seminar, Zuid-Afrika Huis, Amsterdam. Arjan Waayer (ZASM, senior legal council), Jan Donner (Chair Stichting ZASM and President Emeritus, Royal Tropical Institute), Guido van den Berg (Director, ZA Huis), Isabelle Vermeij (Events and Seminar Programmer, ZA Huis), Bun Booyens (Editor Die Burger), Ingrid Glorie (Editor Maandblad ZA), Bart Luirink (Chief Editor ZAM), Eurika Barnard (SASNEV) and Etienne van Heerden (University of Cape Town and Editor of LitNet) all participated.

At the opening of Zuid-Afrikahuis, Amsterdam, with amongst others the South African ambassador to the Netherlands, Bruce Koloane (front row).

Research trip to Budapest, Hungary.

In the refurbished Zuid-Afrikahuis, Amsterdam, two days before the official opening. With Bun Booyens, editor of Cape daily Die Burger. The research centre was re-opened on Thursday, February 11th after extensive renovations. It houses the largest South African library outside SA’s borders, offers seminars and discussions, is a home to researchers, and administers a large digital archive.

Lee-Ann van Rooi in the kykNET episode on The Long Silence of Mario Salviati.

KykNET, SA TV channel, offered an episode on The Long Silence of Mario Salviati. Pictured is the cover of the latest Afrikaans edition of the novel.

In kykNET’s episode on The Long Silence of Mario Salviati. Actors Jana Cilliers, June van Merch and Nicole Holm.

Visiting, with daughters Imke and Menán, Olive Schreiner’s grave on Buffelskop, Cradock, South Africa.