Symposium on Fiction and History, Regentenkamer, University of Leiden, Netherlands. Being interviewed by professor of Modern Dutch Literature Eep Francken and Ineke van Kessel of the Centre for African Studies.
Author: Etienne
Photo: Tros Nieusshow
On Tros Nieuwsshow, Media Park, Hilversum, Netherlands (interview on Klimtol), with the members of the Dutch group Nits.
In studio, Tros Nieuwsshow, Mediapark, Hilversum, Netherlands.
Photo: Interview in Roeselare’s public library
In Belgium to talk about Klimtol – stage interview in Roeselare’s public library, with Brussel FM’s DJ Kim Ponsaerts and author Marita van der Vyver.
Photo: Lunch meeting with the DBNL’s Cees Klapwijk
Discussing co-operation between the DBNL and Etienne van Heerden’s LitNet (www.litnet.co.za) – Lunch meeting with the DBNL’s Cees Klapwijk in Den Haag, Netherlands. (De Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren is een website over de Nederlandse literatuur, taal en cultuurgeschiedenis. De site bevat literaire teksten, secundaire literatuur en aanvullende informatie als biografieën, portretten en hyperlinks, naast een groot aantal studies en primaire bronnen op het brede terrein van de Nederlands(talig)e cultuurgeschiedenis.)
Photo: Joost Nijsen with ‘Klimtol’
Dutch publisher Joost Nijsen (Podium Publishers, Amsterdam) with Etienne van Heerden’s 1964 Coca-Cola yo-yo and the Dutch edition of Klimtol.
Photo: Bookshop window
Shop window of Boekwinkel H. de Vries, Haarlem.
Interview in the Belgian daily ‘De Standaard’
Interview on the Tros Nieuwsshow
Etienne van Heerden will be on the Tros Nieuwsshow, Hilversum, Netherlands, at 10:00 on Saturday, 20 September. This will be followed by, at 14h00, an interview with Ludo Helsen as interviewer in Beerzel-Putte, Belgium, in Huis Ter Speelbergen (bookings 0495-165-545). After this a reception with 40 Belgian librarians will take place.
University tour, Netherlands and Belgium
Etienne van Heerden will be lecturing or presenting at the following universities in the Low Countries in September 2014:
23 September 13:30, University of Utrecht: Schrijvers en Vertalers – A symposium on the translation of literary texts
25 September 11:00, University of Utrecht, in the series Modern Intellectuals, a lecture on The Politics of Memory (enquiries Geert Buelens, 030-253-8093)
25 September 19:45, University of Groningen, in the series Spraakmakende Boeken (enquiries Margriet de Waal, 062-821-6257)
26 September 13:00: University of Leiden, a stage interview on Fiction and History (enquiries Yra van Dijk, Section Modern Dutch Literature)
Bookshop events, Netherlands and Belgium
Etienne van Heerden will be in the following bookshops to talk about the Dutch edition of Klimtol:
20 September: Boekwinkel De Zondvloed, Belgium, 18:00
23 September: Boekwinkel Stevens, Hoofddorp, 20:00
24 September: Boekwinkel Krings, Sittard, 19:30
27 September: Boekhandel Van Gennep, Rotterdam, 13:00