Dutch publisher Joost Nijsen (Podium Publishers, Amsterdam) with Etienne van Heerden’s 1964 Coca-Cola yo-yo and the Dutch edition of Klimtol.
Author: Etienne
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
Opening of the Week of the Afrikaans Novel
Etienne van Heerden and other South African writers will be interviewed at the opening of the Week of the Afrikaans Novel, Spui25, Amsterdam, on Friday, September 19th 2014, at 20:00.
Visit the Week of the Afrikaans Novel website for the complete programme.
‘Klimtol’: Belgian launch
Klimtol‘s Belgian launch will take place on Saturday, September 20th 2014, at 18:00, at Boekhandel De Zondvloed, Onze-Lieve-Vrouwestraat 70, Mechelen. Etienne van Heerden will be joined by author Marita van der Vyver and singer Willem Botha, who will be performing songs of Johannes Kerkorrel, Koos du Plessis and other South African songwriters. “Willem heeft speciaal voor deze gelegenheid zijn repertoire aangepast en we zullen hem op een heel nieuwe manier leren kennen: serieus en ingetogen…”
