Sociologist Desmond Painter writes an essay on the theory of play in Klimtol. Read it here.
Author: Etienne
Etienne van Heerden at the Week of the Novel, The Netherlands and Belgium (September 2014)
Etienne van Heerden has been invited to the Netherlands and Belgium for the Week of the Novel
in September 2014. More particulars here.
‘Klimtol’ – shortlisted for the WA Hofmeyr Award
Klimtol by Etienne van Heerden has been shortlisted for the WA Hofmeyr Award, along with Eben Venter’s Wolf, wolf and Donkerland by Kerneels Breytenbach and Deon Opperman.
Deborah Steinmair interviews Etienne van Heerden at the Klein Karoo Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn
ABSA KKNK: Interview about ‘Klimtol’
Etienne van Heerden will be in conversation with Deborah Steinmair about Klimtol at the ABSA KKNK Festival in Oudtshoorn, 1 April 2014.
‘In Love’s Place’ on ‘Cape Times’ 2013 Best Read list
Review in ‘Aerodrome’: ‘In Love’s Place’
Gareth Langdon reviews In Love’s Place in Aerodrome
“In Love’s Place is an incredibly satisfying and thoroughly local read.” – Gareth Langdon, Aerodrome
Dutch reviewer Hans Ester reviews ‘Klimtol’ from the Netherlands
US Woordfees 2014: Interview
Etienne van Heerden attended the ‘Living Legends’ meeting
Etienne van Heerden attended the December 2013 Living Legends meeting of old boys at Paul Roos Gimnasium, Stellenbosch and is seen here with, among others, Springbok rugby legends Jannie Engelbrecht and Hempies du Toit, artists/singers Porchie and Koos Kombuis, business leader Michael Jordaan, and newspaper editors Waldimar Pelser (of the Sunday newspaper Rapport) and Bun Booyens (of the Cape daily Die Burger). The popular TV magazine programme Kwêla (kykNET on DStv) flighted a documentary on this reunion during the week of 22 January 2014.