Hannes Barnard
Hannes Barnard is a South African-born author. He debuted in 2019 with the YA novel, Halley se komeet, which he translated into English as Halley’s Comet. In 2020, Wolk, his apocalyptic YA adventure, was released, followed in 2022 by his crime novel Die wet van Gauteng. When not writing, traveling, or planning his next adventure, Hannes works in marketing.
His work is gaining traction in the USA.
He has called England and Seychelles home but now lives in Johannesburg with his wife.
Jeugboeke, die unieke uitdaging
2025-12-18“Tieners lees nie meer nie!” sê hulle. “Bog!” sê Hannes Barnard en haal dan statistiek aan om die teendeel te bewys.
World book day: Four young-adult (YA) authors chat about their work
2024-04-23"I was asked to speak about young-adult fiction (YAF). It is a topic I am passionate about, and I love reading YAF, but I am really old. That was one of the reasons I asked four YA authors to share their views on their own writing with the girls. The authors agreed to share their insights with the rest of the country on World Book Day."
African languages for a global audience: publishers, writers, and translators on the art of translation
2024-01-10In the video Bhakti Shringarpure, Hannes Barnard, Raphael Thierry and Tina Kover discuss translated literature.
Elders gesien: ’n Een-keer-in-’n-leeftyd-mens
2023-07-20"Ek hoop daar wag vir jou ’n Vespa in die hemel, Johan. Kry jou eendag daar, dan gaan ons vir ’n koffie. Gepraat daarvan, die hemel gaan nooit weer dieselfde wees nie. Die aarde ook nie."
In conversation with Hannes Barnard about Halley’s Comet
2022-05-24"They run for their lives as dusk turns into night. Bullets fly as he gets closer. They stop breathing because it’s making too much noise. Still, Rudie comes closer. And closer."
#ReadingAfrica | The children’s literature panel
2021-12-09How do we represent Africa as a multicultural, multifaceted continent to our readers? How do we embrace diversity in early readers for Africa’s kids? And how do we market our wonderful African stories to a Eurocentric world?
Wolk se Hannes Barnard nou ook internasionaal
2020-10-05Hannes Barnard se eerste roman, Halley se komeet, is pas deur ’n Amerikaanse uitgewer gekoop om dit wêreldwyd in Engels te versprei. Sy tweede roman, Wolk, maak tans opspraak.
Wolk: ’n onderhoud met Hannes Barnard
2020-07-28"Jou tienerjare is so ’n belangrike deel van jou lewe; so ’n interessante, deurmekaar, soekende deel van ons lewens, dat dit ’n fantastiese plek is om kleurvolle en betekenisvolle karakters te gaan soek."
Skrywersonderhoud: Hannes Barnard oor Halley se komeet
2019-08-29"Die storie is ’n grootwordverhaal, of coming-of-age-storie. Daar is redelik baie debat oor of dit ’n jeugroman is en of dit ’n bildungsroman is. Juis daarom is ek gelukkig om Wenkbrou as uitgewer te hê, want hulle glo in stories wat nie altyd in boksies geprop kan word nie."