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Voornemende skrywers kan solank hulle dagboeke skoonmaak, want van 22 tot 24 September 2023 gaan die ATKV-Skryfskool tydens die Etienne van Heerden Veldsoirée in Cradock aangebied word.

Waarom skryf ons? Hoe skryf ons? Wat gebeur wanneer ons skryf? Heilna du Plooy het gaan nalees hieroor. In hierdie gesprek nooi sy ons om saam te reis.

"Ek skryf verhoudingsverhale," sê Sidney Gilroy oor sy romans. In hierdie gesprek stel hy ons voor aan die "swerkaters, belhamels, rebelle, moordenaars en werfetters" wat hy skep.

"I have seen the returning MK soldiers, how disappointed they are in what is happening in our country."

Why were the townships of Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage apartheid’s Stalingrad? What happened in the eighties that left the NP with no choice but to start negotiating?

Jo Els used to be a magistrate in a small Karoo town. He has since retired and is now willing to share some of the highs and lows of his days on the bench. His journey and his story are also deeply personal. He used to have a terrible stutter, and today he can hold his own as a storyteller next to a Karoo fire.

"For present purposes, what stands out is Schreiner’s modernity. Schreiner, residing in dusty De Aar, was an equal, a comrade in arms, a thinker in her own right on matters that even in the metropolitan centre still elicited considerable opposition."

Chris Marais and Julienne du Toit are the authors of numerous books on the Karoo. Tony Jackman spoke to them at the Etienne van Heerden Veldsoirée, days after their Karoo roads III had rolled of the press.

Hennie van Coller neem die lewe en werk van Etienne Leroux onder die loep.

“Ons kan nie meer vir die staat wag nie, ons moet self inspring.” Dit was die boodskap van Barend la Grange en Freek Robinson by die Etienne van Heerden Veldsoirée wat van 23 tot 25 September in Cradock plaasgevind het.

In this video Amos Nteta talks about the work of Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkhonto and Sicelo Mhlauli, who jointly became known as the Cradock Four.

Freek Robinson se pa was ’n mediese dokter op Cradock. Matthew Goniwe was sy pasiënt.

"Yes, every now and again, you curate the most perfect book festival imaginable. And the Etienne Van Heerden Veldsoirée over the Heritage Day weekend was one such festival. With BookBedonnerd a month away, I'm worried we might have peaked too early."

Die Etienne van Heerden Veldsoirée het van 23 tot 25 September 2022 op Cradock plaasgevind. Elise Bishop het met Izak de Vries gesels oor haar outobiografie Twee lewens.

"In die laat jare tagtig het Suid-Afrika gesteier. Ons land was finansieel in ’n gemors, en die samelewing was vasgevang in ’n brutale geweldsklimaat. Uit daardie dryfsand het leiers verrys wat ’n verskil sou maak."

Die derde Etienne van Heerden Veldsoirée het van 23 tot 25 September 2022 op Cradock plaasgevind. Gesprekke deur skrywers, gemeenskapsleiers en -aktiviste, akademici, advokate, landdroste en joernaliste het vir behoorlike pitkos in die skaduwee van Karoo-koppies gesorg. Menán van Heerden het foto's van die sprekers geneem.

Etienne van Heerden Veldsoirée, 23–25 September, Cradock: Inligting oor die program en sprekers | Information about the programme and speakers

Die reuk van ’n Karoovuur, die geklingel van silwer eetgerei op wit tafeldoeke, draadwindpompies … Meng dit met storievertellers, skrywers, akademici, historici, aktiviste en ’n hele klomp honde, dan het jy die raamwerk van die Etienne van Heerden Veldsoirée wat van 23 tot 25 September 2022 in Cradock plaasvind. Bespreek nou!

Take storytellers, authors, academics, historians and activists; mix in the smell of a Karoo fire, the tinkling of silver on dining tables dressed in white, and a few dogs, and you have summarised the Etienne van Heerden Veldsoirée taking place in Cradock from 23 to 25 September 2022. Book now!

Program | Programme: Etienne van Heerden Veldsoirée, 23–25 September 2022 in Cradock
Besprekings kan nou gemaak word. | Bookings have opened.