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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.
Some of the discussions will pack a punch:
- Mphuthumi Ntabeni looks at Xhosa literary traditions before the arrival of the colonial lens.
- Amos Nteta, Freek Robinson and Xolile Dwili Vusubuntu will remind us about the importance of the Cradock Four.
- Freek Robinson, Barend la Grange and Heindrich Wyngaard will express opinions about the position of civil society in our communities.
- Christi van der Westhuizen will discuss whiteness.
- Tony Jackman, Freda Froehlick, Clinton V du Plessis, Darryl David, Chris Marais, Julienne du Toit, Theresa Hardman, Jo Els, Jean Meiring and Doreen Atkinson will anchor our discourse with narratives of the Karoo.
- Etienne van Heerden himself will be there to launch A library to flee, a novel set in Cape Town, Shanghai, Beijing and, of course, the enigmatic Karoo.
- Other authors include Elise Bishop, Heilna du Plooy, Henrietta Rose-Innes, Loit Sōls, Marnus Hattingh, Sidney Gilroy and Hennie van Coller.
Bookings can be made at reservations@tuishuise.co.za or 048 881 1650.
Accommodation can be booked at Lisa Antrobus Ker, 048 881 1650 or www.tuishuise.co.za, and Pieter de Kock, 060 433 4797 or buffelshoek.gamelodge@gmail.com.
General enquiries can be sent to Izak de Vries, izak@litnet.co.za.
The Etienne van Heerden Veldsoirée is an initiative of festival director Darryl David.
The festival is made possible by the enormous support of Die Tuishuise & Victoria Manor and Buffelshoek Dirosie Lodge. NB Publishers and Montego, a pet food company, have also contributed.
See the entire programme here.
Festival costs
- R200: Session 1 (a, b and c); includes lunch and tea (not dinner)
- Free: Session 2
- R180: Session 3; includes spit roast and pudding (drinks not included)
- R200: Session 4 (a and b); includes lunch and tea (not dinner)
- Free: Session 5 (food and drinks for sale; water will be provided for dogs)
- R200: Session 6; includes transport to the sarcophagus, as well as sherry and biltong
- Or: R50 for each of sessions 1a, 1b, 1c, 4a, 4b; does not include any meals.