BRIDGE

There are infinite universes. She’s looking for one . . .

I absolutely loved it. This fantastic high-wire act of a novel, accelerating to a heart-stopping climax, is at once a cosmic narrative on a grand scale and a deeply intimate human story.
Catriona Ward

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Based on the bestselling novel The Shining Girls

ABOUT

Lauren Beukes is the internationally best-selling genre-bending author of six novels, including Zoo City, winner of the Arthur C Clarke Award, and The Shining Girls, now a major AppleTV show with Elisabeth Moss. She also writes comics, short stories and TV shows and directed an award-winning documentary. A former tech and culture journalist in her native South Africa, she’s given keynote talks at festivals and conferences around the world from The Royal Society to Design Indaba. Her work, which uses high concept twists to explore current social issues, has won multiple awards and has been translated into 26 languages around the world. She’s a champion of African arts and creators and raised hundreds of thousands of Rands for South African charities with bespoke art shows inspiredĀ byĀ herĀ novels.
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May 10, 2025

Imagined Futures at AI UK

I hate that ā€œAIsā€ like ChatGPT (aka people-pleasing hallucinating plagiarism engines) are trained on work stolen from writers, including every single one of my books. I hate more that it’s eroding our ability or even desire to think. I get it. Thinking is hard. It’s ALSO the work. It’s the whole point. It’s what makes us human.

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April 21, 2025

Her Seal Skin Coat

My ā€œSeal Skin Coatā€ was originally published as part of the XPrize’s Oceans anthology, now unfortunately no longer online, so I’m reprinting it here with some personal photos from that amazing trip […]

April 18, 2025 | Eastercon, UK

Eastercon 76

We are delighted to be here. Bringing Eastercon to a new city for the first time is a big deal for us, and it’s been a lot of work negotiating and getting here. We are grateful for the support of the Eastercon teams from 2022, 2023 and 2024 who have all actively supported and helped us get here.

March 18, 2025 | Eastercon, UK

Imagined Futures

Hosted by The Alan Turing Institute and returning for its fifth year, AI UK is an in-depth exploration of how data science and AI can be used to solve real-world challenges. Our diverse programme was thematically structured around the latest innovations from across the AI ecosystem. With a broad range of interactive content, covering the latest thinking on fundamental AI, digital twins, algorithmic bias, AI ethics – and much more.

ABOUT

Lauren Beukes is the award-winning author of six novels, a collection of short stories, a pop history about South African women, and New York Times best-selling comics. Her work has been translated into 26 languages and won prizes across genres from the Arthur C Clarke Award to the Strand Critic’s Choice award and the University of Johannesburg Prize. Her novel, The Shining Girls, about a time-travelling serial killer and the survivor who turns the hunt around is now a major AppleTV series with Elisabeth Moss. Her latest novel, Bridge, about a young woman’s search for her mother across realities is out now. She lives in London with a teenager and two cats.

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Imagined Futures at AI UK

I hate that "AIs" like ChatGPT (aka people-pleasing hallucinating plagiarism engines) are trained on work stolen from writers, including every single one of my books. I hate more that it's [...]
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