I’ll be doing some hectic touring around my new novel, The Shining Girls, in the next few months. Here’s a list of the confirmed public events so far (some details still to follow). If you’d like me to do an event at your bookstore/library/college/school/culture-tech conference (see my talks at Webstock and DConstruct) /set up an interview / podcast […]
Brilliant illustrator/designer Kira Santa who does the Hungarian covers of Moxyland and Zoo City for Ad Astra has been doing some gorgeous character studies for Moxyland (and one cool coffee mod). First barista to do this to my cup of coffee gets a R50 tip! And here are her original covers for Zoo City […]
Paul McAuley tweeted a link to abandoned and creepy swimming pools today over at the wonderfully evocative Deserted Places blog. Which reminded me of this photoshoot I did with Nico Krijno in crime doyenne Margie Orford‘s winter-neglected pool, all green and choked with leaves. It was bloody freezing. I swallowed half of it accidentally and […]
My friend @robvanvuuren‘s new play, The Three Little Pigs is on for a final week at the Baxter, ending 9th Feb. It’s brilliant: bust-a-gut funny, open-a-vein dark political satire with shades of Lolly Jackson and Brett Kebble, the arms deal, corrupt cops, barnyard bureaucracy, strippers and submarine tenders. I got to chat to 25 year old director Tara […]