Reading is more of a dictatorship than a democracy – the author hands over the country of the imagination to the reader who becomes Supreme Leader and makes of it what she will. UPDATE: I’ve thought about it more and I think reading is an inter-dependent dictatorship, a collusion of writers and readers. But this post […]
I had a very interesting conversation with an activist, Sean CG at Nostalgia For Infinity who reviewed Moxyland as a snapshot of 2008, a very particular moment in history, pre-Occupy and Anonymous. He makes some very intriguing points about how activism works now and how if Tendeka was operating today, he wouldn’t be isolated or […]
(Photograph by Mikhael Subotzky) I recently gave a talk about Johannesburg at Recylart in Brussels, a very cool cultural programme that takes place in train stations, transforming them, like Cinderella, from dull commuter thoroughfares into very cool urban nightlife venues. I included a recommended reading list and several people asked me to post it online, so […]
Lovely news of the day: The Shining Girls won Best Suspense Thriller in the RT Book Awards, which comprehensively nail down the best books they’ve reviewed over the year in different genres. Congrats to all the winners in the other categories, including friends Karen Lord, Mary Robinette Kowal, Diana Rowland, and to all the short-listees. […]