Reading Democracy – Zoo City
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 […]
Moxyland – An Activist’s Perspective
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 […]
Joburg Recommended Reading
(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 […]
Best Suspense Thriller: RT Book Awards
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 […]