October 2022 – Lauren Beukes

October 27, 2022

The Shining Girls, Violence In Media And Talking Book To Screen Process With NPR

Throwback to when NPR interviewed me in 2013 for The Shining Girls. We talk writing and researching, the violence depictions in the book (read the related post All The Pretty [...]

October 19, 2022

Talking Parenting Across The Multiverse On The Living While Feminist Podcast

I get personal with the wonderful Jen Thorpe on her podcast Living While Feminist. We talk about all things parenting, the Apple TV adaptation of The Shining Girls, Afterland, my [...]

October 12, 2022

Revisiting The Guardian’s ‘Authors On Their Scariest Creations’ For The Spookiest Season

Alison Flood at The Guardian put together a very cool collection of thoughts from authors on their most spine-chilling creations. Such an honour to be featured alongside some horror writing [...]

October 5, 2022

Signing Books And Talking Growing Up Geeky At Barcelona’s Gigamesh

Science-fiction, fantasy, genre and high concept [books] are a way of exploring reality and [...] hectic social issues in a way that's like a distorting mirror. You look through the [...]

The Shining Girls, Violence In Media And Talking Book To Screen Process With NPR

Talking Parenting Across The Multiverse On The Living While Feminist Podcast

Revisiting The Guardian’s ‘Authors On Their Scariest Creations’ For The Spookiest Season

Signing Books And Talking Growing Up Geeky At Barcelona’s Gigamesh

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