Lauren Beukes - Lauren Beukes

March 3, 2023

Goodreads Bridge ARC Giveaway Entries Are Open Until March

My US publishers have begun entries for the Bridge ARC giveaway via Goodreads! US readers (exclusively at the moment!) can enter until the end of March to possibly get one of my 75 ARC copies of Bridge before it's due out in August this year. "We're giving away 75 ARCs of BRIDGE: a novel of [...]

February 23, 2023

Slipping Included In Wole Talabi’s Collection Of Best African Speculative Fiction Stories

I loved Wole's short stories collection and got a sneak peak at his upcoming art-heist ancient African gods thriller, Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, so I'm thrilled to be included in this list, featuring some of my favourite writers and people like Nnedi Okorafor and Mohale Mashigo. "Beukes has range and a keen [...]

February 15, 2023

Bridge Is One Of Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books Of 2023

Thank you to the Lit Hub editors for including Bridge in your Most Anticipated Books of 2023 list! The editor who included Bridge had some great things to say about my new novel due out August 8. You can pre-order Bridge here. "I’m a big fan of Beukes’ horror-tinged, speculative suspense novels—she is apparently an endless well [...]

February 8, 2023

Brittle Paper Features New ” Reality-Bending Thriller” Novel Bridge

Thank you Ainehi Edoro and Brittle Paper for the kind words about my new sci-fi thriller novel Bridge! "With a character who has the ability to traverse a thousand possible lives, we are dealing with a book that questions reality at its core while serving a ton of suspense and drama." Ainehi Edoro writes: "Following [...]

February 2, 2023

Broken Monsters Ebook On Sale For US Readers This Month Only

American readers, my art monsters murder mystery, Broken Monsters, winner of the August Derleth prize for best horror, is on sale on kindle for US readers this month! Detective Gabi Versado has hunted down many monsters during her eight years in Homicide. She’s seen stupidity, corruption and just plain badness. But she’s never seen anything [...]

January 18, 2023

Release Date Post For Upcoming Novel Bridge Via Mulholland Books IG

Release date post for BRIDGE via Mulholland Books on IG ✨ "Behold: the beautiful new cover for Lauren Beukes upcoming novel, BRIDGE! In this highly original thriller, grieving daughter Bridget Kittinger takes her search for her mother, Jo, across a shocking web of alternate realities." Pre-order Bridge via the link below! View this post on [...]

January 4, 2023

Short Story Slipping Included In Omenana Speculative Fiction Magazine Issue 24

Slipping has been in included in South African Speculative Fiction magazine Omenana! Amazing to see the short story alongside some incredible SA writers. Thank you guest editor Wole Talabi for including Slipping in the Issue 24 anthology. "Today we will be visiting 5 original stories, 2 reprint stories, and 2 essays. [...] from science fiction [...]

December 14, 2022

Cover Reveal And Interview Via Gizmodo For New Novel Bridge Out August 2023

I have a new book coming out in August 2023! It's called Bridge, a reverse-Persephone about a daughter trying to solve the mystery of her dead mother across the multiverse. Gizmodo was kind enough to host the cover reveal and a spoiler-free interview. "It’s a reality-bending thriller about mothers and daughters, dangerous obsessions and the [...]

November 30, 2022

The Power Of Afrofuturism: Short Piece On Our “Unhinged Era” In SciFi For Nature Circa 2017

Throwback to 2017 when Nature Magazine asked six authors to talk about our "unhinged era" (2017) and how that affects science fiction. Some really great short pieces on the scifi genre in a world "unhinged" at times. I wrote a piece titled The Power of Afrofuturism. Ten out of ten - a compilation well worth [...]

November 23, 2022

Time Out List Shining Girls As A Series You Do Not Want To Miss in 2022

Time Out created a list of their top "22 best TV and streaming shows of 2022 (so far)" and included Shining Girls! The adaptation is featured alongside some amazing shows released in 2022, Time Out's Phil de Semlyen writes: "What a year. Seriously, why did we ever go outside?" "Mind-bending and complex" Alim Kheraj writes: [...]