book signings | Lauren Beukes

November 5, 2022

Joining Barcelona’s Festival 42 This Weekend For Talks & Meets

Hola! This week I'm in Barcelona at the all-things-fantasy Festival 42 at the Fabra i Coats. This evening I'm joining a group talk titled Cardinal points for a map of the world: the international voices of Festival 42 - myself, Aliette de Bodard, Christian Guay-Poliquin, Cat Rambo and Lavie Tidhar chat about our works in fantasy [...]

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 legends. Billie from Afterland is a very particular kind of scary - the kind of scary that is actually out there in the real world [...]

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 mirror and it allows you to see things more clearly [...] It's a way of exploring very real social issues but with a very light [...]

September 30, 2022

Tack Bokmassän And SF Bokhandeln For An Awesome Time In Sweden

Tack to everyone at the Bokmassän Book Fair in Sweden and to the SF Bokhandeln Team for such a lovely time in Sweden. I signed Zoo City copies and spoke about when important sociological topics are reflected in our fiction during the Africanfuturism seminar. Speaking alongside two super influential women Nnedi Okorafor and Patience Mususa [...]

September 21, 2022

Gothenburg Book Fair Begins! Where And When To Find Me In Sweden This Week

The itinerary for my visit in Sweden this week. Beginning the Sweden tour in Malmö today and then from tomorrow until Sunday I will be in Gothenburg for the Bokmässan Book Fair. I'll be there showing off my new hair so don't panic if you can't spot my iconic blue. Can't wait to say hello [...]