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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

August 18, 2022

3 Weeks Until dConstruct

After a seven-year hiatus, dConstruct returns for a one-off event. Join us for a day of thought-provoking talks on design transformation from a stellar array of forward-thinking innovators. DConstruct, one [...]

August 10, 2022

Talking Afterland And When Women Become The Heroes And The Villains With NPR

Petra Mayer at NPR caught up with me to talk about Afterland back in 2020. Mayer asked some great questions! Exploring a world where women are free of patriarchy, the [...]

August 9, 2022

Feeling Nostalgic For The Shining Girls Novel With Slate

Laura Miller at Slate wrote a great article outlining some key differences between The Shining Girls adaptation and the book. Lovely to be reminded why we originally loved the book. [...]

August 5, 2022

Writing About A Post Pandemic During Lockdown, Afterland and Shining Girls on Speak To The Geek

Throw-back to this super fun interview with Jon Keevy on Zarnia's Speak to the Geek. Jon has some questions about Afterland, being a writer and The Shining Girls adaptation. I [...]

July 27, 2022

Celsius 232 Festival 2022

Had the best, most hilarious and wonderful time at #Celsius232 festival of fantasy, horror and SF in #Aviles, Spain and got to hang out with some of my favourite damn writers in the [...]