The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes out now, and book trailer!

South African author (and Apex Book of World SF 2 contributor) Lauren Beukes's hotly-anticipated new novel, The Shining Girls, is now out! And here is the trailer!

Read Lauren Beukes’ “Branded” From the Apex Book of World SF 2!

Over at io9, we have Lauren Beukes's short story, Branded, available to read - one of the 26 stories now available in The Apex Book of World SF 2. Check it out and consider buying the anthology - direct from the publisher or via Amazon or Amazon UK! We were at Stones, playing pool, drinking, goofing...

South African SF/F Panel

The South African Mail & Guardian reports on the recent science fiction and fantasy in the city panel from the M&G literary festival in Johannesburg: South African writers who dare to venture into the fantastical are accused of writing "untruths", said Gwen Ansell, chairing "Science Fiction and Fantasy in the City" at the M&G Literary...

Angry Robot 99p Summer Promotion

Angry Robot Books have teamed up with Amazon UK to offer a range of their e-books for just 99p over the summer, including several of their international titles! The promotion runs throughout July and August. Titles available: Moxyland by Lauren Beukes (South Africa) The Bookman by Lavie Tidhar (Israel/South Africa) Servant of the Underworld by...

Short Story Highlight: “Unathi Battles The Black Hairballs” by Lauren Beukes

South African author, winner of the recent Clarke Award,  Lauren Beukes' new story, "Unathi Battles The Black Hairballs" (originally published in South African anthology Home Away in 2010) is now available to read online at SFX Magazine: Unathi was singing karaoke when the creature attacked Tokyo. Or rather, she was about to sing karaoke. Was, in fact,...

The Guardian is “Putting South African science fiction on the map”

Over at the Guardian, a nice article on South African science fiction: As you might expect, a lot of South African writing is informed by the country's own recent history – how could it fail to be? Apartheid rears its head in one form or another both in Zoo City, where the animalled are segregated,...

SF Signal interviews Lauren Beukes

SF Signal interviews Lauren Beukes, who recently won the Arthur C. Clarke award. Here's an excerpt: SFS: Why do you not address race directly in your books? LB: I do. It's there in every situation. It's implicit, and that's my experience of it, and that's my friends' experience. You know, it's not something that always...

Guest Blog: Lauren Beukes on Writing the Other

Editor's Note: Congrats to Lauren Beukes for winning the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award. Writing The Other is a sensitive topic. It should be. Not least because it’s so often been done so very, very, badly. But the truth is that unless you’re writing autobiography, any character you write is going to be The Other....

Lauren Beukes nominated for Clarke Award!

Congratulations are in order to South African author - and contributor to the forthcoming The Apex Book of World SF 2 - Lauren Beukes, who is nominated for the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award for her novel, Zoo City! Locus report the full list of nominees.

Short Story Highlight: “Ghost Girl” by Lauren Beukes

Our first story highlight for the year! You can click on the Short Story Highlight tag to see previous posts, where we highlight various stories by international writers. Fantasy Magazine starts off the season, with South African writer Lauren Beukes' story, Ghost Girl: You think of a city as a map, all knotted up in...