In this blog update, I report on new added material to the SF in SA section (Section 13 - November 2011) as well as a few other items of news.

A brief update and a couple of books: My story Bridges is now out in the Irish SF 'zine, Albedo One, with thanks to the Aeon International Award. And there's still time too,

There's been a good overview of the growing world-wide interest in - and power of - South African speculative fiction in a Guardian article as revealed

I have updated the SF in SA articles with number 12, a brief appreciation of Lauren Beukes’s Zoo City, which has deservedly won the British Arthur C. Clarke Award, in my view the UK's premier science fiction award. This appreciation was initially published in the magazine Locus Online recently, in Jeff VanDerMeer's annual international compilation, ...

I have some very good news to share this month, with regard to the general state of (South) African speculative fiction. As I mentioned in my Locus article just over a year ago now; 'There is thus a huge variety of South African speculative fiction potentially brewing for the future, as befits a 'Rainbow Nation'.' ...

I've just returned from 3 weeks in South Africa, where my father is recovering from neuro-surgery following a fall on his head and consequent subdural haematoma. All involved in his care have been amazed at his resilience and drive to health - may he be blessed with many more years of quality ahead of him, ...