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The end of another year (2012) that – in the minds of some – almost heralded the end of the World, SFnal style! Not a bad year though, writing wise at least. I successfully completed the MA in SF/F Creative Writing at Middlesex University and received a Distinction for my Dissertation, with a new (my ...
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Afro SF - African writers SF anthology - due to launch!
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I have another short story accepted for publication this past month, this time ‘Azania’, which will be published in Ivor Hartmann’s forthcoming anthology ‘Afrofutures’:
http://www.afrofutures.com/magazine/2012/01/a-new-anthology-of-science-fiction-by-african-writers/
For those of you interested in African science fiction, there is an excellent BBC podcast hosted by Lauren Beukes here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00t4yn2
I will be in Cape Town for 2 weeks overlapping July and ...
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I have a new story, ‘Case notes of a witchdoctor‘, which should eventually be published online this year at The World SF Blog:
http://worldsf.wordpress.com/fiction/
I have also updated my SF in SA series with number 16, co-written with Sarah Lotz and Tanya Barben, involving both a review of South African speculative fiction in 2011 and a peek ...
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I have updated my SF in SA page with an article On Writing the Other which appeared in the February issue of the South African speculative fiction e-magazine, Something Wicked: SF in SA 15. This was co-written with Zandile Mahlasela, who helped evaluate my story Of Hearts and Monkeys, which is now freely available ...
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It's been a good holiday in Cape Town again - always great to see family and friends! I have added another section to SF in SA (14), an interview I did with the author Tom Learmont, for The World SF Blog.
Of further note, Ivor Hartmann has put out a call for African science fiction, that is, ...
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