I spent the end of May and first couple of days of June immersed in the Hay Festival Writers at Work programme -- a brilliant but intense whirlwind of a week that I'm still trying to absorb. I'm afraid I sorely overestimated the time and brainpower I'd have available to put together a newsletter while I was away, so this is terribly late, and also minimal on the news front. Apologies.
Writing news
Today saw the release of
, which features my story "Remember Me as My Best Self", a near-future piece about what happens when capitalism get its hands on our memories.
is also now free to read on the
All Worlds Wayfarer
site for a limited time -- I think there's about a week left to read it for free. It's a story about a magical tattooist and a moment of connection in a dispiriting world.
And keep an eye out in the not-too-distant future for the release of
vol. 4, featuring my little transhumanism-gone-bad story, "Digital Hell is Cold".
What I've been reading
Going to Hay inevitably means coming away with a shedload of books, and one of the ones I picked up this year was
, the second collection by Aboriginal Australian poet Ellen van Neerven. Intense and hard-hitting, but with moments of tenderness and sparkling beauty.
What I've been watching
Like everybody else in the known world, I've been watching
Shōgun
, and you don't need me to tell you how good it is, do you?
What I've been listening to
This week saw
bringing their witty indie-pop to Clwb Ifor Bach. I hadn't honestly listened to them a whole lot before the gig, which a friend persuaded me along to, but they were a good time.
That's all from me for this month. 'Til next time!
JL