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Lauren Beukes

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Name: Lauren Beukes

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

'Shining Girls' film deal on the cards

SOUTH African author Lauren Beukes is on an amazing roll. A week after her latest novel, The Shining Girls , hit the Sunday Times Bestseller list in the UK, she is negotiating film rights to the book. ... [Published The Herald Online - May 16 2013]

Entities: Lauren Beukes, United Kingdom

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Wired (magazine)

String theory: Lauren Beukes plots her time-travel murder-mystery

This article was taken from the May 2013 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online.Lauren Beukes has a murder wall. "It's ... [Published Wired.co.uk - May 14 2013]

Entities: Lauren Beukes, String Theory, Homicide, Wired (magazine)

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes REVIEW

Author: Lauren BeukesPublisher: Harper CollinsImagine for a moment you’re one of the leading lights in nouveau-cyberpunk or post-new-weird-cyberpunk or some equally awkward term. Within genre circles you’re a rising star, but not to the wider world, in ... [Published SFX - May 12 2013]

Entities: Lauren Beukes, Stephen King, South Africa, Clive Barker

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

High-Temperature Readings

McCann (Let the Great World Spin) braids together three narratives about Ireland: the former slave Frederick Douglass visits Dublin in 1845; two airmen attempt to take the first flight from Newfoundland to Ireland in 1919; and in 1998, a U.S. Senator ... [Published Time - May 09 2013]

Entities: Lionel Shriver, Lauren Beukes, Ireland, Frederick Douglass

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Girl power

In the Girl Power Book Show Jenny featured the unstoppable force that is Lauren Beukes. The Arthur C. Clarke Award winner released a new book on Monday, The Shining Girls, and it has already been called one of the best books of the year. And Jenny will ... [Published Talk Radio 702 - May 07 2013]

Entities: Lauren Beukes, Arthur C Clarke

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

Dan Brown

Lauren Beukes: The Shining Girls ( Harper Collins, 12.99)

On paper it sounds like a straight-to-DVD slasher movie: serial killer travels through time, picking off women at will, his transient chronology making it almost impossible to be caught.But The Shining Girls wasn't the subject of a fiercely contested ... [Published Herald Scotland - May 05 2013]

Entities: Lauren Beukes, Harper Collins, Frankfurt Book Fair, Dan Brown

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Exclusive focus on what’s local

The Exclusive Books Homebru 2013 campaign ? Unique Perspectives on South Africa ? has begun and runs until June 21.Homebru is a popular and important campaign because it showcases the works of South African writers.This year, Exclusive Books has put together ... [Published Daily News South Africa - May 01 2013]

Entities: South Africa, Lauren Beukes, Smuggling

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

SFX 235 On Sale Now!

The latest issue of SFX is packed with Super goodies and is on sale now! We talk with Man Of Steel director Zack Snyder and the new boy in blue Henry Cavill. We also celebrate 75 years of the Son of Krypton with 75 super secrets and chat to Simon Pegg ... [Published SFX - May 01 2013]

Entities: Lauren Beukes, Henry Cavill, Simon Pegg

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

FRANSCHOEK LITERARY FESTIVAL

The 2013 Franschhoek Literary Festival takes place from 17 to 19 May and this year it has it all. Fiction, non-fiction, political debates, poetry, lifestyle books, writing workshops - you name it, they've got it covered for book lovers of all ages.On ... [Published Mambaonline - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Jo-Anne Richards, Lauren Beukes, Kate Mosse, Tony Leon

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

An Uncaged Vision

Lauren Beukes is certainly a shining girl of the local and international fiction scene, but unlike the women in her latest novel, who earn the label of shining, she's not due for a visit from a time-travelling serial killer any time soon.Winner of the ... [Published Times Live South Africa - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Lauren Beukes, serial murderer, Arthur C Clarke, Apartheid

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Poptartology: Blackface, white face, red-faced

Your roots are showingThe DA this week made good on their last election campaign promise, “We deliver for all”. They delivered great annoyance, a vast outpouring of online outrage and several laughs. For all. Except the ANC Youth League. And the Helen ... [Published City Press - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Lauren Beukes, Apartheid, Cape Town, M&G Investments

First reported Apr 13 2013 - Updated Apr 13 2013 - 1 reports

Sydney Writers’ Festival 2013 program highlights

The full Sydney Writers’ Festival program has just been released and new Director Jemma Birrell has curated a wonderful line up.As well as showcasing our incredible Australian writers and authors, I’m particularly excited about the international guests ... [Published Crikey Media - Apr 13 2013]

Entities: Sydney (Australia), James Wood, Naomi Wolf

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'Shining Girls' film deal on the cards [Published The Herald Online - May 16 2013]
String theory: Lauren Beukes plots her time-tra... [Published Wired.co.uk - May 14 2013]
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes REVIEW [Published SFX - May 12 2013]
High-Temperature Readings [Published Time - May 09 2013]
Girl power [Published Talk Radio 702 - May 07 2013]
Lauren Beukes: The Shining Girls ( Harper Colli... [Published Herald Scotland - May 05 2013]
Meet the Author: Lauren Beukes [Published Middletown Journal - May 02 2013]
VIDEO: Meet the Author: Lauren Beukes [Published BBC News Video - Entertainment and Arts - May 02 2013]
Exclusive focus on what’s local [Published Daily News South Africa - May 01 2013]
SFX 235 On Sale Now! [Published SFX - May 01 2013]
FRANSCHOEK LITERARY FESTIVAL [Published Mambaonline - Apr 30 2013]
An Uncaged Vision [Published Times Live South Africa - Apr 30 2013]
Poptartology: Blackface, white face, red-faced [Published City Press - Apr 22 2013]
Sydney Writers’ Festival 2013 program highlights [Published Crikey Media - Apr 13 2013]
Spring 2013 Announcements: Mysteries & Thriller... [Published PublishersWeekly.com - Jan 26 2013]
Choose-your-own-adventure wedding proposal comic [Published Boing Boing - Dec 25 2012]
Two Adult Houses Launch YA Imprints [Published PublishersWeekly.com - Aug 18 2012]

Blogs

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Choose-your-own-adventure wedding proposal comic [Published Boing Boing - Dec 25 2012] Lauren Beukes sez, "My South African writer friend Sam Wilson proposed to his scientist girlfriend Kerry Gordon using a comic that he's been secretly collating for the last three months featuring quirky, sweet, wonderful, funny artwork to illustrate ...

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VIDEO: Meet the Author: Lauren Beukes [Published BBC News Video - Entertainment and Arts - May 02 2013]