mid year update - 2024

A quick rundown of some highlights from the first half of the year:

• KAVITHRI is now officially out in the world. Except for in the US and Canada, where I believe physical copies will only be available this October.

KAVITHRI at the Waterstones in Glasgow

• Inkstone books are publishing a limited special edition (500 numbered and signed copies) with pre-orders currently underway.

Copies of the special edition at the Inkstone stand at Worldcon. (Photo courtesy of author Julia Vee)

• Publisher Eksmo has purchased foreign translation rights for KAVITHRI.

• Book two in the Ghosts of Ethuran series is complete and should soon enter the copy-edits stage. The cover is finalized and we have an official title: CITY OF JACKALS. Release is currently scheduled for March 2025.

And finally, a selection of my favourite things that I've read and watched in the last 12 months-

Books:

• Pity the Reader by Vonnegut and Mcconnell

• Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie
  

Manga/web novel:

• Skip and Loafer by Misaki Takamatsu

• Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint by Sing Shong

Films:

• Monkey Man (2024)

• Dune 2 (2024)
  

Anime and TV:

• The Apothecary Diaries

• Shogun

And next up on my to-read list: The Dance of Shadows by Rogba Payne.