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Spanish magazine Altaïr has translated my essay ‘Journey to the Centre of Google Earth’ in their book, Cartographies, which is all about maps, or, to be more precise: “Virtual, spooky, cosmic, maritime, literary, photographic maps; …

Dear friends. I have started a newsletter, called Sleepy Brain, to focus my mind during this strange time. The first entry discusses quarantine limbo, throat-slashing dreams and the ashes of a fading career. If you …

Dear friends, I’ve had a new short story published. Presented as a research paper from a ghost hunter of the future, it’s set in a world of full-bleed augmented reality & explores a new occultism: …

If you missed Urbanomic’s fabulous live PlaguePod last night, I’ve uploaded the readings I did for it. Two extracts from Applied Ballardianism (‘Wire Music’ & ‘Kick the Dog’), backed by assorted industrial noise:

Join myself and Robin Mackay on Saturday night (GMT)/Sunday morning (AEST) for Urbanomic’s PlaguePod. We’ll be discussing J.G. Ballard’s most searing quarantine & self-isolation stories, including “The Enormous Space” & “The Intensive Care Unit”, accompanied …

Something that may be relevant to the current global crisis. Applied Ballardianism & the Toilet Paper Wars… “We called the cops, declared a warzone. There was blood on the concrete floors, a young man had …

I’ve had a new short story published, ‘Love is a Totalitarian State that Grows Deep Inside Me’. The story is set in the same universe as the science fiction novel I’m currently working on, about …

Dear friends, So my Italian book tour has been cancelled, and now the London event. Coronadread finally got us. There is so much uncertainty at the moment, here and at home, that I feel it …

I really enjoyed doing this interview with Maks Valenčič for Radio Student in Ljubljana. It was great to talk about what I mean when I say I’ve become “post-Ballardian” & chat about my novel-in-progress: an …

Tonight, at Fabula Fest in Ljubljana, I’m presenting A Secret History of Zones. If you’re around in this beautiful city, I hope we can meet! Part 1: Deviant Zones: Crash & autogeddonPart 2: Ruined Zones: …