I am one of the speakers on this episode of a new Radio New Zealand podcast called Pop! Culture. The entire episode – Beach, Please! – focuses on mermaids in contemporary culture and includes many fascinating speakers on why mermaids are so appealing right now. You can hear me wax […]
Canvas Magazine, 24 February 2018 ____ Warning: If you tell someone you’re writing a book about professional mermaids their first impulse is often laughter. Don’t expect to be taken seriously. Not yet. “What is a professional mermaid?” That’s the first question. In 2005 Kazzie Mahina, a 27-year-old professionally trained dancer, […]
My first book Tinderbox has been published by Galley Beggar Press, UK. It is about the end of the Borders book chain, Julie Christie and me – but not necessarily in that order. It is also about Ray Bradbury, censorship and the end of the world – but not necessarily in […]
A tinny ring and then a scratch and a shuffle as the world tilts upside down. “Hello?” “Hi,” she waves and her picture swims into focus. “I’m nervous, ” I say. “You’re my first mermaid.” “I’m nervous too.” In 2017 I started interviewing professional mermaids for my next book. I am […]