When we went to visit him last night ...

 

Two copies of Graeme Feltham's With the Safety Off still available ...

 

It’s Yeoville in the mid-1990s. Enter Fig, a copywriter with a penchant for living on the edge – staying up all night, having casual sex and snorting cocaine. Drifting from seedy clubs to grotty flats, Fig continues his aimless odyssey … until the day he falls asleep in a client presentation and is fired.

Nine months later Fig is hooked on heroin and turns to drug-dealing for survival. If his previous lifestyle skirted close to the danger zone, it’s now gloves off as he drops all pretence of respectability and descends into a world of syndicates and violence.

From now on, he’s living with the safety off.

A novel not for the faint-hearted ...

Graeme Feltham was born in 1965 and grew up in Uitenhage. He completed a degree in journalism at Rhodes University and moved to Johannesburg in the late 1980s. In addition to being a writer, he was an experimental composer and performance artist. His novella One Hundred Naked Beers was published by Brevitas in 2002. His work also appeared in literary journals such as New Coin and donga. Feltham died in December 2017.

With introductions by Luke Feltham and James de Villiers.

220 pp.

ISBN 978-0-9869982-6-3
Available directly from Dye Hard Press for R260, including courier to your door..
South Africa only.

Paul Warren: You’re absorbing the images through mass media, so how can they not filter into your work

Paul Warren is an artist and illustrator with an interest in surrealism and abstract art. He works in a variety of different mediums, including collage. Paul's work has been published by Dumpster Fire Press, The Odd Magazine and Word Vomit Zine.  He has online galleries at Deviant Art and Instagram. He lives in Daventry, England.

You live in the town of Daventry, Northamptonshire, in England. What is the art scene like in England these days? What is the support for visual art? Is there a fair bit of regionalism?

I think the art scene in England is pretty staid these days. It only exist in most people’s lives when Banksy sprays something on a wall somewhere.  All of the big exhibitions are London-based, with a corporate sponsor. From time to time something interesting will pop up in an independent gallery away from the capital. I usually find out about these after the event. National media focus only on the big exhibitions: Monet or Hockney, for example. Living here these things easily pass you by! So yes, I think there is some regionalism. There have been attempts to revive the Art Lab idea in some areas, including Northampton. There are people creating art locally but few opportunities.

Thankfully I have a day job. I would never make a living out of art, wouldn’t want to, it’s far too precarious. I also have the freedom to produce what I want. Read more.

Save me (she said)

 

Outside the cave is still available from Dye Hard Press

 

Outside the cave, the selected poems of Gary Cummiskey, is still available from Dye Hard Press. 162 pages of poetry from 1990 to the present.

Here is one wee poem from the collection:

ORPHANS

No more moms in fancy dress

walking by the side of the river

No more dads poking holes

                        in the night sky

making the stars redundant

The cost of Outside the Cave is R280, including courier to your door (SA only). Email cummiskeyg@gmail.com to order.

What are we doing here?

 

Aiyo! in Cape Town and Joburg

 

A reminder that Aiyo! is still available at Clarke's in Cape Town - either order online or if you are in the area, pop into the shop in Long Street.

Copies are also available at The Commune bookstore in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. 

Chatsworth still available at Made in Durban

 

The fourth printing of Pravasan Pillay's much-acclaimed debut short story collection, Chatsworth, is available at Made in Durban.

Chatsworth 30% off at Durban International Book Fair

Today books are 30% off at the Micromega stand at the Durban International Book Fair -- the final day of the event!

You can see Pravasan Pillay 's collection Chatsworth in the photo below -- so why not swing past and pick up a copy?

The launch of The Fall by Hans Pienaar

Hans Piennar in conversation with Toast Coetzer about his latest poetry collection, The Fall, published by Dye Hard Press.

The lonely prince waits anxiously for spring

 

Launch of The Fall by Hans Pienaar

The Fall by Hans Pienaar is published by Dye Hard Press.

A set of three ...

 A mysterious someone has a set of three Aiyos!

Aiyo! is out of stock at the publisher

Pravasan Pillay's wee collection of short stories, Aiyo!, is now out of stock at the publisher. To order, please go to Made in Durban, Clarke's Bookshop or the Commune in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. 

The Durban International Book Fair starts today!

The Durban International Book Fair starts today! Support local writers and publishers! You can buy copies of Pravasan Pillay's Chatsworth and Aiyo! at the Micromega stand.
 

The Durban International Book Fair will soon be here!

 

Pravasan Pillay's Chatsworth and Aiyo! will both be on sale there!