Roché Kester will be introducing 2 authors talking about their novels.

Alistair Mackay: “The Child”

After a mental breakdown costs him his job in New York, a young man returns to Cape Town. He and his husband want to rebuild their lives and start a family by adopting a child, but the application forces him to confront his own past. As his life becomes enmeshed with that of his house cleaner and her toddler, his marriage begins to unravel, and violence threatens to upend their new beginning. Can he help them while finding a path to healing?

Mia Arderne: “Mermaid Fillet”

In this Cape Town, there’s a Goddess who casts raging red storms when female bodies are abused. It’s a place where women try to redefine their space in society. This is the story of a network of wannabe gangsters, the search for a Tamagotchi and the smokkeling of mermaid tails. Mermaid Fillet is about violence, feminism and how you dala what you must. Rarer than Crayfish, more illegal than Perlemoen!