Damian talks to Lisa O’Kelly for The Observer about researching his first novel set in South Africa, being edited by Diana Athill, and the book he can’t bear to finish reading.
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The spring dates for Damian’s book tour have been announced! You can catch him talking about his debut novel, You Will Be Safe Here, in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the UK.
See the ‘Events’ page to find out more details and how you can book.
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Book at Bedtime has been a key feature of my listening landscape for as long as I can remember. Over the years it has lulled me to sleep (and sometimes kept me awake, usually for the right reasons). So I am thrilled that You Will Be Safe Here will be a Book at Bedtime FOR TWO WEEKS! The abridgment, by Richard Hamilton, manages to tell the story without giving everything away. Justine Willett has given the production everything. Tracy-Ann Oberman brings her characteristic power to the reading and her own South African story.
Listen in: BBC Radio 4, 2245 nightly May 27 - June 7th
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This is the story of Raymond Buys, whose murder still haunts me. It’s the story of his family, his community and the culture of racism and toxic masculinity that saw him sent to a camp that promised to ‘make men out of boys’. The camp where he was tortured and killed. It’s the story of the rise of the far Right in South Africa and around the world and it’s linked to a hidden history and one of the most shameful episodes of Empire.
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