Deon Meyer – aka ‘The King of South African Crime Fiction’ – appeared at the Quais du Polar International Festival of Crime Fiction in April, along with other internationally celebrated crime writers like James Ellroy, George Pelecanos, Camilla Läckberg, and Lauren Beukes. This popular French crime festival celebrated its tenth anniversary this year.
Here’s Deon with some of the festival crew:
Deon then visited the London Book fair, where he met his publishers from Korea (Book 21), Norway (Tiden Norsk Forlag), Germany (Aufbau), Holland (Bruna), Finland (Gummerus), Czech Republic ( Moba), Poland (Sonia Draga), Canada (Random House), the US (Grove Atlantic) and the UK (Hodder & Stoughton). Just a handful of the publishers in the twenty-seven countries where he is published. Hodder also hosted a trade event for him and UK journalists and booksellers, previewing the launch of his cracking new Benny Griessel thriller COBRA.
COBRA will be released in the UK at the end of August. See more details from his UK publisher Hodder here. You can also order signed copy of his previous books from Off the Shelf, now available in English and Afrikaans, with French and German editions coming soon. The US edition will be out from Grove Atlantic in October and from Random House Canada in January 2015. See more about the world of COBRA on Deon’s website here.
Deon will be taking part in more events at the Franschhoek Literary Festival in South Africa this month:
Friday 16 May 14:30, New School Hall, at the Franschhoek Literary Festival
Saturday 17 May 10:00, Old School Hall, at the Franschhoek Literary Festival
24 May at 11:15 and 15:00: Kingsmead College, Melrose, Johannesburg at the Kingsmead Book Fair
More details can be found on his website.
Praise for Deon Meyer:
‘Deon Meyer is the best of the best.’ – The Mail & Guardian
‘Meyer is one of the sharpest chroniclers of South Africa.’ – Joan Smith, Sunday Times
'With Deon Meyer you can't go wrong. He's a writer whose work I admire, wait for and then devour.' – Michael Connelly