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‘1 000 nights in silence with you’: An extract by Mia Arderne
This piece by Mia Arderne from the book ‘Touch: Sex, Sexuality and Sensuality’ ‘puts class squarely in the middle of what is a global mental health crisis’
‘Touch: Sex, Sexuality and Sensuality’ — the erotic in action
Full to the point of rupture, Touch still leaves the reader yearning for more
F*ck this view, we’re heading north: Reliving ‘Mermaid Fillet’
Mia Arderne’s debut novel is, partly, a homage to place. Flashes of Cape Town’s northern suburbs pop up, offering hazy solace to the characters. Phumlani Pikoli went along for…
Q&A with author Mia Arderne: ‘A prayer for the jol not to end
Mia Arderne’s Mermaid Fillet was a lifetime in the making. The author’s vulnerability gives the book superpowers
The List: Author Mia Arderne’s influences
Drawing from other mediums as well as literature, author Mia Arderne lets us in on her influences before and after writing ‘Mermaid Fillet’
Extract from ‘Mermaid Fillet: A Noir Crime Novel’ by Mia Arderne
This extract from Mia Arderne’s debut work of fiction, ‘Mermaid Fillet: A Noir Crime Novel’ introduces readers to Uncle ‘M16-in-your-bek’
Proclamation 73: Forgotten people returned to history
An exhibition draws on people’s personal albums to reconstruct a past that is missing from current narratives
‘Tis the season: It’s festive, It’s fokol but depression is real
"Substance abuse is higher, depression is wider, exhaustion is deeper. We’ve tapped out, we’re tuned out, we’ve emotionally flat-lined."