Well, it's the 6 June in Sydney, and over in Paris that means it's the 5th. And that means the French edition of my novel Colony of Whores has hit the streets as Sauvagerie - its first publication by a proper publisher anywhere in the world. It's a somewhat strange feeling that something so momentous to a novelist should happen half a planet away and without, seemingly, causing even the slightest ripple on the dark pond of my daily life.