Sam Wilson
@samwilsonwriting.bsky.social
Writer and director living in Cape Town, South Africa. New novel “The First Murder On Mars” out now https://www.samwilsonwriting.com/order-now.php
I wrote and directed this movie! It’s coming out in cinemas across South Africa tomorrow. If you know any kids who like dinosaurs, aliens or cute jungle animals, this might be up their street. (The first movie is available on Showmax in ZA, and on Netflix everywhere else in the world)
June 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I wrote and directed this movie! It’s coming out in cinemas across South Africa tomorrow. If you know any kids who like dinosaurs, aliens or cute jungle animals, this might be up their street. (The first movie is available on Showmax in ZA, and on Netflix everywhere else in the world)
Keeping myself amused at the Franschhoek Literary Festival with homemade bingo cards with all the authors names
May 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Keeping myself amused at the Franschhoek Literary Festival with homemade bingo cards with all the authors names
Went to to the movies yesterday and found a poster for a movie I directed! Coming 27 June.
May 16, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Went to to the movies yesterday and found a poster for a movie I directed! Coming 27 June.
I’ll be back at Comic Con Cape Town on Sunday with a great panel of local authors. If you’re around, see you at the Pop Taku stage at 12pm!
May 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I’ll be back at Comic Con Cape Town on Sunday with a great panel of local authors. If you’re around, see you at the Pop Taku stage at 12pm!
Self-promotion continues unabated
April 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Self-promotion continues unabated
Hey everyone! I’m back at the Franschhoek Literary Festival this year, on the panel MY WORLD, MY RULES – "In a genre where almost anything can happen, how do you decide what that will be?” Saturday, 17 May, 10 am
www.webtickets.co.za/v2/EventCate... #flf2025
www.webtickets.co.za/v2/EventCate... #flf2025
April 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Hey everyone! I’m back at the Franschhoek Literary Festival this year, on the panel MY WORLD, MY RULES – "In a genre where almost anything can happen, how do you decide what that will be?” Saturday, 17 May, 10 am
www.webtickets.co.za/v2/EventCate... #flf2025
www.webtickets.co.za/v2/EventCate... #flf2025
"The First Murder On Mars" includes a mention of fire opals. As a small part of my thanks for all her support, I bought Kerry a fire opal. Kerry and Megan-Jayne McFall designed a setting for it based on the parachute of the Perseverance Mars rover, which had a hidden message:
DARE MIGHTY THINGS.
DARE MIGHTY THINGS.
April 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"The First Murder On Mars" includes a mention of fire opals. As a small part of my thanks for all her support, I bought Kerry a fire opal. Kerry and Megan-Jayne McFall designed a setting for it based on the parachute of the Perseverance Mars rover, which had a hidden message:
DARE MIGHTY THINGS.
DARE MIGHTY THINGS.
IT'S HAPPENING! The movie I wrote and directed, Jungle Beat 2 The Past, is coming to South African cinemas on the 25th of April! It's the sequel to Jungle Beat: The Movie, which is currently on Netflix (or Showmax in South Africa).
Huge love and respect to everyone involved!
Huge love and respect to everyone involved!
March 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
IT'S HAPPENING! The movie I wrote and directed, Jungle Beat 2 The Past, is coming to South African cinemas on the 25th of April! It's the sequel to Jungle Beat: The Movie, which is currently on Netflix (or Showmax in South Africa).
Huge love and respect to everyone involved!
Huge love and respect to everyone involved!
“Play Things” is a monthly showcase of interesting new theatre, dance and comedy performances.
I’m back on the line-up on Sunday the 6th of April, performing my latest interactive comedy “Audience: The Game Show”
R125. 6pm, 6th April, at the Theatre Arts in Obs.
Come on down!
I’m back on the line-up on Sunday the 6th of April, performing my latest interactive comedy “Audience: The Game Show”
R125. 6pm, 6th April, at the Theatre Arts in Obs.
Come on down!
March 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“Play Things” is a monthly showcase of interesting new theatre, dance and comedy performances.
I’m back on the line-up on Sunday the 6th of April, performing my latest interactive comedy “Audience: The Game Show”
R125. 6pm, 6th April, at the Theatre Arts in Obs.
Come on down!
I’m back on the line-up on Sunday the 6th of April, performing my latest interactive comedy “Audience: The Game Show”
R125. 6pm, 6th April, at the Theatre Arts in Obs.
Come on down!
Thank goodness I made the front page of the paper for my novel, not for my CRIMES*!
*There are no crimes, don’t look into this
*There are no crimes, don’t look into this
February 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Thank goodness I made the front page of the paper for my novel, not for my CRIMES*!
*There are no crimes, don’t look into this
*There are no crimes, don’t look into this
1/2 There are still tickets available for tomorrow's "Play Things: Anything Goes" variety show at The Drama Factory in Somerset West, where I'll be running a choose-your-own-adventure horror comedy game called “50 Audience Members Lost In The Woods (Depending On The Size Of The Audience)".
January 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
1/2 There are still tickets available for tomorrow's "Play Things: Anything Goes" variety show at The Drama Factory in Somerset West, where I'll be running a choose-your-own-adventure horror comedy game called “50 Audience Members Lost In The Woods (Depending On The Size Of The Audience)".
1/2 I’m back on the choose-your-own-adventure horror shows! On the 1st and 2nd of February I’ll be on stage as part of @sparkinthedarksa’s “Play Things: Anything Goes” experimental variety showcase.
January 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
1/2 I’m back on the choose-your-own-adventure horror shows! On the 1st and 2nd of February I’ll be on stage as part of @sparkinthedarksa’s “Play Things: Anything Goes” experimental variety showcase.
A sneak peek of the ridiculous soap opera game that I'll be playing with the audience this evening. 6pm, Theatre Arts in Obs, Cape Town
theatrearts.co.za/show/play_Th...
theatrearts.co.za/show/play_Th...
January 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A sneak peek of the ridiculous soap opera game that I'll be playing with the audience this evening. 6pm, Theatre Arts in Obs, Cape Town
theatrearts.co.za/show/play_Th...
theatrearts.co.za/show/play_Th...
This Sunday I'll be with a bunch of funny and talented people making new comedy at PLAY THINGS. Come join me as I pull a ridiculous new soap opera out of thin air! 6pm | Sunday 5 Jan | R100 | Theatre Arts | Cnr Milton
Rd & Wesley St, Obs, Cape Town
Rd & Wesley St, Obs, Cape Town
January 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This Sunday I'll be with a bunch of funny and talented people making new comedy at PLAY THINGS. Come join me as I pull a ridiculous new soap opera out of thin air! 6pm | Sunday 5 Jan | R100 | Theatre Arts | Cnr Milton
Rd & Wesley St, Obs, Cape Town
Rd & Wesley St, Obs, Cape Town
Out in France on January 8, just in time to be too late for Christmas!
December 11, 2024 at 7:49 AM
Out in France on January 8, just in time to be too late for Christmas!
Cape Town Folk! Thursday! Exclusive Books Cavendish! I’ve made an interactive horror story. Come on down! Title may change based on attendance.
October 28, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Cape Town Folk! Thursday! Exclusive Books Cavendish! I’ve made an interactive horror story. Come on down! Title may change based on attendance.
This Halloween, I’m doing this! Please come, it’ll be fun and there will be spooooky treats. Don’t forget to RSVP!
October 14, 2024 at 1:08 PM
This Halloween, I’m doing this! Please come, it’ll be fun and there will be spooooky treats. Don’t forget to RSVP!
Wonderful folk of Cape Town! I have a book launch tomorrow at the Book Lounge. Free wine and canapés. Come on down!
October 8, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Wonderful folk of Cape Town! I have a book launch tomorrow at the Book Lounge. Free wine and canapés. Come on down!
I made a game! It’s part of a digital venue accompanying the dance theatre piece “Faith” by Club Guy and Roni , HIIIT and Cie 2k_far. You can play it for free: faith.show/Faithgame.
Faster connections recommended.
Faster connections recommended.
October 3, 2024 at 4:59 PM
I made a game! It’s part of a digital venue accompanying the dance theatre piece “Faith” by Club Guy and Roni , HIIIT and Cie 2k_far. You can play it for free: faith.show/Faithgame.
Faster connections recommended.
Faster connections recommended.
Hey Cape Town peeps! You free on 9 October?
September 19, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Hey Cape Town peeps! You free on 9 October?
2 months ago: “Got a new book out, should probably leapback on the socials to drum up some interest.”
Now:
Now:
August 31, 2024 at 9:10 AM
2 months ago: “Got a new book out, should probably leapback on the socials to drum up some interest.”
Now:
Now:
I always appreciate a review of my book, but next time please don’t digest the entire internet and use it to hallucinate your synopsis
August 21, 2024 at 10:15 AM
I always appreciate a review of my book, but next time please don’t digest the entire internet and use it to hallucinate your synopsis
Glasgow WorldCon is a vibe!
August 10, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Glasgow WorldCon is a vibe!
OUT NOW IN THE UK!
45 years after the future ends, Dylan Ward has a job: Travel the outer fringes of Mars and track down a missing census taker. It’s a journey that will take her far beyond the world she knows. Back to the Collapse. Back to the First Murder.
Link in bio!
45 years after the future ends, Dylan Ward has a job: Travel the outer fringes of Mars and track down a missing census taker. It’s a journey that will take her far beyond the world she knows. Back to the Collapse. Back to the First Murder.
Link in bio!
August 1, 2024 at 9:51 AM
OUT NOW IN THE UK!
45 years after the future ends, Dylan Ward has a job: Travel the outer fringes of Mars and track down a missing census taker. It’s a journey that will take her far beyond the world she knows. Back to the Collapse. Back to the First Murder.
Link in bio!
45 years after the future ends, Dylan Ward has a job: Travel the outer fringes of Mars and track down a missing census taker. It’s a journey that will take her far beyond the world she knows. Back to the Collapse. Back to the First Murder.
Link in bio!