This week: Yorkshire!
This week I’m in Yorkshire and Teeside. I’ll be spending most of my time with family and friends. But I’m also doing…
Read moreMonth: September 2014
Don’t experiment on guests
A conversation we had in our house many years ago: “I think I’ll try that brand new recipe when so-and-so and such-and-such…
Read moreGrief and its anniversaries
Today is the 26th anniversary of my little sister Helena’s death. This is a repost from four years ago. Nicola and Helena,…
Read moreBirthdays and webs
Today is as brilliant as any in early summer. But the air has that sharp clarity of autumn, and the spiders are…
Read moreMiscellaneous links
Three things: Two juicy reviews: The Critical Flame:“Virginia Woolf’s Mistress Joan, on the pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham,…
Read moreTeaching HILD
I’ve been hearing about colleges in the US and UK that are teaching Hild from a variety of perspectives: history of English, gender…
Read moreEvening lake
We had dinner at a friend’s the other night high above Lake Washington (on the Seattle side). Fine Rioja, delicious Korean beef,…
Read moreAppearances: links and details
Tickets are on sale for two of the UK events, Ilkley and Stockton. The others are free. But the one to pay…
Read moreMe and Kelley at Seattle’s Project Room 23 September
On Tuesday, 23rd of September, Kelley and I will be at Seattle’s Project Room to talk to Joshua Wolf Shenk, author of…
Read moreThe road home
The other evening we were out and I took this at the four-way stop near our house. To me this view means…
Read moreIn which I explain why the US wouldn’t exist without Hild
Real Change is a street paper that focuses on poverty, homelessness, and social justice. It’s also a social justice organisation that gives…
Read moreHILD nominated for the Washington State Book Award
I’m delighted to announce that Hild is one of the five finalists for the Washington State Book Award. The winners will be announced…
Read moreWedding anniversary
One year ago today, legally, in Seattle: photo by Jennifer Durham 21 years ago today, meaningfully, in Atlanta: photo by Mark Tiedemann…
Read moreAnother cover photo from 1996
I’m on the cover of this month’s Locus magazine. I’ve been on it before—eighteen years ago*. It occurred to me that you…
Read moreOn the cover of September Locus magazine
I’m on the cover of this month’s Locus magazine. I was interviewed by Francesca Myman at the Nebula Awards weekend at the…
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