Nicola Griffith

Writer. Queer cripple with a PhD. Seattle & Leeds.

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Month: September 2014

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…

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Posted on September 29, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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…

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Posted on September 24, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Grief 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,…

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Posted on September 23, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Birthdays and webs

Today is as brilliant as any in early summer. But the air has that sharp clarity of autumn, and the spiders are…

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Posted on September 21, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Miscellaneous 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,…

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Posted on September 16, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Teaching 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…

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Posted on September 15, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Evening lake

We had dinner at a friend’s the other night high above Lake Washington (on the Seattle side). Fine Rioja, delicious Korean beef,…

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Posted on September 14, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Appearances: 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…

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Posted on September 9, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Me 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…

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Posted on September 8, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The 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…

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Posted on September 6, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

In 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…

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Posted on September 5, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

HILD 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…

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Posted on September 5, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Wedding anniversary

One year ago today, legally, in Seattle: photo by Jennifer Durham  21 years ago today, meaningfully, in Atlanta: photo by Mark Tiedemann…

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Posted on September 4, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Another 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…

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Posted on September 2, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

On 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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Posted on September 2, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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