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 moreThis 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 moreA 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 moreToday is the 26th anniversary of my little sister Helena’s death. This is a repost from four years ago. Nicola and Helena,…
Read moreToday is as brilliant as any in early summer. But the air has that sharp clarity of autumn, and the spiders are…
Read moreThree things: Two juicy reviews: The Critical Flame:“Virginia Woolf’s Mistress Joan, on the pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham,…
Read moreI’ve been hearing about colleges in the US and UK that are teaching Hild from a variety of perspectives: history of English, gender…
Read moreWe had dinner at a friend’s the other night high above Lake Washington (on the Seattle side). Fine Rioja, delicious Korean beef,…
Read moreTickets are on sale for two of the UK events, Ilkley and Stockton. The others are free. But the one to pay…
Read moreOn Tuesday, 23rd of September, Kelley and I will be at Seattle’s Project Room to talk to Joshua Wolf Shenk, author of…
Read moreThe other evening we were out and I took this at the four-way stop near our house. To me this view means…
Read moreReal Change is a street paper that focuses on poverty, homelessness, and social justice. It’s also a social justice organisation that gives…
Read moreI’m delighted to announce that Hild is one of the five finalists for the Washington State Book Award. The winners will be announced…
Read moreOne year ago today, legally, in Seattle: photo by Jennifer Durham 21 years ago today, meaningfully, in Atlanta: photo by Mark Tiedemann…
Read moreI’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 moreI’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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