Nicola Griffith

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

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Month: November 2014

Baby it’s cold outside…

It’s a cold, cold morning. But bright. Happy Sunday! Perhaps you’d like to do some armchair shopping?

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Posted on November 30, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

How to get signed and personalised HILD for holidays, 2014

Updated 11/29/14 This year I’m teaming up with a new bookshop, Phinney Books, on Greenwood Avenue, Seattle to bring you signed books…

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Posted on November 28, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Thanksgiving

My thanksgiving started last night with a fig. Just an ordinary fig, snatched from its bowl as I made a mental list…

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Posted on November 27, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Two more unprocessed pics of me

Yesterday’s photos are black and white, which covers a multitude of sins. Here, for the sake of truth-in-advertising, are two full-colour shots,…

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Posted on November 24, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Recent photos: tired but relaxed

Two photos of me from my last Seattle reading of Hild at Third Place. Unretouched, according to the photographer (Jennifer Durham). Her verdict:…

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Posted on November 23, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Hild is a #1 bestseller!

Hild is the PNBA’s number one bestseller. That means that for the week ending November 16, it’s the overall top-selling paperback at…

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Posted on November 21, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Immersive storytelling: are books better than film?

After a recent post on Hild’s film/tv rights, I started a conversation in the comments with my friend Brooks, posting as Myseyeball….

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Posted on November 20, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Last HILD reading in Seattle: Third Place, Ravenna, Wednesday 19th, 7 pm

Tomorrow is my very last Hild reading in Seattle. By last I mean last. The next set of readings will be for…

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Posted on November 18, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Today is Hild’s 1400th anniversary

Today is Hild’s 1400th birthday. That is, Hild, who became St Hilda of Whitby, was born 1400 years ago, and November 17th…

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Posted on November 17, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Planes, trains, and automobiles

Kelley and I got in late last night—given jet-lag, it was about midnight when we walked in the door, 2 am when…

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Posted on November 16, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Tonight: Left Bank Books, St Louis, 7 pm

I’ve been to St Louis many times. I’m particularly fond of Left Bank Books where my friend Mark Tiedemann (author, most recently,…

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Posted on November 14, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The ending of HILD

From: ChristineI was at your reading for Hild at the Elliott Bay Bookstore on Friday evening*. I did not have a book…

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Posted on November 12, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Branding for writers

A while ago I was thinking about “branding” as it is applied to (and by) novelists, and wondering why I have such…

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Posted on November 11, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Tonight: Porter Square Books, Boston, 7 pm

Tonight I’m at Porter Square Books in Boston. It’s a new place to me, but I already know lots of people who’ve…

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Posted on November 10, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Tonight: Washington DC, Kramerbooks, 7 pm

Tonight we’re finishing our fabulous time in DC with a reading at Kramerbooks and Afterwords Café. I’ve never done a reading in…

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Posted on November 9, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Men are afraid that women will laugh at them

From Morgan: In the first few chapters of Hild, there is a line that goes something like “Men are afraid that women…

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Posted on November 8, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Today: World Fantasy Convention

I’m doing a few things today and tonight at WFC. The first public event is a panel at 3 pm on historical…

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Posted on November 7, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Charis Books is a jewel

Charis Books last night was a real homecoming. The store, in many ways, looked the same: bright, warm, cheerful. Feminist posters on…

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Posted on November 6, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Tonight: Charis Books in Atlanta, 7:30 pm

When I first moved to this country it was to Atlanta. The first bookshop I went to was Charis. It’s where I…

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Posted on November 5, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Today I start the 11-day paperback tour

Today Kelley and I get on a plane and head east for a bunch of readings and signings. Here’s the schedule: Wednesday…

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Posted on November 4, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Branding: It Burns

According to an Economist review of Wally Olins’ posthumous Brand New: The Shape of Brands to Come (Thames & Hudson, 2014), branding is “about knowing who you are…and showing it.” It sounds simple but for a novelist it is not.

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Posted on November 4, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in 1-essays

Etymology and insult

From: Larry Well, this is excellent timing. I read and fully understood and agreed with your “Lame is so gay” post. And…

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Posted on November 2, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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