Baby it’s cold outside…
It’s a cold, cold morning. But bright. Happy Sunday! Perhaps you’d like to do some armchair shopping?
Read moreIt’s a cold, cold morning. But bright. Happy Sunday! Perhaps you’d like to do some armchair shopping?
Read moreUpdated 11/29/14 This year I’m teaming up with a new bookshop, Phinney Books, on Greenwood Avenue, Seattle to bring you signed books…
Read moreMy thanksgiving started last night with a fig. Just an ordinary fig, snatched from its bowl as I made a mental list…
Read moreYesterday’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,…
Read moreTwo photos of me from my last Seattle reading of Hild at Third Place. Unretouched, according to the photographer (Jennifer Durham). Her verdict:…
Read moreHild is the PNBA’s number one bestseller. That means that for the week ending November 16, it’s the overall top-selling paperback at…
Read moreAfter a recent post on Hild’s film/tv rights, I started a conversation in the comments with my friend Brooks, posting as Myseyeball….
Read moreTomorrow is my very last Hild reading in Seattle. By last I mean last. The next set of readings will be for…
Read moreToday is Hild’s 1400th birthday. That is, Hild, who became St Hilda of Whitby, was born 1400 years ago, and November 17th…
Read moreKelley and I got in late last night—given jet-lag, it was about midnight when we walked in the door, 2 am when…
Read moreI’ve been to St Louis many times. I’m particularly fond of Left Bank Books where my friend Mark Tiedemann (author, most recently,…
Read moreFrom: ChristineI was at your reading for Hild at the Elliott Bay Bookstore on Friday evening*. I did not have a book…
Read moreA while ago I was thinking about “branding” as it is applied to (and by) novelists, and wondering why I have such…
Read moreTonight I’m at Porter Square Books in Boston. It’s a new place to me, but I already know lots of people who’ve…
Read moreTonight we’re finishing our fabulous time in DC with a reading at Kramerbooks and Afterwords Café. I’ve never done a reading in…
Read moreFrom Morgan: In the first few chapters of Hild, there is a line that goes something like “Men are afraid that women…
Read moreI’m doing a few things today and tonight at WFC. The first public event is a panel at 3 pm on historical…
Read moreCharis Books last night was a real homecoming. The store, in many ways, looked the same: bright, warm, cheerful. Feminist posters on…
Read moreWhen I first moved to this country it was to Atlanta. The first bookshop I went to was Charis. It’s where I…
Read moreToday Kelley and I get on a plane and head east for a bunch of readings and signings. Here’s the schedule: Wednesday…
Read moreAccording 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.
Read moreFrom: 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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