Nicola Griffith

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

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Month: April 2015

Juicy discussion about Hild on Strange Horizons

A long and juicy discussion of Hild by four critics who don’t always agree.

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Posted on April 30, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

SCOTUS and same-sex marriage, addendum

My hope is still for Yes, that Kennedy will listen to his conscience. But at the very far reaches of the hope universe there’s a tenuous hint of a wisp of possibility that Roberts and Scalia might say Yes, too…

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Posted on April 29, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Same-sex marriage hearing at the Supreme Court

I’ve been reading analysis for a while on how the Supreme Court might rule on same-sex marriage. The consensus boils down to…

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Posted on April 28, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Ex Machina review

Ex Machina is a nicely made film. Good-looking, sleek and stylish, well acted, filled with capable dialogue. But the human story is full of holes. It does not, in my opinion, rise about an expression of male anxiety.

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Posted on April 25, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

My music in one easy-to-listen-to playlist

Here’s a playlist of the nine songs included in the CD inside And Now We Are Going to Have a Party.

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Posted on April 23, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Sky drama

The sky is more entertaining than any screen…

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Posted on April 22, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Last chance to be a character in HILD II

For $250 I will name a character after you in the second Hild novel, Menewood. The money will go towards Stories for Chip, a literary tribute to Samuel R. Delany.

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Posted on April 21, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Watch this video about privilege and children’s lit

A video of a panel discussion, “Who Holds the Power: The Impact of Privilege on Children’s Literature,” taped at the Children’s Librarians Institute. Useful whether you’re new to the idea or have spent time thinking about and acting from the perspective of diversity.

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Posted on April 20, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Bits and bobs of news

Snippets of news from the last few days, including nuns, Menewood, Topeka Library, and more.

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Posted on April 17, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The opening of Menewood? Tomorrow!

I might read from the beginning of Hild II when I’m at Queen Anne Books with Patricia Bracewell tomorrow. Show up and see: Thursday 16th April, 7 pm.

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Posted on April 15, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Yesterday morning was beautiful

My morning looked and sounded lovely. Perfect weekend.

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Posted on April 12, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Getting Medieval!

To celebrate the new season of Game of Thrones, the fabulous radio wizards at To the Best of Our Knowledge are running “Getting Medieval (Update)” in which me, GRRM, and others talk about blood, belief, and battle axes.

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Posted on April 11, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Touching Fire video

“Sun on Dragonfly” is a video made in response to an audio excerpt of my story,”Touching Fire.” Maybe NSFW.

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Posted on April 9, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Thursday 16th April, 7 pm: Queen Anne Book Company

On Thursday, 16th April at 7 pm, ​I’m doing an event at Queen Anne Book Company. I’ll be in conversation with Patricia Bracewell, author of The Price of Blood.

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Posted on April 8, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Manly war goats

My review of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Admittedly, there had been beer…

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Posted on April 7, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Why I prefer chocolate bunnies to chocolate eggs

Today the birds have felt emboldened. Perhaps they think, what with all the eggs around, painted and chocolate, that some people in this neighbourhood are celebrating all feathered kind and wingèd ones can do no earthly wrong.

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Posted on April 5, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Daffodil means spring

Tomorrow would have been my mother’s birthday.

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Posted on April 3, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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