Nicola Griffith

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

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Spear enamel pin giveaway!

Preordered SPEAR? Send in your receipt now and get this splendid, specially designed enamel pin.

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Posted on February 2, 2022 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Free 32-page sneak peek at Spear!

Sign up now to read an extended preview of SPEAR on Feb 8.

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Posted on January 28, 2022 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Want one now?

Want to read SPEAR two months before it’s published? Goodreads is giving away 25 copies between now and Feb 18

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Posted on January 27, 2022 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

25% off pre-order special for Spear!

Get 25% off SPEAR from now through Friday when you pre-order from B&N.com!

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Posted on January 26, 2022 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Podcast interview all about Spear

A wide-ranging pocast of an interview about SPEAR, HILD, genre, rhythm, metaphor, and many other things

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Posted on January 4, 2022 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Kitten Report #21: One year ends, another begins

The cats offer wisdom and I express two hopes for 2022.

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Posted on December 31, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

2021 Blog Stats

For the first time in 3 years the number of people visiting my blog increased—by about 11%. Here are the Top 15 new posts and the Top 15 overall.

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Posted on December 28, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Slay Bells: Tooth & Claw Drop Surprise Holiday Album!

Charlie and George have been in the studio. As Tooth&Claw they’re dropping a surprise holiday album, SLAY BELLS, features such classics and “Hit It!” (club remix) and “Wasted” (feat. Catnip) along with emo classics like “Luv My Bruv”

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Posted on December 24, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized
Electro microscope photo of SARS-CoV-2 virus. Blue background, coral-coloured virus with a corona of blue and green spikes

Omicron—some new data

Two recent studies confirm the Omicron variant is very bad new in terms of infectiousness, ability to evade immunity, and resistance to existing therapies. In addition, UK data hints that there’s no significant difference in severity between Omicron and Delta.

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Posted on December 18, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Pre-order Spear as a holiday gift

The first 10 people to pre-order Spear from Phinney Books will also get a signed and handwritten postcard specially designed for the book.

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Posted on December 14, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Jolly Spearness

Early reviews are coming in for SPEAR which set me thinking of a competition and an offer for pre-ordering.

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Posted on December 13, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Omicron: Don’t panic

Omicron is much more transmissible than any SARS-CoV-2 variant so far. But it could also, just possibly, be the beginnings of the long winding road to Covid becoming less deadly.

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Posted on November 27, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized
A diagram of SARS-CoV-2 replication and method of action understood in early 2020.

Two years later and 17 million dead

By some estimates Covid has killed 17 million people in two years. What will happen in the next two years?

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Posted on November 18, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Kitten report #20: Not dead yet [photos]

Charlie and George continue to steadily deplete their nine-life ration. George had another close call—but everyone’s fine.

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Posted on November 13, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Spear available on NetGalley

Book professionals! SPEAR is now available for request on NetGalley.

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Posted on October 28, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

OtherLife now on Prime Video!

OtherLife, the film based on Kelley’s novel Solitaire, is now playing on Prime Video! Watch the trailer here first if you like.

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Posted on October 21, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Monstrously good! [video]

A monster video for a monstrously good book! But if you want to make sure you get a delicious, illustrated hardcover, you should pre-order now, because pandemic supply-chain issues.

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Posted on October 19, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Wednesday October 13, 7 pm: Les Bailey Writers Series, Saint Martin’s University

If you’re in or near Lacey WA on Wednesday 13 October, come and hear me in conversation with Kelley Eskridge talking about using fiction to change the world.

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Posted on October 11, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

I haz a ramp!

I have a ramp! And it’s better than a platform lift because I can still use it when the power goes out.

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Posted on October 10, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Kitten Report #19: Sad, abandoned, lost and betrayed! [photos]

We’ve been with Charlie and George 24/7 since we adopted them in August 2019. The thought of leaving them for nine days without being able to explain to them that we were coming back was…not thrilling.

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Posted on October 9, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Enter to win a copy of Spear!

From Shelf Awareness, Spear is the Galley Love Of the Week: Nicola Griffith (Hild) draws on legend, myth and history to create Spear, a…

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Posted on October 8, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Travel in the time of Covid

Travel in the time of Covid is worse in some ways than pre-pandemic travel, and weirdly better in others. And—miracles!—many summer flowers were still in bloom when we got home.

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Posted on October 7, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Season of change

I love autumn. For me it’s a season of change—slightly melancholy but also, always, deeply and fundamentally exciting. To me autumn is…

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Posted on September 25, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

When accidents become icons

Most explanations for the nimbus on Celtic crosses are Just-So stories. Now there’s a much better explanation.

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Posted on September 24, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

More on the enamel pin for Spear

Image description: A round enamel pin in the shape of a red shield with raised rim and embossed rivets held between a…

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Posted on September 22, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized
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Top 15 posts of 2021

Here are the most popular posts of 2021.

  1. Men Are Afraid Women Will Laugh at Them
  2. Huge News: Multiple Sclerosis Is a Metabolic Disorder
  3. Spear
  4. Hild
  5. Spear Cover Reveal
  6. Fuck Off Into the Sun: I’m Done Being Excluded
  7. A List of Bookshops in the UK
  8. Books About Women Don’t Win Big Awards: Some Data
  9. Menewood!!
  10. Kitten Report #11: Seven Months Old Today
  11. So Lucky
  12. Lame is So Gay
  13. Kitties!
  14. About the Real Hild
  15. Ammonite

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