Nicola Griffith

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

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Extra super special bargain signed and personalised books!

I’m teaming up with Phinney Books in Seattle to bring you signed books for the holidays. Only this year we have SOMETHING SPECIAL to offer: buy a signed, personalised hardcover or paperback of Hild, and get the ENTIRE AUD TRILOGY—also signed and personalised!—for only an additional $10!! (plus shipping).

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Posted on December 18, 2017 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

More Hild-inspired art

More Hild-inspired pictures from readers.

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Posted on July 23, 2017 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The story of my PhD, Part 5: Future

This is Part Five of the story of my doctorate—the who, why, when, what, and how of it—based on questions from readers on this blog, Facebook, and Twitter.

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Posted on July 21, 2017 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Hild cat pix and fan art now a page

I’ve just added a new picture to the Hild fan art page—a sun-dappled Hild sitting by her pool wearing many of her…

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Posted on July 13, 2016 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

My Story, Mystery: A Letter to Hild of Whitby

“You were magnificent, I think, but hidden: a black hole at the heart of history. We can trace you only by your gravitational pull.” This essay first appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, September 2015.

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Posted on June 6, 2016 by Nicola Griffith in 1-essays

Hild cat pictures and fan art

I’m hard at work on Menewood, aka Hild II. So here are a bunch of cat pictures, that is, cats with Hild, followed by some Hild fan art. Some of these you will have seen before, some are new.

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Posted on June 3, 2016 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Intellectual judgement buried in the syllabus

School, at all levels, is where we learn what’s important. The Open Syllabus Project offers a tool to look at the intellectual judgements embedded in our education.

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Posted on February 9, 2016 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

More UK reviews

“Nicola Griffith works a special brand of literary magic…a stunning blend of real history and soaring imagination…steeped in the language and customs of early Britain.” More fab reviews from the UK.

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Posted on October 21, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

UK reviews of Hild

From the Guardian: “A magnificent and convincing portrayal of a strange, wild, beautiful world.”

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Posted on October 5, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The best birthday present you could give me

Today is my birthday. Tomorrow, Hild is out in paperback in the UK. The best present you could give me? Go buy it!

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Posted on September 30, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

My story, mystery: my love letter to Hild of Whitby

You were magnificent, I think, but hidden: a black hole at the heart of history. We can trace you only by your gravitational pull…

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Posted on September 10, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

UK paperback of Hild available for pre-order

Out in six weeks, October 1: a luscious, newly-typeset paperback edition of Hild. At 640 pages, it’s even more capacious…

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Posted on August 20, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Me as Hild

I couldn’t be at University Bookstore for Independent Bookstore Day when they had that great pretend-you’re-Hild poster board, so I popped in yesterday and had a go…

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Posted on May 7, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

How to look like Hild

For Independent Bookstore Day, visitors to University Bookstore in Seattle get their Hild on!

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Posted on May 3, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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

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

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

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

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

Hild’s eye salve kills MRSA

Anglo-saxon remedy kills MRSA. Breguswith knew a thing to two…

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Posted on March 31, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Protagonists who look like their authors

I’ve lost count of the number of readers who have suggested I look like one of the protagonists of my books, as illustrated on their covers. The first time it happened was with Slow River. I was surprised, but then came The Blue Place*, and Stay, and I became progressively less surprised. With Hild I expected it.

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Posted on March 16, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Generosity economy, feudalism in Hild, women’s agency, and more

From: Robert Just wanted to email you and let you know that I just finished reading Hild and I absolutely loved it. …

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Posted on February 5, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Hild one of ALA’s "Best Reads" of 2014, and Clarkesworld

Two things. The American Library Association has announced its official list of Notable Books 2014, selected by the Reading List Council. They picked…

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Posted on February 2, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The ending of Hild: not a romance

* This post contains spoilers for Hild and Hild II * From: Diane My book club just had a discussion about Hild. It…

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Posted on January 29, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized
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