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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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.
Read moreHild 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.
Read moreIntellectual 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.
Read moreMore 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.
Read moreUK reviews of Hild
From the Guardian: “A magnificent and convincing portrayal of a strange, wild, beautiful world.”
Read moreThe 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!
Read moreMy 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…
Read moreUK 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…
Read moreMe 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…
Read moreHow to look like Hild
For Independent Bookstore Day, visitors to University Bookstore in Seattle get their Hild on!
Read moreJuicy discussion about Hild on Strange Horizons
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.
Read moreBits and bobs of news
Snippets of news from the last few days, including nuns, Menewood, Topeka Library, and more.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreGetting 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.
Read moreThursday 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.
Read moreHild’s eye salve kills MRSA
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.
Read moreGenerosity 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. …
Read moreHild 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…
Read moreThe 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…
Read moreSearch for Meaning Festival, Seattle University, Saturday Feb 28, 1 pm
//player.vimeo.com/video/116706455If you’re in or near Seattle at the end of next month you might want to hear me talk at Seattle University‘s…
Read moreThe long tail: not the author’s friend
Picture by Hay Kranen/ PD. The long tail is that of the demand curve of products versus sales. The best-sellers are all…
Read moreBookscan numbers vs. real world
Nielsen Bookscan numbers are not always a good indicator of real-world sales.The other day my paperback publisher told me they’d sold a total of…
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