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.
Read more“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 moreFrom the Guardian: “A magnificent and convincing portrayal of a strange, wild, beautiful world.”
Read moreToday is my birthday. Tomorrow, Hild is out in paperback in the UK. The best present you could give me? Go buy it!
Read moreYou were magnificent, I think, but hidden: a black hole at the heart of history. We can trace you only by your gravitational pull…
Read moreOut in six weeks, October 1: a luscious, newly-typeset paperback edition of Hild. At 640 pages, it’s even more capacious…
Read moreI 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 moreFor Independent Bookstore Day, visitors to University Bookstore in Seattle get their Hild on!
Read moreFor $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 moreSnippets of news from the last few days, including nuns, Menewood, Topeka Library, and more.
Read moreI 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 moreTo 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 moreOn 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 moreI’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 moreFrom: Robert Just wanted to email you and let you know that I just finished reading Hild and I absolutely loved it. …
Read moreTwo things. The American Library Association has announced its official list of Notable Books 2014, selected by the Reading List Council. They picked…
Read more* This post contains spoilers for Hild and Hild II * From: Diane My book club just had a discussion about Hild. It…
Read more//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 morePicture by Hay Kranen/ PD. The long tail is that of the demand curve of products versus sales. The best-sellers are all…
Read moreNielsen 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…
Read moreFrom: Jean I heard you speak at Elliott Bay. Bought Hild and have been gone “back to Yorkshire” while reading it. I…
Read moreFrom: Kelly I enjoyed the reading you did in DC. I loved reading Hild and was happy to hear you talk about…
Read moreFrom: Kiffi I am reading Hild, having heard of it through my friend Rob Hardy’s review, and enjoying it immensely. The mix…
Read moreFrom: Wendy Facebook can be useful. Someone just posted a link to the Archeology Data Service site where they list English Heritage…
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