In this 10,000-word interview we cover Spear, writing, Hild, Menewood, why I love reading reviews, why Angela Carter’s metaphors don’t work for me, the Matter of Britain, research, creative process, life, the universe, and everything…
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Novel set in 7th-century Britain. Winner of the Washington State Book Award. “In its ambition and intelligence, Hild might best be compared to Hilary Mantel’s novels about Thomas Cromwell.” — Bookforum
Read moreFrom: PatSurely you’ve read Dorothy Dunnett’s Lymond Chronicles, yes? Although a male protagonist, they are a corking good read. I’ve hand-sold and recommended them…
Read moreIn Part One of this look back at 2012, I talked about the ukulele, a portrait of me, some teaching, and my travels….
Read moreFrom: Kate Macdonald I’m starting a new miniseries of podcasts on my weekly 10-minute podcast site, Why I Really Like This Book,…
Read moreWhen I was writing about the Polari prize the other day, I was reminded of a question that came up here both…
Read moreTo coincide with International Women’s Day, the judges of the this year’s Orange Prize (the UK’s only annual book award for fiction…
Read moreOkay, one’s historical and one’s fantasy but, eh, close enough for Saturday Annalee Newnitz has an article on io9.com about the “ten…
Read moreOn Tuesday afternoon, during a brief break in the clouds (sun! I saw it!), I sat outside on the deck to contemplate…
Read moreIn the New York Times, Sam Tanenhaus ponders the notion that the best fiction is written by people (he mostly talks about…
Read moreMost of you already know I’m writing a novel set in seventh-century Britain. This, of course, makes it an historical novel, though…
Read moreHilary Mantel wins the Booker Prize for Wolf Hall, a novel about Thomas Cromwell. It’s a long meaty historical, apparently; the first…
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