MENEWOOD—out October 2023—is an epic tale of seventh-century Britain: war and devastation, victory and peace, love and loss, grief and change, power and responsibility and joy and lust and friendship and belonging and change. But above all, it’s about Hild in the wild places of the world, becoming herself.
Read moreIt’s been a very hard summer—though it hasn’t all been bad. Here’s my update and explanation.
Read moreHere’s how I imagine Hild looks in Butcherbird mode, along with the shield her men carry as a threat and a warning.
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SPEAR won’t be out for another nine months but I have updates on images, page length, and audiobook
Read moreLittle Prickle, referring to the hedgehog, is as much a pet name for Hild as a byname.
Read moreI’m experimenting with making my own Hild-related art. So far it’s mainly animals…
https://gemaecce.com/2021/04/20/making-my-own-hild-art/
Read moreWhen is Menewood coming out? I discuss timing and talk about a juicy post going up on Gemæcce
Read moreI’ve written a new book: a short fantasy novel (my first!): Spear. It’s like Hild but with magic—the wild magic of the landscape, yes, the magic of love and the human heart, absolutely, but also the sword-swinging, monster-killing magic of myth and demigods…
Read moreI have finished the first draft of MENEWOOD and it is huge! Huge and awesome! Awesome and exciting!
Read moreFor the rest of this year and all of next I’m turning down professional invitations of every kind. I have work to do.
Read moreNew of Hild, Aud, Ammonite and more
Read moreOn Monday Vulpes Libris republished a slightly edited piece about my writing space that I first published here five years ago. Here’s an updated look at that space.
Read moreI’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 moreEvery New Year’s Eve Kelley and I do the same thing: sit before the fire with Champagne while we eat delicious things and talk. We talk about the year that’s passed and the year to come…
Read moreI’m Guest of Honour at Readercon, July 9 – 12. Here’s my schedule of events. Consider three in particular…
Read moreWhen I was ten or eleven my soon-to-be brother-in-law gave me his old Phillips’ cassette recorder and tapes of Pink Floyd’s Ummagumma,…
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 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 more* This post contains spoilers for Hild and Hild II * From: Diane My book club just had a discussion about Hild. It…
Read moreAs I said yesterday, I’m going to be Guest of Honour at this year’s Readercon, July 9-12, Burlington MA. If you donate $250 to…
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Nicola Griffith 