Nicola Griffith

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

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Spear—my short fantasy novel

I’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…

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Posted on December 16, 2020 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

In praise of short novels

Short packs a powerful punch, and no matter how different from the rest of the author’s ouevre the book may seem, I think you still get a taste—an echo, if you like, or maybe a harmonic—of that writer’s concerns.

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Posted on February 12, 2018 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

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  6. Fuck Off Into the Sun: I’m Done Being Excluded
  7. A List of Bookshops in the UK
  8. Books About Women Don’t Win Big Awards: Some Data
  9. Menewood!!
  10. Kitten Report #11: Seven Months Old Today
  11. So Lucky
  12. Lame is So Gay
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  14. About the Real Hild
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