Two interviews and a review
Back from the Orcas Island LitFest to find two new podcast interviews and a wonderful long review, an examination of why SPEAR is an act of resistance, a “heady and healing draught.”
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Spear in New York Times and Beyond the Trope
Spear updates: NYTBR review, Beyond the Trope podcast, promises for the future…
Read moreLast chance to enter the Spear adjective competition: Clue #16
The final clue in the guess-the-review-adjective for SPEAR competition, this time from a blurb by
Maria Dahvana Headley
Get your best guess in before noon Pacific time tomorrow. Rules, prizes, and how to enter:
Read moreSpear adjective competition: Clue #15
Clue #15 in the guess-the-review-adjective competition for SPEAR prizes, this time a quote from a review in Chicago Review of Books by Jake Casella Brookins. No purchase necessary! Open to anyone in the world!
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Read moreSpear adjective competition: Clue #14
Clue #14 in the guess-the-review-adjective competition for SPEAR prizes, this time a quote from a starred review in Shelf Awareness. No purchase necessary! Open to anyone in the world!
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Read moreSpear adjective competition: Clue #13
Clue #13 in the guess-the-review-adjective competition for SPEAR prizes. No purchase necessary! Open to anyone in the world!
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Read moreSpear adjective competition: Clue #12
Clue #12 in the guess-the-review-adjective competition for SPEAR prizes. No purchase necessary! Open to anyone in the world!
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Read moreSpear adjective competition: Clue #11
Clue #11 in the guess-the-adjective SPEAR competition, this time with words from a wonderful @Buzzfeed review by @readerlymom. Win 3 prizes—free to enter, enter anywhere in the world.
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Read moreSpear adjective competition: Clue #10
Clue #10 in the guess-the-adjective SPEAR competition. Win 3 prizes—free to enter, enter anywhere in the world.
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Read moreSpear adjective competition: Clue #9
Clue #9 in the guess-the-adjective SPEAR competition. Win 3 prizes—free to enter, enter anywhere in the world.
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Read moreJolly Spearness
Early reviews are coming in for SPEAR which set me thinking of a competition and an offer for pre-ordering.
Read moreSO LUCKY is 2: Some thoughts on publishing
Now that So Lucky has been out for two years, I’m revisiting the publishing process, and industry and reader response—and asking for your opinion.
Read moreReading May/June
5 recommended novels. 4 others that could be worth your while but about which I have no deep thoughts.
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More So Lucky reviews
A busy weekend for reviews of So Lucky: New York Times Book Review, Chicago Review of Books, and the Seattle Times. And they are all great reviews!
Read moreElliott Bay Books tonight!
I had a fantastic time last night at the So Lucky launch, and will be doing much the same thing tonight at…
Read moreTomorrow is soon…
So Lucky hits the shelves tomorrow. Here’s what people are saying so far.
Read moreHow ableism affects a book review
It’s been my policy to never comment for the record on book reviews except to correct errors of fact. I’m making an exception for So Lucky‘s first review because it epitomises the bias faced by fiction about disabled characters written by disabled authors.
Read moreReading March 14
What I’ve read recently or am reading now.
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 moreHILD paperback!
Hild will be out in paperback 28 October from Picador. I just spent a very satisfying ten minutes trying to decide where…
Read moreFinal Hild links roundup
For those who are counting, this is links roundup #20. I’ve put all twenty in one place. I’m also assembling humongous roundups…
Read moreHild roundup #14
See the roundup of roundups for more reviews, interviews and Hild miscellany than you could possibly want. REVIEWS Bookreporter Hild, Sarah Rachel…
Read moreHild roundup #12
After a dearth of beasties today we have lots of cats. Enjoy! Previous roundups here. REVIEWS Paris Review What We’re Loving “…dazzling……
Read moreHild comps: winners!
A while back I said I’d do the final tally for our Hild comps competition around Thanksgiving. I must have been on…
Read moreHild roundup #8
This will be the last links roundup, I think. Hild‘s been out six weeks and the pace of reviews and interviews is…
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Nicola Griffith 