
Spear on ADCI Literary Prize Shortlist
I’m thrilled to announce that SPEAR is one of three novels on the inaugural shortlist for UK Society of Authors ADCI Literary Prize, celebrating positive representation of disability in literature.
Read moreI’m thrilled to announce that SPEAR is one of three novels on the inaugural shortlist for UK Society of Authors ADCI Literary Prize, celebrating positive representation of disability in literature.
Read moreI had a fabulous time at the Nebula Awards weekend in Anaheim. SPEAR didn’t win but I didn’t mind: I was too busy just glorying in all the conversation with friends old and new.
Read moreSPEAR is a Locus Award finalist for Fantasy Novel. It’s a cracking list and I’m delighted to be on it.
Read moreSpear is glorious! You really, really need to see it up close and in person: it glows! Beautiful, beautiful book that fits perfectly in the hand.
Read moreWhat sources did I use to develop and research SPEAR? A post about the circular nature of research into an era that can seem to exist in the liminal state between myth and history.
Read moreWhat did it feel like to narrate Spear? It was astonishing, just as writing it felt: as close to a perfect experience as is possible.
Read moreIn which I talk about the difference between Hild’s naturalistic relationship with nature and Peretur’s preternatural connection—and how and why I came up with that approach.
Read moreSPEAR is one year old! The first in a series of posts about the things I loved about the book, publication, reception, and more.
Read moreLast night at the Los Angeles Times Book Prize awards, SPEAR won the Ray Bradbury Prize. Here’s why I was genuinely surprised.
Read moreSPEAR is a finalist for a Los Angeles Book Prize! Nominated for the Ray Bradbury Prize alongside Sara Gran, Ray Nayler, Alex Jennings, and George Saunders! Winners announced April 21…
Read moreI’m teaming up again with Phinney Books, on Greenwood Avenue, Seattle, to bring you signed, personalised books for the holidays.
And, this year only, you can BUY A COPY OF MY SIGNED, NUMBERED MEMOIR-IN-A-BOX.
I can’t wait for you to read it!
Read moreBack 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.”
Read moreHow can you make a realistic novel set in the past feel like magic—and a book stuffed with magic and myth feel realistic? And why can that be a problem for historical fiction writers?
Funny you should ask: I just wrote a whole essay about that for Historia Magazine. Go take a look. Oh, and there’s a clue in the image description…
Read moreThe 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 moreClue #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 moreClue #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 moreFriday 4/29, 6:00 PM: at Redmond’s own Brick & Mortar, live and in-person! Talking about SPEAR, history, representation, and writing joy. Come help celebrate Independent Bookstore Weekend!
Read moreThurs 4/28, 7:00 PM PT: Mysterious Galaxy! In conversation with the beauteous, smart, and always fascinating @kelleyeskridge, novelist, short story writer and screenwriter extraordinaire. We’ll be talking about SPEAR, of course, but also many other delicious things. Do join us!
Read moreClue #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 moreIn just a few hours I’ll be talking with Alix Harrow for Harvard Bookstore and Third Place Books. I’m excited about this: we have a killer programme for you! Queer representation. Subverting national narratives. Reclaiming heroism. Writing joy…
Please join us. 7:00 PM ET/4:00 PM PT. Registration is free.
Read morePictures of pets disapproving, delighting in, disdaining, destroying, and dozing on Spear. I particularly like the beagle and the high-fashion parrot.
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