How 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
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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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Friday 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!
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Thurs 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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In 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.
Read moreClue #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 moreIn just a few hours I’ll be talking with Riva Lehrer for Women and Children First about queer and disability rep in the past and present, and we, too, get to whack each other’s heads off with swords! Bring questions—lot of questions! I’m dying to talk about this book!
Read moreIn just a few hours I’ll be talking to Nisi Shawl for Books in Common about magic, sword fights, lesbian lurve in the Early Medieval—and more! So much more! Bring questions—lot of questions! I’m dying to talk about this book!
Read moreClue #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 moreIn just a few hours I’ll be talking to Candice at Tubby & Coos about SPEAR and all things Arthurian! Bring questions—lot of questions! I’m dying to talk about this book!
Read moreClue #10 in the guess-the-adjective SPEAR competition. Win 3 prizes—free to enter, enter anywhere in the world.
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Spear 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 moreClue #9 in the guess-the-adjective SPEAR competition. Win 3 prizes—free to enter, enter anywhere in the world.
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Read moreThe SPEAR book tour starts April 20 with stops, virtual and in-person, all over the country. I love doing these things, so come! Bring questions! Bring a friend! Or two! See you soon…
Read moreClue #8 in the guess-the-adjective SPEAR competition. Win 3 prizes—free to enter, enter anywhere in the world.
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in which I talk to Jason Concepcion and Rosie Knight on X-Ra Vision about SPEAR and HILD, #CripLit and Queer Lit, and how all my books are about answering a specific question.
Read moreHere’s Clue #7 in One Adjective to Rule Them All competition to win a signed, personalised hardcover of Spear, an enamel pin, and the audiobook.
Read moreListen here to me reading from the Spear audiobook. A mother is telling stories of the Tuath Dé to a nameless child…
Read moreHere’s Clue #6 in One Adjective to Rule Them All competition to win a signed, personalised hardcover of Spear, an enamel pin, and the audiobook.
Read moreSpear is out in one week (!) and I’ve been making pretties. Here’s a short video representing a key scene in the book.
Read moreHere’s Clue #5 in One Adjective to Rule Them All competition to win a signed, personalised hardcover of Spear, an enamel pin, and the audiobook.
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Nicola Griffith 