Nicola Griffith

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

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Spear

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.

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Posted on May 24, 2023 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Nebula Awards Weekend

I 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.

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Posted on May 19, 2023 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Spear is a Locus Award Finalist

SPEAR is a Locus Award finalist for Fantasy Novel. It’s a cracking list and I’m delighted to be on it.

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Posted on April 29, 2023 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Spear’s first year #4: Beautiful Process ➔ Beautiful Book!

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.

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Posted on April 28, 2023 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Spear’s first year #3: Rich research, circular as the seasons

What 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.

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Posted on April 27, 2023 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Spear’s first year #2: Page and voice

What did it feel like to narrate Spear? It was astonishing, just as writing it felt: as close to a perfect experience as is possible.

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Posted on April 26, 2023 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Spear’s first year #1: Wild Magic

In 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.

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Posted on April 25, 2023 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Happy Birthday to Spear!

SPEAR is one year old! The first in a series of posts about the things I loved about the book, publication, reception, and more.

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Posted on April 23, 2023 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Spear wins the Ray Bradbury Prize

Last night at the Los Angeles Times Book Prize awards, SPEAR won the Ray Bradbury Prize. Here’s why I was genuinely surprised.

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Posted on April 22, 2023 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Spear is a Nebula Finalist!

Woo hoo! SPEAR is a finalist for Nebula Award for Best Novel! In fabulous company…

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Posted on March 7, 2023 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Spear a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist

SPEAR 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…

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Posted on February 22, 2023 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Spear—Award Eligibility

If you want to nominate SPEAR for an award (thank you!), here’s what you need to know.

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Posted on January 3, 2023 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Signed personalised books for the holidays—including my memoir!

I’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!

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Posted on November 22, 2022 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Spear on sale: 50% off!

Spear is for sale at 50% off at both Barnes & Noble and Amazon.

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Posted on August 16, 2022 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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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Posted on June 13, 2022 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Spear in New York Times and Beyond the Trope

Spear updates: NYTBR review, Beyond the Trope podcast, promises for the future…

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Posted on May 31, 2022 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

History and historicity, historiography and legend

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…

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Posted on May 23, 2022 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Last 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:

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Posted on May 6, 2022 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Spear 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!

Rules and how to enter:

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Posted on May 4, 2022 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Spear 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!

Rules and how to enter:

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Posted on April 29, 2022 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Friday 4/29, 6:00 PM, Brick & Mortar, Redmond: In-person event!

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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Posted on April 28, 2022 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Thursday 4/28, 7:00 PM, Mysterious Galaxy!

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!

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Posted on April 27, 2022 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Spear 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!

Rules and how to enter:

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Posted on April 25, 2022 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Today: Harvard Bookstore & Third Place Books, 4 :00 PM PT/7:00 PM ET, with Alix Harrow

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.

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Posted on April 25, 2022 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Spear—plus furred, finned, feathered, and fluttery friends

Pictures 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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Posted on April 24, 2022 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized
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