Nicola Griffith

Nov 21, 2024 | largeheartedboy.com | Nicola Griffith

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Amy Bloom, Aimee Bender, Roxane Gay, and many others. Nicola Griffith’sMenewood is a magnificent, immersive sequel to one of my favorite historical novels, Hild. The New York Times wrote of the book:“[A] masterpiece of immersion . . .

Apr 30, 2024 | aworkinglibrary.com | Mandy Brown |Silvia Federici |Nicola Griffith |Miriam Toews

“Tracing the history of the words frequently used to define and degrade women is a necessary step if we are to understand how gender oppression functions and reproduces itself,” writes Silvia Federici, in Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women. She continues: The history of “gossip” is emblematic in this context.

Dec 16, 2023 | likewise.com | Alexis Hall |Elizabeth Bear |Kameron Hurley |Nicola Griffith

PixI recommended this novel because it features characters of various ages, including mature characters, and its interesting, different world setting also has characters along the queer spectrum. To add a comment, download the Likewise app from your device's app store. PixWith a gender-fluid older protagonist and a gripping fantasy tale revolving around an invasion from a parallel world, this book will cater to your need for a mature character with diverse sexual representation.

Oct 22, 2023 | sandiegouniontribune.com | Liz Ohanesian |Nicola Griffith

Nicola Griffith makes a lot of maps. It’s an interest she discovered out of necessity while envisioning the 7th-century lands in which Hilda of Whitby — the real-life medieval figure at the center of Griffith’s 2013 novel “Hild” and its just-published follow-up, “Menewood” — once roamed. “I love making maps,” the Seattle-based author says with a laugh during a recent video call where one of her maps hangs within view.

Oct 2, 2023 | powells.com | Nicola Griffith

by Release Date: 10/6/2023  Upcoming EventIn the much-anticipated sequel to Hild, Nicola Griffith’s Menewood (MCD) transports readers to seventh-century Britain, a land full of rival kings and rival religions, poised for revolutions like the world has never seen. Hild — now eighteen and married to her forbidden childhood love, battle-scarred and triumphant — is no longer a bright child who charms and dazzles the court with seemingly supernatural insight.