Nicola Griffith SHE IS HERE, out Jan 27
@nicolaz.bsky.social
PhD. Novelist (Hild, Spear, Menewood). All things Early Medieval. Here: Cats, crips, queers. Books, beauty, beers. MS ♿️🧪📚
MUTING THOSE WHO DON’T ALT-TEXT
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Banner ID: B&W image—pint of Guinness flanked by 2 books flanked by 2 tabby cat
MUTING THOSE WHO DON’T ALT-TEXT
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Banner ID: B&W image—pint of Guinness flanked by 2 books flanked by 2 tabby cat
Pinned
You will be shocked, shocked to hear that "The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong"! 🙄 Duh! OF COURSE IT'S WRONG. But now there's a cool article listing the biological and evidentiary reasons, along with nifty diagrams.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
George, International Cat of Mystery, is a master of disguise, a kitty chameleon. I like to try capture his different personalities with different styles of art.
Phases of George
George, International Cat of Mystery, is a master of disguise, a kitty chameleon. I like to try capture his different personalities with different styles of art.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
George, International Cat of Mystery, is a master of disguise, a kitty chameleon. I like to try capture his different personalities with different styles of art.
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Cached US Kindle giveaway: 10 copies of Ammonite by @nicolaz.bsky.social, which I got 'cause this was promo'd by the author and I try to reward such effort. I have a copy, but, tbr... If you read it, let me know what you think...
#KindleBookGiveaway
#KindleBookGiveaway
November 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Cached US Kindle giveaway: 10 copies of Ammonite by @nicolaz.bsky.social, which I got 'cause this was promo'd by the author and I try to reward such effort. I have a copy, but, tbr... If you read it, let me know what you think...
#KindleBookGiveaway
#KindleBookGiveaway
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate, and to those who don't, a wish for the time to acknowledge and appreciate the simple joys and fleeting pleasures of the world.
Glad of Simple Joys
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate, and to those who don't, a wish for the time to acknowledge and appreciate the simple joys and fleeting pleasures of the world.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate, and to those who don't, a wish for the time to acknowledge and appreciate the simple joys and fleeting pleasures of the world.
The German translation of SPEAR will be out in March. French, Spanish, Japanese, and—of course—English are already available. And soon (just in time for the holidays) there'll be an English paperback.
Speer
The German translation of SPEAR will be out in March. French, Spanish, Japanese, and—of course—English are already available. And soon (just in time for the holidays) there'll be an English paperback.
nicolagriffith.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The German translation of SPEAR will be out in March. French, Spanish, Japanese, and—of course—English are already available. And soon (just in time for the holidays) there'll be an English paperback.
It's always lovely to see that little red #1 BESTSELLER stripe, no matter how specific, particular, and fleeting...
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
It's always lovely to see that little red #1 BESTSELLER stripe, no matter how specific, particular, and fleeting...
The feeling when the meds you take for one condition trigger a violent flare of another, but the meds you need to handle that flare will seriously worsen yet another condition. I’m so tired of this health house of cards ♿️
November 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The feeling when the meds you take for one condition trigger a violent flare of another, but the meds you need to handle that flare will seriously worsen yet another condition. I’m so tired of this health house of cards ♿️
I’d love to have this book, but the price, at $259/£199, is obscene. Even with 25% off.
Also, please, pretty please use alt-text [ID: image of text book titled Sexuality in the Medieval West, edited by Michelle M Sauer and Jenny c Bledsoe]
#medievalsky
Also, please, pretty please use alt-text [ID: image of text book titled Sexuality in the Medieval West, edited by Michelle M Sauer and Jenny c Bledsoe]
#medievalsky
{New book} This invaluable reference work addresses sex, gender, & sexuality in medieval Europe and North Africa, providing an important update previous handbooks from the 1990s. Save 25% with ARC25 www.arc-humanities.org/978164189224...
November 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I’d love to have this book, but the price, at $259/£199, is obscene. Even with 25% off.
Also, please, pretty please use alt-text [ID: image of text book titled Sexuality in the Medieval West, edited by Michelle M Sauer and Jenny c Bledsoe]
#medievalsky
Also, please, pretty please use alt-text [ID: image of text book titled Sexuality in the Medieval West, edited by Michelle M Sauer and Jenny c Bledsoe]
#medievalsky
Well, the geraniums are literally busting out all over, and the snapdragon is snapping. When did the November climate get so weird?
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Well, the geraniums are literally busting out all over, and the snapdragon is snapping. When did the November climate get so weird?
Reposted by Nicola Griffith SHE IS HERE, out Jan 27
SEATTLE! SATURDAY! Want to buy some lovely books as holiday gifts? Want to meet 28 local authors in a mellow afternoon local bookfest? Then the Seattle Holiday Bookfest, SATURDAY 22 November, 2-4pm, is for you!
This Saturday: Holiday Bookfest!
Want to buy some lovely books as holiday gifts? Want to meet 28 local authors in a mellow afternoon local bookfest? Then the Seattle Holiday Bookfest, SATURDAY 22 November is for you!
nicolagriffith.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
SEATTLE! SATURDAY! Want to buy some lovely books as holiday gifts? Want to meet 28 local authors in a mellow afternoon local bookfest? Then the Seattle Holiday Bookfest, SATURDAY 22 November, 2-4pm, is for you!
SEATTLE! SATURDAY! Want to buy some lovely books as holiday gifts? Want to meet 28 local authors in a mellow afternoon local bookfest? Then the Seattle Holiday Bookfest, SATURDAY 22 November, 2-4pm, is for you!
This Saturday: Holiday Bookfest!
Want to buy some lovely books as holiday gifts? Want to meet 28 local authors in a mellow afternoon local bookfest? Then the Seattle Holiday Bookfest, SATURDAY 22 November is for you!
nicolagriffith.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
SEATTLE! SATURDAY! Want to buy some lovely books as holiday gifts? Want to meet 28 local authors in a mellow afternoon local bookfest? Then the Seattle Holiday Bookfest, SATURDAY 22 November, 2-4pm, is for you!
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happy transgender day of remembrance
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
happy transgender day of remembrance
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
Seeing as highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) in on the upswing again in the northern hemisphere, I've written a short blog post listing useful links to ongoing reports, the first-ever human case of H5N5, the massive die-off of elephant seals, and sensible precautions.
Bird Flu: It’s Baaaack!
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) in on the upswing again in the northern hemisphere. A short blog post listing useful links—ongoing reports, news of the first-ever human case of H5N5, sensible precautions, and so on. Have fun!
nicolagriffith.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Seeing as highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) in on the upswing again in the northern hemisphere, I've written a short blog post listing useful links to ongoing reports, the first-ever human case of H5N5, the massive die-off of elephant seals, and sensible precautions.
Reposted by Nicola Griffith SHE IS HERE, out Jan 27
Read this (then of course read Hild and Menewood if you have not)
Seriously. Top of your TBR
Seriously. Top of your TBR
This is such a lovely, perceptive, beautifully conceived critical appraisal that even if you never plan to read my novels, you should read the review essay. 💕 Deeply interesting in its own right!
You should start with _Hild_ and you should then read _Menewood_. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Read this (then of course read Hild and Menewood if you have not)
Seriously. Top of your TBR
Seriously. Top of your TBR
This is such a lovely, perceptive, beautifully conceived critical appraisal that even if you never plan to read my novels, you should read the review essay. 💕 Deeply interesting in its own right!
You should start with _Hild_ and you should then read _Menewood_. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
November 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This is such a lovely, perceptive, beautifully conceived critical appraisal that even if you never plan to read my novels, you should read the review essay. 💕 Deeply interesting in its own right!
For the afternoon crew:
OTD in 680 CE Hild of Whitby died. Every year I celebrate. This year by a) showing off my fabulous, specially commissioned silver snakestone lapel pin, and b) my imagined version of her grave marker (or maybe pillow stone).
#medievalsky
nicolagriffith.com/2025/11/17/c...
OTD in 680 CE Hild of Whitby died. Every year I celebrate. This year by a) showing off my fabulous, specially commissioned silver snakestone lapel pin, and b) my imagined version of her grave marker (or maybe pillow stone).
#medievalsky
nicolagriffith.com/2025/11/17/c...
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
For the afternoon crew:
OTD in 680 CE Hild of Whitby died. Every year I celebrate. This year by a) showing off my fabulous, specially commissioned silver snakestone lapel pin, and b) my imagined version of her grave marker (or maybe pillow stone).
#medievalsky
nicolagriffith.com/2025/11/17/c...
OTD in 680 CE Hild of Whitby died. Every year I celebrate. This year by a) showing off my fabulous, specially commissioned silver snakestone lapel pin, and b) my imagined version of her grave marker (or maybe pillow stone).
#medievalsky
nicolagriffith.com/2025/11/17/c...
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I see a lot of people speculating about how Alice died and I am asking you to...please not do that. If her family wants to share information about that on their own time, they will, but the speculation and sometimes outright conspiracy theories are actually really upsetting for them to see.
November 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I see a lot of people speculating about how Alice died and I am asking you to...please not do that. If her family wants to share information about that on their own time, they will, but the speculation and sometimes outright conspiracy theories are actually really upsetting for them to see.
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Hild is one of my all-time favorite books and characters.
OTD in 680 CE Hild of Whitby died. Ever year I celebrate. This year by a) showing off my fabulous, specially commissioned snakestone cast in silver to wear as a lapel pin, silver jacket pin cast in silver, and her death
b) my imagined version of her grave marker
b) my imagined version of her grave marker
Celebrating Hild
On this day in 680 CE Hild of Whitby, patron saint of learning and culture (including poetry) died. I mark her feast day because she marked my life, and my writing, indelibly.
nicolagriffith.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Hild is one of my all-time favorite books and characters.
This isn't about Hild, but the setting and the Old English style verse certainly would be to her taste!
alliteration.net/poetry/the-whitby-elegy/ #alliterative #poetry #hild #whitby #medievalsky #poetrysky #alliterativevrse
alliteration.net/poetry/the-whitby-elegy/ #alliterative #poetry #hild #whitby #medievalsky #poetrysky #alliterativevrse
The Whitby Elegy: A Poem in Alliterative Verse by Ian David Greenwood
Here at the cliff’s edge, clear skies above me / the gannet’s gathering-place, gorse-hidden I would wait ...
alliteration.net
November 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Lately I've been listening to Alan Alda's many-years-old podcast from its inception, & he asks the same questions of every guest at the end, including "What book changed your life?"
And every time I hear it, I think "Hild."
And every time I hear it, I think "Hild."
OTD in 680 CE Hild of Whitby died. Ever year I celebrate. This year by a) showing off my fabulous, specially commissioned snakestone cast in silver to wear as a lapel pin, silver jacket pin cast in silver, and her death
b) my imagined version of her grave marker
b) my imagined version of her grave marker
Celebrating Hild
On this day in 680 CE Hild of Whitby, patron saint of learning and culture (including poetry) died. I mark her feast day because she marked my life, and my writing, indelibly.
nicolagriffith.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Lately I've been listening to Alan Alda's many-years-old podcast from its inception, & he asks the same questions of every guest at the end, including "What book changed your life?"
And every time I hear it, I think "Hild."
And every time I hear it, I think "Hild."
Reposted by Nicola Griffith SHE IS HERE, out Jan 27
Blog posts by Nicola Griffith are so great
OTD in 680 CE Hild of Whitby died. Ever year I celebrate. This year by a) showing off my fabulous, specially commissioned snakestone cast in silver to wear as a lapel pin, silver jacket pin cast in silver, and her death
b) my imagined version of her grave marker
b) my imagined version of her grave marker
Celebrating Hild
On this day in 680 CE Hild of Whitby, patron saint of learning and culture (including poetry) died. I mark her feast day because she marked my life, and my writing, indelibly.
nicolagriffith.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Blog posts by Nicola Griffith are so great
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I have read Hild, but I'm currently a few hours into the audiobook and it is spectacular, everyone should read Hild.
OTD in 680 CE Hild of Whitby died. Ever year I celebrate. This year by a) showing off my fabulous, specially commissioned snakestone cast in silver to wear as a lapel pin, silver jacket pin cast in silver, and her death
b) my imagined version of her grave marker
b) my imagined version of her grave marker
Celebrating Hild
On this day in 680 CE Hild of Whitby, patron saint of learning and culture (including poetry) died. I mark her feast day because she marked my life, and my writing, indelibly.
nicolagriffith.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I have read Hild, but I'm currently a few hours into the audiobook and it is spectacular, everyone should read Hild.
Reposted by Nicola Griffith SHE IS HERE, out Jan 27
I also have a very soft spot for Whitby.
I've just started to read Nicola's novel Hild, and can highly recommend Ammonite.
I've just started to read Nicola's novel Hild, and can highly recommend Ammonite.
OTD in 680 CE Hild of Whitby died. Ever year I celebrate. This year by a) showing off my fabulous, specially commissioned snakestone cast in silver to wear as a lapel pin, silver jacket pin cast in silver, and her death
b) my imagined version of her grave marker
b) my imagined version of her grave marker
Celebrating Hild
On this day in 680 CE Hild of Whitby, patron saint of learning and culture (including poetry) died. I mark her feast day because she marked my life, and my writing, indelibly.
nicolagriffith.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I also have a very soft spot for Whitby.
I've just started to read Nicola's novel Hild, and can highly recommend Ammonite.
I've just started to read Nicola's novel Hild, and can highly recommend Ammonite.
Reposted by Nicola Griffith SHE IS HERE, out Jan 27
Full warning: this story made me cry, because of how accurately and beautifully it peels back the layers of oppression, self-censorship, exile, community, rebuilding. A beautiful representative from the forthcoming anthology We Will Rise Again, out on Dec 2!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
November 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Full warning: this story made me cry, because of how accurately and beautifully it peels back the layers of oppression, self-censorship, exile, community, rebuilding. A beautiful representative from the forthcoming anthology We Will Rise Again, out on Dec 2!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
Reposted by Nicola Griffith SHE IS HERE, out Jan 27
you really should read HILD
OTD in 680 CE Hild of Whitby died. Ever year I celebrate. This year by a) showing off my fabulous, specially commissioned snakestone cast in silver to wear as a lapel pin, silver jacket pin cast in silver, and her death
b) my imagined version of her grave marker
b) my imagined version of her grave marker
Celebrating Hild
On this day in 680 CE Hild of Whitby, patron saint of learning and culture (including poetry) died. I mark her feast day because she marked my life, and my writing, indelibly.
nicolagriffith.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
you really should read HILD
OTD in 680 CE Hild of Whitby died. Ever year I celebrate. This year by a) showing off my fabulous, specially commissioned snakestone cast in silver to wear as a lapel pin, silver jacket pin cast in silver, and her death
b) my imagined version of her grave marker
b) my imagined version of her grave marker
Celebrating Hild
On this day in 680 CE Hild of Whitby, patron saint of learning and culture (including poetry) died. I mark her feast day because she marked my life, and my writing, indelibly.
nicolagriffith.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
OTD in 680 CE Hild of Whitby died. Ever year I celebrate. This year by a) showing off my fabulous, specially commissioned snakestone cast in silver to wear as a lapel pin, silver jacket pin cast in silver, and her death
b) my imagined version of her grave marker
b) my imagined version of her grave marker