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Just a reminder that Gemæcce has moved  to WordPress. And here's the latest post , about spring, now and then, with a question...

I'm  thinking of switching Gemæcca to WordPress—and taking the opportunity to rename it Gemæcce  ( http://gemaecce.com/ ). Right now it...

[Note: If you don't know the history of the period and want to remain spoiler-free for Hild II, don't read this .] According to Be...

Today is Hild’s 1400th birthday. That is, Hild, who became St Hilda of Whitby, was born 1400 years ago, and November 17th is her feast day,...

I'm coming to the UK next month, 1—10 October. I'll be doing a bunch o' stuff to support Hild. If you're a reader of this b...

This year is the 1400th anniversary of Hild's birth. According to Bede.* Given that her feast day is mid-November, and in my novel her ...

I've been waiting for someone to ask me about the Yffings' origin story in Hild . Her lips went numb, and then the drug was coursi...

From Blackfriars/Little, Brown — 24th June Amazon  |  Waterstones  |  Apple iTunes  |  Google  |  Kobo  |  Foyles  |  Word Power Books ...

A paper kindly sent to me by Al Newham who heard of Hild via Max Adams I'm now into Hild II (working title Menewood ) and I've...

On To the Best of Our Knowledge I'm " Getting Medieval " with fellow writers George R.R. Martin, Karen Joy Fowler, and Bruce ...

Original art by Anna and Elena Balbusso, original design by Charlotte Strick, UK design by Sian Wilson Blackfriars, the UK and Commonwea...

Over on my personal blog I've followed my annual tradition of filming the destruction of our Christmas tree. However, I thought photon t...

Two pieces of news. On Wednesday, the twentieth anniversary of our first (not legal) wedding, Kelley and I got married in the eyes of the ...

I've been posting chunks of early reviews etc. on the Hild page of my main blog but thought I'd include a few snippets here to...

Here's a long and meaty conversation between me and my editor Sean McDonald (VP and Executive Editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux) abo...

-- This is a cross-post from my personal blog, Ask Nicola -- My box of Hild ARCs* arrived on Friday. Many of them are already spoke...

Coming 11.12.13   This is the cover of my novel, Hild (available for pre-order)  which will be published in the US on 12 November 2013 b...

detail from the cover of Hild  * This blog began in 2008 with a   medievalist blogger's meme game  about favourite historical charac...

This is the seventh draft of Hild . It is the version you will read (after some copyediting). It will be published in the US on 12th No...