Before I get to Halcyon Years and other SFF reading during my sabbatical, I’ll say a few words about other books I’ve been into. One of the pleasures of time off has been reading outside of genre as well as picking up just about anything that catches my eye. I spent a lot of time […]
Menewood by Nicola Griffith
As Nicola Griffith, author of Menewood, second in her Hild series, said in a recent interview, she expects to be writing about this seventh century British saint (the abbess of Whitby in her later years) for the rest of her life. The character of Hild she has created through 20 years of research is unforgettably […]


