Sapkowski named 3 books that made an impact on him lately: The Devils by Joe Abercrombie, The Rose Field by Philip Pullman and The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman. @joeabercrombie.com @levgrossman.com @thewitcher.com @inisvitre.bsky.social 31: 40 www.living-knowledge-network.co.uk/library/An%2...

Would warmly welcome tips/recs for an ill-prepared traveler spending three days in Istanbul

A link to my (and Julia's) favorite poem in honor of the solstice. Though it hits different here in Sydney where it is in fact the longest day of the year. A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy's Day By John Donne 'Tis the year's midnight, and it is the day's, Lucy's, who scarce seven hours herself unmasks...

Fantastic article by @levgrossman.com about Leonard Woolf sharing a cottage with B.J. Dutton in Ceylon back in the day, and how they embodied the two great genres of Modernism and Fantasy... Loved it! www.thebeliever.net/the-death-of...

Today -- unless I'm getting it wrong -- is the 10th anniversary of the Magicians TV show! The world seems unfathomably different now -- I feel unfathomably different from who I was back then -- but my love for the show and the people who made it is still going strong

The e-book of THE BRIGHT SWORD is currently $4.99 at Bookshop.org. IF NOT NOW, WHEN?! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Magicians Fanworks Extravaganza celebrates the 10-year anniversary of the 1st episode of The Magicians! We love the show and the amazing books by @levgrossman.com 🍑 Dec. 8-16 on AO3/Tumblr, all types of fanworks welcome. #themagicians #levgrossman #themagiciansfanfic www.tumblr.com/magiciansfan...

Minor life hack: I'm always looking for ways to manage my phone addiction, and somebody suggested I turn on Color Filters and set to greyscale. Makes your lush colorful iPhone screen less interesting and more annoying.

Applications for the 2026 George R.R. Martin Summer Intensive Writing Workshop are open -- it's for mid-career journalists who are writing their first novels. Due Jan. 12. THE PROGRAM COSTS NOTHING. It's entirely funded by GRRM. www.medill.northwestern.edu/news/2025/ap...

Just my regular shoutout to the SECRET LIFE OF BOOKS, which is objectively one of the funniest and most brilliant books podcasts around. Though yes it is co-hosted by my wife Sophie, who's an English professor at Princeton podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

A nice mention of my dad in PEOPLE magazine, though probably not exactly how he would've imagined it people.com/who-is-elisa...

"The god of the sun Has finished her run Across the blue sky Her day is done ..." But it's not done! There's so much more. Coming March 26. Preorder here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Back when I worked at Time magazine I wrote a piece calling George R.R. Martin “the American Tolkien.” Is it true? Who knows. WHAT AFTER ALL IS TRUTH REALLY. But in my house, when I was a kid, the American Tolkien was Fritz Leiber. substack.com/home/post/p-...

I never see this mural at my gym without thinking of the Terrible Trivium from The Phantom Tollbooth and feeling proud of him for finally deciding to get in shape

win a free copy! hachettebookgroup.formstack.com/forms/shelfa...

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A book that never fails to astound me when I reread it is Joanne Greenberg's semi-forgotten 1960s classic I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN.

@levgrossman.com has created this century’s Arthurian text. All others will be compared to this epic work of fantasy, heart, and grit. A story about faith and becoming who we were always meant to be, with the heart of a hero. Possibly THE contender for the @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social #booksky

A few thoughts on Philip Pullman's new book THE ROSE FIELD (minor spoilers) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe changed things levgrossman.substack.com/p/the-wardro...

I'll be at the Canberra Writers Festival next weekend, Saturday afternoon at 3 at the National Library. Come by! We'll talk about King Arthur and mythology and magic and fantasy and writing and whatever else comes up. tickets.canberrawritersfestival.com.au/Events/Legen...

The gorgeous signed illustrated edition of THE BRIGHT SWORD goes on sale tomorrow grimoakpress.com/products/the...

Five years ago I had a dream that went something like "what if you did WHERE'S THE GREEN SHEEP but with gods?" www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

In other scientific literature news, a quantitative linguist published a study comparing the literary output of identical twins. My brother Austin and I were part of the dataset www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YFIRR...

behold the MAGICIAN'S LAND ebook is $1.99 today ebookdaily.com/bargain-kind...

I struggle quite a lot with #misophonia, and I quietly follow the research. It's still kind of all over the map, but there's something about this recent study that rings true neurosciencenews.com/misophonia-c...

nimue - gouache and digital #thebrightsword @levgrossman.com

Unexpectedly large public art outside Esbjerg, Denmark

Roger Lancelyn Green's book was one of the first things I ever read, and there were a lot more about King Arthur after that ... but I think @levgrossman.com 's done the best job so far of thinking about how the people arriving in boats became English. www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...

I don't know how many of you will be in Esbjerg, Denmark next weekend, but if you DO happen to be there, come say hi! fantasyfestival.eu/news/four-wo...

Hell of Your Own Making #TheMagicians ✨@levgrossman.com

It sucks having a cold, but at least I have binged ALIEN: EARTH and BEE AND PUPPYCAT

We all must kill our darlings. But this particular darling died hard. levgrossman.substack.com/p/the-king-s...

The Bright Sword is a recommend from me. @levgrossman.com did the impossible: a new Arthurian tale that actually works. Creative anachronism with just enough touchpoints to late Roman/early medieval Britain (including beyond the walls) to make nerds like me happy, plus gratuitous swearing. Glorious

If you happen to be in Adelaide, I'll be there next week as writer-in-residence at Flinders University! And on Wednesday night I'm giving a talk to the public -- everyone welcome events.flinders.edu.au/events/lev-g...

My sister is designing an art installation -- "a glowing, geometric knot called Ouroboros" -- to be built by a women-led sculpture collective and shown at Burning Man igg.me/at/Ouroboros...

A few months ago I was having trouble getting my son into reading. After many, many tries, the book that finally got his attention was that old classic THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE AGED 13 3/4. Also the topic of a stellar Secret Life of Books ep www.secretlifeofbooks.org/podcast-1/ep...

I'm answering questions on Swell ... www.swellcast.com/authors/prom...

"He looked up at the empty clouds, and just as he died, he wondered, not for the first time but for the very last, why it should be that we are made for a bright world, but live in a dark one." The Bright Sword (2024) by @levgrossman.com #booksky 💙📚 A MUST read.

Exciting news! I just learned that @levgrossman.com is going to be the 2025 Flinders writer in residence. This new book of his is going straight to the top of the pile events.flinders.edu.au/events/lev-g...

Who amongst us *hasn't* joined a coven to try to summon Persephone? I mean... Magicians/Hadestown crossover anyone? Get excited because Stella Maeve is coming to #DragonCon2025!

Here us out, it's The Magicians but make it a daytime soap called The Nerd & The Niffin starring Alice Quinn. Now to spend #DragonCon2025 convincing Olivia Dudley to sign on...

Sometime we need a little pick me up from Colombia. And sometimes we need a bag of fun time toys. I’m sure the Magicians would know that, right Summer Bishil? Let's (maybe not) talk about it when she joins us for #DragonCon2025!

Eliot Waugh carries a flask enchanted to never go empty on his person at all times. We think he'll fit right in at #DragonCon2025. Welcome Hale Appleman!

Join @levgrossman.com for a virtual fireside chat about his latest bestseller THE BRIGHT SWORD, an epic retelling of the story of King Arthur featuring a gifted young knight and a fellowship of oddballs. Join from anywhere! Thursday, September 4, 7 p.m. Register at link in bio.

I was introduced by @levgrossman.com's wonderful newsletter to this @zadiesmith.bsky.social piece. It's always an oblique kind of pleasure to see how much everyone else is suffering through it--

I wonder if baby name websites realize how much time novelists spend on them

Diary: Where's the person from Porlock when you really need them levgrossman.substack.com/p/a-season-i...

I've got a piece in this upcoming anthology -- Kickstarter pre-launch page is here www.kickstarter.com/projects/unb...

Monty Python in Aviles town square at midnight, in the rain — probably the best possible way to watch it Also Joe Abercrombie! Brilliant writer, super nice guy.