“He looked up at the empty clouds, and 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.” -- @levgrossman.com, THE BRIGHT SWORD

The ending of The Bright Sword by @levgrossman.com brought me to actual tears, it was so beautiful and so perfect.

I'm giving a chat about writing fantasy. reedsy.com/learning/eve...

"I insisted that the god of sleep be shown on the toilet. So if anyone is offended by that, that is completely my fault." I talked to @publisherswkly.bsky.social about writing a picture book. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Today is the official book birthday of THE GOD OF SLEEP! Written by me with gorgeous illustrations by Huynh Kim Liên -- for example this one of the God of Math, who is obviously doing some serious differential calculus or something in her head. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/lev-g...

There are days when you feel like a fraud and wonder what the point of it all is. And then there's a day when you get a shout-out from Lin-Manuel Miranda on The Hamilcast

In 2010 I was at Facebook headquarters to write a Person of the Year profile of Mark Zuckerberg for Time. Halfway through my reporting I was badly stuck for a lede, until I was sitting in a staff meeting that Zuckerberg was running ...

The God of Sleep will be out in one week! In recognition of this, here is a detail from one of the pages. It is a cat riding on a graham cracker. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/lev-g...

The God of Sleep will be out in one week! In recognition of this, here is a detail from one of the pages. It is a cat riding on a graham cracker. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/lev-g...

For anybody local to Sydney, I'll be on a hell of a panel at the Writers Festival on May 23: myself, Garth Nix and R.F. Kuang. Should be an amazing conversation. www.swf.org.au/program/fest...

Semi-regular reminder that THE GOD OF SLEEP is coming out March 24! Booklist just reviewed it: "Grossman’s first foray into picture books is a beauty. The lovely lilting text features clever rhymes and gentle humor, and the inventive illustrations burst with vibrant hues and darling detail."

The Secret Life of Books is up for an NYC podcast award! If you like it please vote! Early and often! @slobpodcast.bsky.social www.silver-nyc.com/nycpodcastaw...

New Substack: levgrossman.substack.com/p/the-halfwa...

#DEAL ALERT! One clickers unite because THE BRIGHT SWORD @levgrossman.com is on #sale on #Kindle for today only! amzn.to/3MWNxyH #TheBrightSword #KingArthur #ad #amazoncom

I never realized till a kind soul pointed it out that my name is in the credits of KNIGHT OF THE 7 KINGDOMS. Bragging rights, how I love them

This week’s episode is a SLOB “Wuthering Heights” watch-party! Out now, wherever you get your podcasts. Or listen on ⭐ Apple: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e... ⭐ Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/34Pl...

🪦 We NEED to talk about the mass elimination of characters. Emerald Fennell’s #WutheringHeights merged some characters, vaporised others, not to mention, we’re missing the whole second half (though there's been talk of a sequel). Still, it’s decided, the loss of Lockwood is great. RIP Lockwood.

Regular reminder that I'm teaching a class on writing fantasy and SF in Aspen in June. Applications close Feb 26 register.aspeninstitute.org/event/f6f338...

communications limited for the near future by the cappuccino that my son spilled into my keyboard

Thank you Sarah!

imagine this right before book two #themagicians

Mr Casaubon… the guy for Sophie? This week we treat listeners to the story behind the story of the greatness that is #GeorgeEliot. 🎧 Tune into our latest episode, wherever you get your podcasts! Plus, our #Middlemarch #BookClub, starts this week! 🔗👆 apple.co/slob #SecretLifeOfBooks #BookSky

If I'd remembered to post about it, THE GOD OF SLEEP was 25% off for pre-order at Barnes & Noble three days ago. It is now available for pre-order from many different retailers AT FULL PRICE! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/lev-g...

I'm 27 pages into SLOW GODS by Claire North and I can't remember the last time I read a book that I so badly wish I'd written

I'll be teaching SF and fantasy for a week in Aspen in June. Come join if you can www.aspenwords.org/programs/sum...

A belated link to my New Year's substack. Self-sabotage, touch-avoidance, cats of Istanbul, success, failure and fizzy wine open.substack.com/pub/levgross...

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...