Category Archives: Essays
Drabbles
In 2014 Guy Kay wrote two Drabbles in support of The Pixel Project, an initiative aimed at raising money to resist violence against women. A Drabble is a 100 word short story. You can read GGK’s original introduction to the … Continue reading
Mostly Quiet
This poem, was shared on George Murray’s site in July of 2025: https://newpoetry.ca/2025/07/25/mostly-quiet/ GGK notes: “I love the clean simplicity of @bookninja.bsky.socia’s poetry site. In a cluttered world (and internet) it allows the words their quiet. I shared a new … Continue reading
The Big Idea
Posted in May 2025, coinciding with the publication of Written on the Dark, GGK muses–in whimsical fashion–on the question of who you talk about your novel in a way that encapsulates everything you want it to, without giving away too … Continue reading
Sooner gather the birds
Originally appearing in The Advocates’ Journal, reproduced here with their kind permission Click the image below to view it in full size.
What Do We Lose—and Gain—As Book Tours Move Online?
In 2022, coinciding with the publication of All the Seas of the World during the time of a pandemic, Guy Gavriel Kay reflects on the once and future tour. Follow the link below to the Literary Hub website to read … Continue reading