Category Archives: Essays
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
The J.R.R. Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature
On Tuesday May 11th, 2022 GGK delivered the eighth annual Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature at Pembroke College, Oxford, broadcasting live from Toronto in Canada. For more information and responses to the lecture, see the tolkienlecture.org website.
Guest Editor for LoveReading
As the 2021 spring guest editor for LoveReading, GGK shares recommendations for five books. His poem “Mostly Quiet” is also showcased. Follow the link below to read it. https://www.lovereading.co.uk/lovereading-loves/guest-editor-spring-2021-guy-gavriel-kay-29.html
Some Writing Advice: Don’t Take Others’ Advice
This first appeared at www.lithub.com in 2019. I am, more or less, allergic to writing advice. This is a problem these days, because writing advice is floating in the air like pollen in springtime, I await the Top Ten List … Continue reading