Category Archives: GGK’s Words
On Rereading
A while ago, a reader posted online that she’d finished her fourteenth read of one of my earlier novels. I offered a thank you and queried, idly, if that was the record. Evidently not. People began outlining their reread statistics, … Continue reading
Release the Fans!
This was first printed in the Globe & Mail, March 6, 2009. A few recent online incidents regarding authors and readers on the Web are just too revealing to pass up a chance to consider them. By way of a … Continue reading
Interview with Rambles Magazine
This interview appears courtesy of the online cultural arts magazine Rambles. The interview was conducted by Laurie Thayer. Reproduced with kind permission. Laurie Thayer: Did your work on The Silmarillion inspire your own writing? Guy Gavriel Kay: The year I … Continue reading
Reflections on an Ethical Society
What follows was delivered on November 4, 2000 at the one-day ‘Reflections on an Ethical Society’ conference at University of Toronto’s Convocation Hall. (Ironically, the setting for the opening scene of The Summer Tree .) This is a somewhat edited … Continue reading
Interview with Phantastes "The Mythic Heart"
Interview by Stacy Ann Dumoski This interview appears courtesy of Phantastes. Guy Gavriel Kay is a rare thing among genre writers, tending towards single-volume, stand-alone works in a time when the market favors (seemingly endless) series and multiple returns … Continue reading