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T. Kingfisher Bingo! (And spoiler-free REVIEWS of What Feasts at Night and A Sorceress Comes to Call)

June 13, 2024

If you’re a fan of T. Kingfisher a.k.a. Ursula Vernon, you may have noticed some motifs showing up repeatedly in her work. Is there a knightly character wracked with guilt? Is there an animal made out of bones? Are you pretty sure the housepet in the horror novel will be absolutely fine? With ...

Comics, Roundtables

WWAC’s Favorite Comics for Young Readers of 2023

January 30, 2024

Just as we were getting ready to bid farewell to 2023, I fell prey to a unique end-of-year anxiety. I found myself scrolling through lists, tallying up all the new teen comics published throughout the year. How much had I missed, and why did I miss so much when I spent time buying for a ...

Bookmarked, Reviews

REVIEW: T. Kingfisher’s Nettle & Bone is a Hugo-Winning Halloween Read

October 30, 2023

There were once three sisters in Nettle & Bone, all princesses of a small city-state called the Harbour Kingdom. The eldest, Damia, married Prince Vorling of the Northern Kingdom. Five months later Damia was dead. The middle sister, Kania, married the now-widowed Prince Vorling, while the ...

Bookmarked, Reviews

Kingfisher, Kingfisher, Fish Me a King: Spoiler-Free Reviews of A House with Good Bones and Thornhedge

April 3, 2023

Whether you’re in the mood for contemporary gothic horror or a poignant retold fairytale, T. Kingfisher has got you covered. In A House with Good Bones, just published on March 28th, there’s a modern woman who confronts familial terrors in a very creepy subdivision. And in Thornhedge, coming ...

Bookmarked, Events

Jim Butcher, Andy Weir, T. Kingfisher Amongst 2021 Dragon Award Winners

September 6, 2021

Atlanta’s Dragon Con was hit by further disruptions from the ongoing pandemic: last year’s iteration was virtual; this year’s Dragon Con was physical, but operating at reduced capacity. One event unaffected by COVID-19, however, was the presentation of the annual Dragon ...

Bookmarked, Events, Reviews

2021 Hugo Award Reviews: Metal Like Blood in the Dark/Open House on Haunted Hill

August 31, 2021

Welcome to the third installment of WWAC’s coverage of the 2021 Hugo Award prose fiction finalists. This post shall examine two more contenders for Best Short Story: “Metal Like Blood in the Dark” by T. Kingfisher and “Open House on Haunted Hill” by John Wiswell…

Bookmarked, Lists

We’ve Read Multiple Works by These Women and You Should Too!

March 8, 2019

The other week, author Shannon Hale shared the following on Twitter: https://twitter.com/haleshannon/status/1098978247218319360 We know this is, unfortunately, true of many readers. So we at WWAC thought it would be a perfect opportunity to recommend some of our favourite female ...

Ursula Vernon

T. Kingfisher Bingo! (And spoiler-free REVIEWS of What Feasts at Night and A Sorceress Comes to Call)

WWAC’s Favorite Comics for Young Readers of 2023

REVIEW: T. Kingfisher’s Nettle & Bone is a Hugo-Winning Halloween Read

Kingfisher, Kingfisher, Fish Me a King: Spoiler-Free Reviews of A House with Good Bones and Thornhedge

Jim Butcher, Andy Weir, T. Kingfisher Amongst 2021 Dragon Award Winners

2021 Hugo Award Reviews: Metal Like Blood in the Dark/Open House on Haunted Hill

We’ve Read Multiple Works by These Women and You Should Too!

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