Liz Bourke

@hawkwing_lb
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She/her/they. Historian, reader, reviewer. http://lizbourke.substack.com || http://patreon.com/hawkwing_lb || https://hawkwing-lb.dreamwidth.org || https://lizbourke.wordpress.com

The longer story: PhD in Classics (2016) on landscape and experience in the cult of Asklepios in Greek antiquity. I've also written lots of reviews for Tor.com and Locus magazine. Currently a full-time parent.

141. Hedenstierna-Jonson and García-Losquiño, Viking Camps: Case Studies and Comparisons

Vikings on the move... or in one place? The vast majority of my writing here is free to read and will remain so, but if you enjoy these sorts of posts, your support on Patreon or as a paying subscriber through WordPress is what subsidises me to write more of them. (Alternately, you can always drop a penny in the bucket through…

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141. Hedenstierna-Jonson and García-Losquiño, Viking Camps: Case Studies and Comparisons

Vikings on the move… or in one place? The vast majority of my writing here is free to read and will remain so, but if you enjoy these sorts of posts, your support on Patreon or as a paying su…

κῆπος τῶν βιβλιοθηκῶν | a garden from the libraries

140. Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain

"The air is part of the mountain, which does not come to an end with its rock and its soil. It has its own air; and it is to the quality of its air that is due the endless diversity of its colourings. Brown for the most part in themselves, as soon as we see them clothed in air the hills become blue.

https://lizbourke.wordpress.com/2026/03/04/140-nan-shepherds-the-living-mountain/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

140. Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain

“The air is part of the mountain, which does not come to an end with its rock and its soil. It has its own air; and it is to the quality of its air that is due the endless diversity of its co…

κῆπος τῶν βιβλιοθηκῶν | a garden from the libraries

139. Laura Kinsale, For My Lady’s Heart

Committing to the bit, but very briefly today... The vast majority of my writing here is free to read and will remain so, but if you enjoy these sorts of posts, your support on Patreon or as a paying subscriber through WordPress is what subsidises me to write more of them. (Alternately, you can always drop a penny in the bucket through…

https://lizbourke.wordpress.com/2026/02/27/139-laura-kinsale-for-my-ladys-heart/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

139. Laura Kinsale, For My Lady’s Heart

Committing to the bit, but very briefly today… The vast majority of my writing here is free to read and will remain so, but if you enjoy these sorts of posts, your support on Patreon or as a …

κῆπος τῶν βιβλιοθηκῶν | a garden from the libraries
“THE WOLF AND HIS KING is a novel about the isolating power of shame and fear of judgement… meditative, powerful, and suffused with a deep affection for and knowledge of aspects of the medieval world” @hawkwing_lb reviews @finnlongman.com https://locusmag.com/review/the-wolf-and-his-king-by-finn-longman-review-by-liz-bourke/
The Wolf and His King by Finn Longman: Review by Liz Bourke

The Wolf and His King, Finn Longman (Gollancz 978-1-39962-099-4, £20.00, 350pp, hc) Novem­ber 2025. (Erewhon 978-1-64566-311-9, $32.00 368pp, hc) January 2026. I read Finn Longman’s first trilogy, …

Locus Online
“HELL’S HEART is a gorgeously written science-fictional picaresque, full of blood and guts and foolhardy daring... ” @hawkwing_lb reviews @quicunquevult.bsky.social https://locusmag.com/review/hells-heart-by-alexis-hall-review-by-liz-bourke/
Hell’s Heart by Alexis Hall: Review by Liz Bourke

Hell’s Heart, Alexis Hall (Tor Books 978-1-25039-495-8, $29.99, 480pp, hc) March 2026. Cover by Lydia Ortiz. Hell’s Heart is Alexis Hall’s latest novel, and some­thing of a departure from the last …

Locus Online

138. Jessie Mihalik’s Silver and Blood

I keep testing myself against romance novels in the quest to find out what I like about the few of them I like... The vast majority of my writing here is free to read and will remain so, but if you enjoy these sorts of posts, your support on Patreon or as a paying subscriber through WordPress is what subsidises me to write more of them.

https://lizbourke.wordpress.com/2026/02/23/138-jessie-mihaliks-silver-and-blood/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

138. Jessie Mihalik’s Silver and Blood

I keep testing myself against romance novels in the quest to find out what I like about the few of them I like… The vast majority of my writing here is free to read and will remain so, but if…

κῆπος τῶν βιβλιοθηκῶν | a garden from the libraries

137. Aragorn’s tax policy and other weird shibboleths

Yesterday I found myself diverted by people on Bluesky revisiting the issue of Aragorn's tax policy that George R.R. Martin so memorably quibbled over back in 2014. The vast majority of my writing here is free to read and will remain so, but if you enjoy these sorts of posts, your support on Patreon or as a paying subscriber through…

https://lizbourke.wordpress.com/2026/02/19/137-aragorns-tax-policy-and-other-weird-shibboleths/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

137. Aragorn’s tax policy and other weird shibboleths

Yesterday I found myself diverted by people on Bluesky revisiting the issue of Aragorn’s tax policy that George R.R. Martin so memorably quibbled over back in 2014. The vast majority of my wr…

κῆπος τῶν βιβλιοθηκῶν | a garden from the libraries

136. Catherine M. Cameron’s Captives: How Stolen People Changed the World and Megan Whalen Turner’s The Thief.

Today, captives and thieves, with Catherine M. Cameron's Captives: How Stolen People Changed the World and Megan Whalen Turner's modern classic The Thief. The vast majority of my writing here is free to read and will remain so, but if you enjoy these sorts of posts, your support on Patreon or as a paying subscriber through WordPress is what subsidises me to…

https://lizbourke.wordpress.com/2026/02/13/136-catherine-m-camerons-captives-how-stolen-people-changed-the-world-and-megan-whalen-turners-the-thief/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

136. Catherine M. Cameron’s Captives: How Stolen People Changed the World and Megan Whalen Turner’s The Thief.

Today, captives and thieves, with Catherine M. Cameron’s Captives: How Stolen People Changed the World and Megan Whalen Turner’s modern classic The Thief. The vast majority of my writin…

κῆπος τῶν βιβλιοθηκῶν | a garden from the libraries

135. Gruszczyński et al, Viking-Age Trade: Silver, Slaves and Gotland

The traffic in people led to large amounts of wealth in the Viking Age, it seems. The vast majority of my writing here is free to read and will remain so, but if you enjoy these sorts of posts, your support on Patreon or as a paying subscriber through WordPress is what subsidises me to write more of them. (Alternately, you can always drop a penny in the bucket through…

https://lizbourke.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/135-gruszczynski-et-al-viking-age-trade-silver-slaves-and-gotland/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

135. Gruszczyński et al, Viking-Age Trade: Silver, Slaves and Gotland

The traffic in people led to large amounts of wealth in the Viking Age, it seems. The vast majority of my writing here is free to read and will remain so, but if you enjoy these sorts of posts, you…

κῆπος τῶν βιβλιοθηκῶν | a garden from the libraries

134. Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

Gorgeous travel writing, but who looks after the kids? The vast majority of my writing here is free to read and will remain so, but if you enjoy these sorts of posts, your support on Patreon or as a paying subscriber through WordPress is what subsidises me to write more of them. (Alternately, you can always drop a penny in the bucket through…

https://lizbourke.wordpress.com/2026/01/31/134-robert-macfarlane-the-old-ways-a-journey-on-foot/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

134. Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot

Gorgeous travel writing, but who looks after the kids? The vast majority of my writing here is free to read and will remain so, but if you enjoy these sorts of posts, your support on Patreon or as …

κῆπος τῶν βιβλιοθηκῶν | a garden from the libraries