Interview with R.J. Barker: on "The Bone Ships"

Interview with R.J. Barker: on “The Bone Ships”

The pitch for R.J. Barker’s The Bone Ships is simple—fantasy pirates, sailing on ships made out of dragon’s bones. But there’s a lot more going on under the surface (sorry). We talked to Barker about the inspirations for his seafaring world, questionable taxidermy and why the matriarchal society of The Hundred Isles isn’t exactly a utopia.

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Lena Headey: ‘I wanted a better death for Cersei’

Lena Headey: ‘I wanted a better death for Cersei’

LEna Headey has been an actress for three years, but this experience does not dispel doubt about her abilities. Near University of Game of Thrones “No, it makes me doubt myself more,” she says, when we find ourselves in an apartment suite at Soho House in Berlin. “Because you think they have to lie fucking.”

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Women ruined by desire? Not in Elizabeth Gilbert's new novel

Women ruined by desire? Not in Elizabeth Gilbert’s new novel

Elizabeth Gilbert became a household name in the literary world more than a decade ago, after the publication of her memoir, Eat, Pray, Love. Her books take readers to unexplored times and places, and uncover experiences that we didn’t know we had in common. Her novel The Last American Man was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2002.

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Who is Sophie Turner without Sansa Stark?

Who is Sophie Turner without Sansa Stark?

After years of tragedy, upheaval and cataclysm, Winterfell is now secure and on the way to recovery in the capable hands of the new Queen in the North, Sansa Stark. But on a bright spring afternoon, the actress who plays her surveyed a new kingdom. From a high-rise hotel at the southern tip of Manhattan, Sophie Turner gazed out at the glittering harbor and beyond to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, timeworn landmarks that nevertheless retain their power to dazzle, especially during the early blushes of your honeymoon with the city.

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