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Lovecraft Country will debut on HBO in 2020

Posted on November 11, 2019 by Matt Ruff

Last week, HBO dropped a trailer for its 2020 lineup that included a few seconds of teaser footage from Lovecraft Country. There’s still no official air date yet, but now we know it will be sometime next year. In other … Continue reading →

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I’m coming to Brooklyn on April 16

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Matt Ruff

On Tuesday, April 16, I will be appearing on stage with Victor LaValle (author of The Ballad of Black Tom) and Ruthanna Emrys (Winter Tide) at the Film Noir Cinema in Brooklyn, NY. We’ll be doing a town hall-style discussion … Continue reading →

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Now en français

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Matt Ruff

Presses de la Cité’s edition of Lovecraft Country is out today. French language translation by Laurent Philibert-Caillat:

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Hoy

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Matt Ruff
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Proof-of-life news post

Posted on March 7, 2019 by Matt Ruff

Sorry things have been so quiet on the blog lately. I’m not dead, just finishing up a new novel. More details on that soon. In the meantime: * The Taiwanese edition of Lovecraft Country was published in January by Cité … Continue reading →

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Michael K. Williams will play Montrose in Lovecraft Country

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Matt Ruff

Deadline Hollywood reports that Michael Kenneth Williams has been cast as Montrose in the upcoming HBO adaptation of Lovecraft Country. This is amazing news, and also very surreal for me: Back before the book was even optioned, when I would … Continue reading →

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Three new Lovecraft Country cast announcements

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Matt Ruff

Yesterday HBO revealed three more casting choices for the Lovecraft Country series: Courtney B. Vance, who I first saw in The Hunt for Red October half a lifetime ago, will play Atticus’s uncle George. Aunjanue Ellis (Of Mind and Music) … Continue reading →

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Lovecraft Country now available in Russian

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Matt Ruff

The publisher is Eksmo, who also did the Russian translation of Sewer, Gas & Electric.

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Lovecraft Country out today in Germany

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Matt Ruff

The German edition of Lovecraft Country should (finally!) be in bookstores today. The translation is by my old friend Anna Leube, the editor responsible for bringing Fool on the Hill (and me) to Germany many years ago, and Wolf Heinrich … Continue reading →

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Lovecraft Country: Meet Atticus & Ruby

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Matt Ruff

HBO has announced two more casting decisions for the Lovecraft Country series: Jonathan Majors will play the lead role of Atticus, and Wunmi Mosaku will play Ruby Dandridge. This follows last week’s announcement that Jurnee Smollett-Bell will play Letitia. And … Continue reading →

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