Today, I’m delighted to welcome Ruth Downie back to the Roma Nova writing world. She’s talked before about historic truth and donkey poo, and wrote a poignant account ‘from below’ at the court of Boudica as part of A Year of Ravens. Of course, Roma Novans know her as the name on the endorsement for […]
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October 6th, 2016 | Tags: blog tour, Boudica, Crime, Heroes, historical, Rome | Category: Authors, Books, Characters, Guests, Romans | 3 comments - (Comments are closed) STOP PRESS: video added below! The historical fiction panel, left to right Jane Davis (chair) Orna Ross, Radhika Swarup, J D Smith and me (see video of session below!) Scarcely recovered from the Historical Novel Society Conference, I was back on the plane ten days later en route to a rainy London and […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!October 3rd, 2016 | Tags: Alliance of Independent Authors, Books, Getting published, historical, indie publishing, Roma Nova, self-publishing | Category: ALLi, Authors, Books, Events, Readers, Writing skills | Comments are closed Today, my guest is Annie Whitehead,. Her first novel, To Be A Queen, the story of Aethelflaed, daughter of Alfred the Great, was long-listed for the Historical Novel Society’s 2016 Indie Award and has been awarded a B.R.A.G. Medallion. Alvar the Kingmaker has also just been award the B.R.A.G. Medallion. She has twice been a […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!September 29th, 2016 | Tags: Books, historical, Historical Novel Society, IndieBRAG, medieval | Category: Authors, Characters, Guests, Other people's websites/blogs, Q&A | 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Today I’m delighted to welcome historical fiction writer Derek Birks and his fearsome character Ned Elder. Derek was born in Hampshire, England but spent his teenage years in New Zealand, where he still has strong family ties. After many years teaching history he took early retirement to concentrate on writing. He also spends his time […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!September 22nd, 2016 | Tags: Books, Heroes, Historical Novel Society, medieval | Category: Authors, Characters, Guests, Other people's websites/blogs | 6 comments - (Comments are closed) The 2016 Historical Novel Society in Oxford – fabulous speakers, sharp engaging talks, lively expert panels plus rampaging Saxons – a celebration of all things historical and fictional. This was the feast before us. Battle of Fulford 1066 tapestry. (Click image for more info) Many colleagues have written accounts which make compelling reading […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!September 18th, 2016 | Tags: Books, conferences, Historical Novel Society, indie publishing | Category: Authors, Events, Other people's websites/blogs | 8 comments - (Comments are closed) |
   
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