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No, not Julio-Claudians or other Romans, but that powerful and intermarried ruling family, the Tudors and their connections. This Thursday’s guest is Tony Riches, a full-time UK author of best-selling historical fiction. He lives in Pembrokeshire, West Wales and is a specialist in the history of the Wars of the Roses and the lives […] October 3rd, 2019 | Tags: Books, Characters, historical, historical fiction, Tudors | Category: Authors, Books, Guests, Women's history | Leave a comment Darryl and Paul Bennett Today, my guest is the delightful Paul Bennett who lives in the New England town of Salem, Massachusetts with his wife Daryl and writes historical fiction, the first of which The Clash of Empires is set during the French and Indian Wars. Discovering his future did not include the […] December 5th, 2017 | Tags: Classics, French and Indian Wars, historical, historical fiction | Category: Authors, Books, Guests | One comment My guest today is Antoine Vanner is author of the Dawlish Chronicles, naval fiction set in the 1870s and 1880s. His latest novel, Britannia’s Gamble, was published last month (October 2017). Royal Navy officer Nicholas Dawlish is a fascinating character, very much in the mould of Hornblower, something that attracted me to Antoine’s novels. The […] November 2nd, 2017 | Tags: historical, historical fiction, historical realism, historical research, naval fiction | Category: Authors, Guests, Other people's websites/blogs, Research, Writing skills | 12 comments You know the score – a crowd of writers keen to learn and interact and readers eager to adore the great ones, hurrying from pillar to post, same old topics thrashed over, expensive food, even more expensive drink, lots of undercurrents and exclusive events, groups and cliques and a carefully orchestrated bookshop with selected titles. […] August 30th, 2017 | Tags: author panels, author talks, Barbara Erskine, Charroux, conferences, France, historical fiction, lit fest, new writers | Category: Authors, Events, France, Readers, Roma Nova, Writing life, Writing skills | 3 comments I’ve been away at the Historical Novel Society Conference where I was coordinating the indie table, helping with registration and problem solving, plus running a panel on indie publishing. There will be a report – I promise – but in the meantime, here are some photos… HNS16 gala dinner. Left to right: Christina […] September 6th, 2016 | Tags: conferences, historical fiction, Historical Novel Society, indie publishing, Oxford | Category: AURELIA, Authors, Awards, Events, Roma Nova | 2 comments |
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