Today, I don’t have one special guest but six! My writing friend Ben Kane has been working with a group of other historical authors to write a collaborative novel in six stories. This venture could have been as risky as the eruption of Vesuvius, the volcano at the centre of their story, A Day of […]
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November 13th, 2014 | Tags: historical, Historical Novel Society, Pompeii | Category: Authors, Books, Guests, Promotion, Romans | Comments are closed A welcome return visit from my writing friend David Ebsworth telling us about his next project … 1815. The 200th anniversary is looming. A passion for the Napoleonic period is tugging at my writing hand. Yes, I thought, my next one will be about Waterloo. But from what angle? I began looking for the […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!November 6th, 2014 | Tags: heroines, historical, women warriors | Category: Authors, France, Guests, Research, Women warriors, Women's history | 4 comments - (Comments are closed) After my awayday in London, I arrived back on Saturday evening at The Old Swan in Harrogate in perfect time for a glass of red with Conn Iggulden, Simon Turney, Angus Donald, Harry Sidebottom, Derek Birks and Giles Christian. And what a sparky group that was; Viking axes, Roman ball-bearings and medieval sex! If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!November 3rd, 2014 | Tags: conferences, Harrogate History Festival, historical, Rome, Vikings | Category: Authors, Events, Romans, Women's history | Comments are closed
Conferences can be stimulating, fun or exhausting, or possibly all three. It’s wise to prepare beforehand, not just your travel tickets and hotel bookings, but which sessions you want to go to. Then you find out you want to go to all of them. Then you discover the conference clashes with a promised speaking engagement. […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!October 27th, 2014 | Tags: conferences, Harrogate History Festival, historical | Category: Authors, Events | Comments are closed Ruth Downie read too much Jane Austen at university, emerged with an English degree and a plan to get married and live happily ever after. As a backup she learned typing and shorthand, in the mistaken beliefs that people would always need secretaries and that she might be quite good at it. Finally escaping into […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!October 23rd, 2014 | Tags: Books, Crime, historical, mystery, Roman medicine, Rome | Category: Authors, Genres, Guests, Research, Romans | 8 comments - (Comments are closed) |
   
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