I am a firm believer that a bookshelf should be eclectic. Lots of different genres, and for historical fiction, lots of different eras ('Eras' is...
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The Historical Novel Society Conference 2025
The 2025 Historical Novel Society Conference runs from June 26 to 28, 2025. Last year, the Conference was held in the south west UK, at the historic...
Do you need to be a historian to write great historical fiction?
Writing historical fiction can be a bit of a balancing act. It’s a tightrope walk—between being authentic enough to engage readers, and being...
The River of Fire
The River of Fire is nearly here!
I am very pleased to announce the launch on March 7th 2025 of my new novel, The River of Fire, third in my Mary Fox Adventures series. The series...
Paper Lantern Writers presenting on book publishing at writers’ Convention
If you're a historical fiction writer, you've probably heard of The History Quill. This is an organization that aims to provide dedicated support to...
Words with a Wordsmith: Rosemary Griggs
Bringing History to Life What period of history do you wish you knew more about? My first love will always be the sixteenth century, with its...
Coming soon – a new Mary Fox adventure
I am convinced that my feisty Tudor heroine Mary Fox hates me. Why? Because I keep putting her into ever more desperate situations, and watching to...
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
The title of this piece comes from a quote by Sir Isaac Newton, who wrote it in a letter to his rival scientist Robert Hooke in 1676. In the letter,...
Words with a Wordsmith: Margaret Pinard
Margaret Pinard has spent her first few decades traveling the globe in search of adventures to incorporate into her writing, including living in the...
Sugartime. In historical fiction, sugar can be less than sweet.
As an author writing mainly in the Tudor period, I have long been fascinated by the significance of sugar. Its high cost meant it was something of a...
Link List – Historical novels with a travel theme
The novel I am currently writing is The River of Fire, the third in my Mary Fox series, and it sees my Tudor-era heroine travelling from Norwich in...
Words with a Wordsmith: Jennifer Ash
Jennifer Ash writes writes historical fiction and cosy crime. Are there TV shows or films that have influenced your writing? The answer to this...
Diversity in action: Women in historical fiction who disguise themselves as men
This blog series is about supporting creators from diverse backgrounds, but I have decided to take a step to one side. I want to focus not on the...
Words with a Wordsmith Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger
Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger writes historical fiction with strong women characters. What was the inspiration for The Diplomat's Wife? The Diplomat’s Wife...
Who does the thinking? The author or the character?
I was interested to read Anne Beggs's interview last week with her fictional character Lady Aine of Dahlquin, and particularly the point Anne Beggs...
Interview with Paper Lantern Writer Edie Cay
Regency romance is not a genre I traditionally read, so I approached Edie Cay’s When the Blood Is Up series with a certain amount of caution. But...
Words with a Wordsmith: V.E.H. Masters
What was the inspiration for your most recent book? The Familists, which was released a few months ago is the fourth in my series The Seton...
Books set in an international locale
“The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.” That was L.P. Hartley’s opening line for his 1953 novel The Go-Between. And he...
The Tudor Prince – A new Tudor Adventure!
There's a new book for lovers of Tudor history - and especially those who also love fast-paced action adventures! It's called The Tudor Prince, and...
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