On May 7 and 8, Paper Lantern Writers will appear at our very first in-person event: the Bay Area Book Festival at Civic Center Park in Berkeley,...

Effective today, three new authors are joining Paper Lantern Writers. Please welcome Meryl Ain, Anne Beggs, and Michal Strutin! Watch our blog over...

The Best Indie Book Awards were announced, and Edie Cay’s second novel in her Feminist Pugilist Regency Romance series, When The Blood Is Up, won...

From February 2-6, 2022, The History Quill will be hosting a convention for historical fiction writers. Each day has a specific theme, and PLW will...

Paper Lantern Writers is looking for a few more members to add to our marketing collective in January 2022. Do you want to know if there’s a spot...

SHINE with Paper Lantern Writers’ Fifth Friday Book Club will be discussing Louise Erdrich’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Night Watchman. The...

Join us on SHINE on October 21 & 22nd for a #HistoricalFiction Giveaway. Featured authors include Dianne Beeaff, Elizabeth Bell, Mary Camarillo,...

The Boxer and the Blacksmith by Edie Cay has made the long list in the Chatelaine division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards. The...

Linda Ulleseit’s novel The Aloha Spirit won the Grand Prize in its division at the Chanticleer International Book Awards. This win culminates seven...

Linda Ulleseit’s novel The Aloha Spirit won the bronze medal for Pacific West Regional Fiction at the 2021 IPPY awards! The novel tells the story of...

Rebecca D’Harlingue’s debut novel, The Lines Between Us took first place in New Fiction, and was also named a Distinguished Favorite in the...

The Paper Lantern Writers are shaking it up with a new Facebook group. We are connecting the writers and readers of historical fiction from all...

Rebecca D’Harlingue’s novel is a finalist in the Historical Fiction category for the 2020 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. In The Lines...

Publisher’s Weekly, the pulse of the publishing world, featured THE BOXER AND THE BLACKSMITH on their February Indie Spotlight listing. Find it here...

Four of the sessions at the Historical Novel Society Conference this June will be presented by Paper Lantern Writer members. The sessions are:...

A LADY’S REVENGE by Edie Cay has a brand new five-star review from the large reviewing website known as Reader’s Favorite, calling the book a “rare...

Today Paper Lantern Writers introduces five new members to the group. We are excited to be growing, and thrilled to welcome these historical fiction...

The New Jersey Chapter of the Romance Writers of America awarded author Edie Cay the Golden Leaf Award for Best First Book of 2020 for her Regency...

Just in time for your December baking spree, PLW is thrilled to share some of our favorite historical and contemporary dessert recipes....

Join us December 18 for the annual celebration of Jolabokaflod, the Icelandic Yule Book Flood! While Icelanders celebrate on Christmas Eve, Portland...