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This is THE best place to find out 
about new historical fiction.

'The Historical Novels Review is where I find out what’s happening in the historical fiction market.'  – Carole Blake, Blake Friedmann Literary Agency.

If you love historical fiction, please JOIN the society today.  You won't be sorry.

'I've just read Solander - it's a triumph!'  - Bernard Cornwell.
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The Historical Novel Society, founded in 1997, promotes all aspects of historical fiction.  We provide:

• Support and opportunities for new writers, 
  
• Information for students, booksellers, and librarians, 
  
• A community for authors, readers, agents, and publishers.

Membership provides many benefits: we welcome anyone who is enthusiastic or curious about the genre.  Because the society is such a strong and supportive community, membership is a great value. 

The society publishes the quarterly Historical Novels Review magazine. The Historical Novels Review aims to review every new work of historical fiction released in the USA and the UK. Selected titles from Canada and Australia are also reviewed, for a grand total of over 800 reviews per year. It is the only magazine of its kind, the best and most complete guide to the latest historical fiction in the world. 

The society also publishes the twice yearly magazine Solander. Solander features interviews with current authors (Cecelia Holland, Wilbur Smith, Diana Gabaldon) as well as retrospectives on the great names of historical fiction (Georgette Heyer, Alfred Duggan, Rosemary Sutcliff, Mary Renault). We also publish original fiction by new and established authors (Michel Faber, Elizabeth Chadwick).

We organise an annual UK Conference and held our second North American conference in June 2007. Our next North American conference will be held in June 2009 in Schaumburg, IL.

Historical Novels Review Online is our quarterly online publication, featuring reviews of electronically-published and subsidy-published historical novels.

Our website aims to answer your first questions about the Society, but if you have any further queries, please write us.

News from the Society:

Read Editors' Choice reviews from our upcoming May 2008 issue of the Historical Novels Review.

Also read the May 2008 issue of Historical Novels Review Online.

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Our next North American conference will be held June 12-14, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency Woodfield in Schaumburg, IL, in Chicago's northwest suburbs.
More details to come!

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The Historical Novels Review seeks two UK-based reviews editors interested in soliciting review copies from publishers, assigning books to reviewers, and editing reviews. These are volunteer positions. Inquire to Sarah Johnson, Book Review Editor.

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Solander is looking for short story submissions; please see our fiction guidelines for details.

Please note that HNS doesn't publish novels, and doesn't make referrals to editors or agents.

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Our members' latest novels:

Members: to have your new books featured here, please contact us.

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