5th North American Conference

The Historical Novel Society is pleased to announce its 5th North American conference: Friday June 21, 2013 to Sunday June 23, 2013, at the historic Vinoy Renaissance Resort in St. Petersburg, Florida. The North American conference website is now live.

Want to know what an HNS event is like? Pulitzer Prize winning author William Dietrich gives a flavour of San Diego 2011 here: Historical Novel Society Conference, San Diego USA, 2011.

C.W. Gortner thinks about the same event here: Historical Novel Society Conference, San Diego, 2011

And Kate Quinn here: Historical Novel Society Conference, San Diego, 2011

And Jeri Westerson here: Historical Novel Society Conference, San Diego, 2011

And, for those of you of fearful disposition, turn away now. Historical Novel Society Conferences seem to have developed a tradition for a certain sort of evening event. Gillian Bagwell, C.C. Humphreys and Diana Gabaldon were sadly recorded in this – ? debauch – at San Diego. 7000 views on YouTube may suggest that not only the attendees enjoy this kind of display, however.

Warning. Indiscreet. (Very)