Features
Walter Scott Prize 2013: Using the Language of the Dead.
Last year we looked at the Walter Scott Prize shortlist trying to define ‘literary historical fiction‘. Â This year we want…
Erika Robuck on her new release Call me Zelda, as Gatsby opens in Cannes
AF: Congrats on the release of your third novel, Call Me Zelda. Like Hemingway’s Girl, Call Me Zelda is getting…
Kate Braithwaite talks to Caroline Leavitt about cold hands, Communism and a new use for social media
Caroline Leavitt, author of nine novels, including New York Times bestseller, Pictures of You, has turned to writing about the…
Deborah Swift talks Home Front Girls with Rosie Goodwin, the new Catherine Cookson
Rosie Goodwin has been billed as ‘the new Catherine Cookson’. Her latest book Home Front Girls is just out. Deborah…
Paul Fraser Collard on his debut novel, The Scarlet Thief, released yesterday – a new rival for Richard Sharpe
RL: Why the Crimean War? In my mind it is associated with Florence Nightingale (therefore, the wounded), with the grainy…
Edward Rutherfurd talks Paris, the creative process and the ebb and flow of historical fiction with Mary Tod
Paris. City of love. City of dreams. City of splendor. City of saints and scholars. City of gaiety. Sink of…
Richard Lee talks with Paul Lynch about his debut Red Sky in Morning
RL: You’ve been a film critic for some time. How do you think films inform your way of writing? Any…
The Historian, Issue 117, Historical Fiction Edition
The Spring 2013 issue of The Historian is a special historical fiction edition – and the Historical Association have very…
New Voices: John Henry Clay, Margaret Skea, Donna Thorland & Alana White
John Henry Clay, Margaret Skea, Donna Thorland and Alana White explain the inspiration for their novels. Donna Thorland’s novel The…
The ghosts of wartime past: Simone St. James’ 1920s Gothic fiction
SJ: An Inquiry into Love and Death is set in post-WWI England, and the war still exerts a strong pull…
About our Features
Our features are original articles from our print magazines (these will say where they were originally published) or original articles commissioned for this site. If you would like to contribute an article for the magazine and/or site, please contact us. While our articles are usually written by members, this is not obligatory. No features are paid for.
We also occasionally publish original short fiction features – on a very selective basis. We do pay for our fiction. Please read more about our original short fiction here.
Browse Features
Latest Comments
- Margaret Skea on "Paul Fraser Collard on his debut novel, The Scarlet Thief, released yesterday – a new rival for Richard Sharpe": Sounds great - as a Sharpe fan something new will be a …
- Elisabeth Storrs on "The Historian, Issue 117, Historical Fiction Edition": Great article,Richard - What a fabulous magazine. And being a Romaphile, I …
- Margaret Skea on "The Historian, Issue 117, Historical Fiction Edition": This was a great read from end to end - thank you …
- Carole Freeman on "The Historian, Issue 117, Historical Fiction Edition": I loved reading this free copy of the Historian. I particularly, enjoyed …
- Martin Lake on "The Historian, Issue 117, Historical Fiction Edition": This was a great magazine. I particularly liked your review of the …