genre survey
New Zealand Historical Fiction’s Coming of Age
Historical novel writing can be measured and weighed by the age of a country. The first historical writings in New…
The Quest for the New
Richard Lee talks about the oddly contemporary nature of historical fiction. In the panel debate at our annual conference last…
Children’s Historical Fiction: A Personal Assessment
BELINDA COPSON speaks about trends and key titles in British children’s historicals. This article arose from a talk I gave…
Historical Fiction in 2001: The Report from America
Sarah Johnson surveys US-published historical fiction at the turn of the 21st century. In the publishing world in America today,…
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