FEATURES, COLUMNS & GUIDES
The Historical Novel Society publishes original articles and interviews in its members-only print magazine, the Historical Novels Review. In addition to six features per issue (along with 300+ book reviews), this quarterly publication also contains columns on debut authors, historical fiction market news, agent Q&As, historical film and television, and more. The Society previously published a magazine with longer-form HF content, called Solander. Some of the content from these print publications is available through the HNS website, but access to complete content is available only to members, so we welcome you to join us. The Society also publishes original web features -- articles/interviews commissioned specifically for this site.
In general, features are commissioned by HNS editors and authored by members on their features teams, who are unpaid volunteers. If you are a member interested in joining the features team, print or web, please Contact Us.
In addition to its regular print and web features, the Society also offers sponsored launch interviews, timed to coincide with book launches. If you're an author or publisher interested in these interviews, please see the Request an Author Interview form.
Launch: Linda Harris Sittig’s Chasing the Tides
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INTERVIEWED BY LESLIE S. LOWE Linda Harris Sittig is an author and educator based near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. With a career spanning 36 years in public education and at Shenandoah University, she has inspired countless students and teachers with... Read More
New books by Historical Novel Society members, November 2026
We love hearing about HNS members’ new historical releases. If you’ve written a historical novel or nonfiction work published (or to be published) in June 2026 or after, send the following details to us (select “New books by members” on our... Read More
Forgotten Mother: Class and Race in The Last Prince of Florence
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16th CenturyBiographical FictionHistorical Novels ReviewInterviewRenaissance
WRITTEN BY ALANA WHITE In 1532, twenty-one-year-old Alessandro de’ Medici rose from uncertain beginnings to become the first Duke of Florence, signaling the fall of Republican Florence. His mother is generally identified as Simonetta da Collevecchio, a woman associated with... Read More
Light & Dark: Georgette Heyer’s Regency Novels and Sophie Irwin’s Authorised Sequel, Henrietta
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18th Century19th CenturyHistorical Novels ReviewInterviewRegencyRomance
WRITTEN BY GRAHAM LEY For fans of Georgette Heyer, this year sees the coincidence of the anniversary of her iconic novel, These Old Shades (Heinemann, 1926), alongside the publication of Sophie Irwin’s Henrietta (Century, Penguin Random House), the first authorised... Read More
New Voices: D. K. Furutani, Stefanie Koens, Kevin C. Morris & Bo Wang
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17th Century19th Century20th CenturyBiographical FictionEarly United StatesGreat DepressionHistorical Novels ReviewInterviewMystery & CrimeNautical
WRITTEN BY MYFANWY COOK D. K. Furutani, Stefanie Koens, Kevin C. Morris, and Bo Wang fuse the past and present in their debut novels. Bo Wang has “had a lifelong interest in American history, particularly around the 19th and early... Read More
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