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Forthcoming Historical Novels for 2027
The Historical Novel Society lists a comprehensive range of titles from mainstream and small press publishers for novels set from ancient times to ...Read Guide
Forthcoming Children’s and YA Historical Novels for 2027
The Historical Novel Society lists mainstream and small press narrative and picture book titles for readers aged 4 – 18, with settings from ancient times to ...Read Guide
Researching the Regency period?
BY B.J. SEDLOCK Regency novels are popular enough that if you search for “regency” in the HNS website, you’ll retrieve 800-plus ...Read Guide
18th and 19th century foodways in the UK, Australia and New Zealand
BY B.J. SEDLOCK I did a related article on 18th-19th century foodways in the U.S. and Canada in the ...Read Guide
Forthcoming Historical Novels for 2026
The Historical Novel Society lists a comprehensive range of titles from mainstream and small press publishers for novels set from ancient times to ...Read Guide
Forthcoming Children’s and YA Historical Novels for 2026
The Historical Novel Society lists mainstream and small press titles for readers aged 4 – 18, with settings from ancient times to the mid 1970s. Details ...Read Guide
Story ideas from U.S. university digital collections sites
BY B.J. SEDLOCK Are you an author stuck for a story idea? You can find some interesting ones by browsing U.S. ...Read Guide
Is your protagonist an orphan? Some research ideas
BY B.J. SEDLOCK A search for “orphan” on the HNS website will retrieve over 400 book reviews that mention the word. Incorporating an ...Read Guide
Medieval Weapons and Warfare: Research Sources
BY B.J. SEDLOCK A scan of the Historical Novels Review shows that there are fewer historical novels set in the Middle Ages ...Read Guide
India in Children’s Historical Fiction
WRITTEN BY ANN LAZIM There has been an increase in UK children’s publishing in books that are set in India and also ...Read Guide
