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Ray & Pat Browne Library for Popular Culture Studies: a Resource for Historical Novelists
I’m going to break my own rules in this article. Normally I write about university and cultural heritage institutions’ digitized…
Pictures and reports from the HNS Conference in Scotland, 2018
Tired but happy after a fantastic conference it is always fun to see the photographs spread over social media, the…
Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley Illuminates Life during the Seven Years War
It’s always an exciting moment when I hear about a favourite author’s latest release. And so, as an avid reader…
New books by HNS members, August 2018
Congrats to the following authors on their new releases! If you’ve written a historical novel or nonfiction work published (or…
Pain, Kindness, and Friendship
Andrew Miller’s skill as a novelist is unquestionable, and he has won a raft of prizes including the Costa Book…
Women Speaking Up for Themselves: A New Voice for an Epic Retold
Pat Barker discusses her new novel, The Silence of the Girls. The Iliad is famously a story about the anger…
Mysteries of Creation: The 200th Anniversary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
“So much has been done, exclaimed the soul of Frankenstein — more, far more, will I achieve; treading in the…
History & Film: My Cousin Rachel
My Cousin Rachel: The Beauty of Ambiguity In my personal canon of Gothic literature, Daphne du Maurier is one of…
New Voices: Laura Carlin, Lauren Chater, Kali Napier and Lucy Treloar
Captivating readers with their creative blend of historical fact and fiction are debut novelists Laura Carlin, Lauren Chater, Kali Napier…
On the Wings of Icarus: Or, How I Lost My Heart to an Aviatrix
“Once having tasted flight you will walk this earth with your eyes turned skyward. For there you have been and…
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- Jerry Bennett on "Pictures and reports from the HNS Conference in Scotland, 2018": This was my first HNS conference, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. My …
- Margaret Skea on "Pictures and reports from the HNS Conference in Scotland, 2018": Thank you so much to John for acting as an unofficial, but …
- Brenda Woodford on "Q and A with our 2018 New Novel Award Judge, Catherine Cho": My favourite reads last year were three of the books Catherine Cho …
- Linda Collison on "Sky Girls by Gene Nora Jessen Features Fearless Female Flyers of Historic 1929 Air Race": Thanks for this review. As a former USPA skydiving instructor in the …
- Sarah Johnson on "New books by HNS members, May 2018": That's great news, Kelleigh - congrats!