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The CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger for Historical Detective Fiction 1999/2000
A judge’s report by RICHARD LEE: What it is and how it works. The prize is sponsored by the Estate of Ellis ...Read Article
The Glimpse of a Strong Greek Light
Novelist Linda Proud assesses the work of Mary Renault. The moments recur and, flipped through like one of those little cartoon books we ...Read Article
When the Psyche Gets Up Steam
Richard Lee talks to BARBARA ERSKINE, author of Lady of Hay, about the Church, the medical establishment, and her latest book, On the ...Read Article
Toiling in the Trenches
STEVEN SAYLOR tells Sarah Cuthbertson how he unearths murder and mayhem in Ancient Rome (and finds a link to Bill and Monica). I ...Read Article
A Star Falls in Memphis
This story was runner up for our 1998 Explore! Prize (sponsored by the travel company of that name) and judged by Hilary Mantel. It ...Read Article
The most gruelling, the most pure fantastic hell…
Beryl Bainbridge, whose latest novel Master Georgie has been shortlisted for the Booker prize, recently gave a talk at Dillons, Exeter. Richard Lee ...Read Article
A Light in the Dark Ages: An Interview with Helen Hollick
My first experience of Helen Hollick’s Arthurian trilogy was as a reviewer for this Society. Despite my own passion for the Dark ...Read Article
Writing Your Bestseller – tips by Bernard Cornwell
BERNARD CORNWELL gives insights into the machinery of the bestseller. It is, I know, as unseemly as it is ungracious to gloat, but ...Read Article
Stepping Stones
An interview with Elizabeth Chadwick Elizabeth Chadwick, whose latest paperback The Champion has been shortlisted for the RNA Book of the Year, explains ...Read Article
Still in the Saddle
Where the Western came from, and where it’s going To hear some folks talk, you’d think the Western novel had already ...Read Article
