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Category Archives: Events
Author Interview: March 20, 2024
March 20 at 7:00 p.m. Pacific TimeA live, on-line author event hosted by The Friends of the Alameda Free Library I’m looking forward to this event, and grateful to the folks at the Friends of the Alameda Free Library for inviting … Read More
Wrexham Carnival of Words
On April 23, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. I will be joining novelist Barbara Erskine for Historical Fiction Night at the Wrexham Carnival of Words in North Wales. Barbara will be talking abour her latest novel The Dream Weavers, and its … Read More
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Tagged Carnival of Words, historical fiction, Literary Festival, Wales, Wrexham
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Talking Shop with David Gilman
On April 17 historical novelist David Gilman and I discussed our recent books, our writing and our research. David’s latest novel in his best selling Master of War series, set during the Hundred Years War, is THE SHADOW OF THE … Read More
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Tagged David Gilman, Shadow of the Hawk, The Steel Beneath the Silk
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What Historical Novelists Do at a Conference
The historical novelist’s life is a lonely one. We spend our days at our desks, arguing with computer screens, wrestling with words, engulfed by books and files, and holding conversations with characters who never existed or who have been dead … Read More
HNS Conference 2015
The 2015 Historical Novel Society Conference took place in Denver this past weekend, and I want to record a few memories before I surge back into the 11th century. Writers’ conferences are all about connecting and engaging with other writers, … Read More
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Tagged Authors, Books, Denver, HNS Conference 2015, recap
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The Literary Feast at Gladstone’s Library
I am into my second week as Writer-in-Residence here at Gladstone’s Library in Hawarden, Wales.
Getting Medieval in Middle America
I combined my fifth trip to the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo with a follow-up jaunt to the South Carolina Book Festival. Michigan, of course, is nowhere near So.Carolina, but my sister had recently moved to S.C. and … Read More
Two Authors, One Queen
UPDATE: EVERYONE WHO POSTED A COMMENT WITHIN THE SPECIFIED TIME ON MARCH 6, EITHER ON HELEN’S BLOG OR MINE, WAS PLACED IN THE DRAW FOR THE BOOK GIVEAWAYS. THE UK WINNER FOR SHADOW ON THE CROWN: Helen Hart THE US … Read More
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Tagged Emma of Normandy, Forever Queen, Helen Hollick, Shadow on the Crown
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Live Internet Event!
March 6 will be the 962nd anniversary of the passing of Emma of Normandy, dowager queen of England. She had kings as sons and kings as husbands She shone forth in the glory of her progeny of kings She excelled … Read More
Like Janus, Looking Forward & Back
It is nearing mid-November, a time of thanksgiving and reflection. I find myself looking back with gratitude to friends, colleagues and readers on a year that has been an enormously eventful one for me; and I’m looking forward with anticipation … Read More