Thank you so much for writing this, Maggie. So many people agreeing!
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Thank you so much for writing this, Maggie. So many people agreeing!
My latest article for Historia.
Not pink and fluffy, but exploring and illuminating the world in which it’s set -
Author Maggie Craig writes in defence of full-blooded historical romance: meticulously researched, giving history a beating heart historiamag.com/defence-romance-history
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I'm so pleased!
It's wonderful to think we helped
Stoneleigh Community Library is run by a group of dedicated volunteers. I'm delighted to have been able to donate my books - the contact was made through @historia-hwa.bsky.social @zaffrebooks.bsky.social @fairlightbooks.bsky.social @romaunce.bsky.social #Histria #writingcommunity #historicalfiction
Thank you so much for writing it!
What an utterly fascinating piece.
I hope you're having a wonderful day!
My article on a Victorian cult is here:
#histfic #booksky
Have you heard of the Agapemonites?
LC Winter (Spider, Spider) investigates a bizarre 19th-century religious community based in Somerset.
It's probably remembered best as a Victorian sex cult and the cause of several scandals.
Find out why at historiamag.com/victorian-sex-cult.
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Historical writers!
The HWA awards are open for 2026!
👑Enter the Gold, Non-fiction or Debut Crown if you're an author published 2025-6
✍️Or the HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition with your unpublished short historical fiction.
Details: historicalwriters.org/awards
Please tell your friends
Thank you, Lindsay!
The idea behind exiling Roman citizens for high crimes and misdemeanours was that not having access to Rome, its amenities, politics and society, was a severe punishment, a kind of social death.
A new blog in @historia-hwa.bsky.social
historiamag.com/romes-lost-e...
'Twists needn’t be breathtaking; it’s more important to deliver on the promise of a satisfying puzzle or mystery' 🧩
Award-winning author Sarah Hilary reveals her top tips for aspiring crime and thriller authors.
Revealed: strategies for overcoming the fear of writing the first page in a new novel: open.substack.com/pub/dvbishop...
TOP 2026 Travel Trends
"Literary tourism is expected to be on the rise in 2026 as well. This involves people travelling more to places associated with their favourite authors, books, series or literary events...."
Article via Euronews
www.euronews.com/travel/2026/...
#blueskybooks #booksky
On #WutheringHeights - I just reviewed two wildly different versions for @historia-hwa.bsky.social
And LOVED them both
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Thank you to @kateagriffin.bsky.social for her double review of February's two retellings of Wuthering Heights!
The new film and @essiefox.bsky.social's just-published Catherine "have brought bold fresh eyes to a classic," she says.
Read more at historiamag.com/review-wuthering-heights-catherine
Had a blast at #GraniteNoir 2026. Great historical fiction panel with @essiefox.bsky.social and our chair Jo Durrant. @panmacmillan.bsky.social @jennybrownagency.bsky.social
New in Historia: Samurai!
Lesley Downer reviews the new British Museum exhibition and finds it "thrilling" and "dazzling".
Find out why at historiamag.com/review-samurai-bm
@lesleydowner.bsky.social
Suleiman the Magnificent's conquering Ottoman army seemed unstoppable in Europe in 1522.
Then an engineer's skill at siege warfare stopped him and saved the Hospitallers of Rhodes.
Read Edoardo Albert on waging war underground at historiamag.com/engineer-stopped-suleiman
16th-century Seville was a city of wealth, the arts and international trade.
But, says Matthew Carr, author of The Emperor of Seville*, it was also Spain's criminal capital, nicknamed the Great Babylon
Read more at historiamag.com/16thc-seville-criminal
*Currently on offer at 99p
When Fiona Veitch Smith researches settings for her Golden Age mysteries, she uses period guidebooks to walk the streets as they were 100 years ago.
She tells Historia about time-travelling to Weimar Berlin with a Baedeker at historiamag.com/travelling-weimar-berlin
@emblabooks.bsky.social
New in Historia:
Catherine Hokin, author of The Girl Who Told the Truth, reflects on how fascism didn't die in 1945, and the lessons history can teach us
Read her feature at historiamag.com/fall-rise-fa...
@cathokin.bsky.social @bookouture.bsky.social
The first Historia newsletter of 2026 is on its way to your inbox!
With historical books to look forward to, an award-winning short story, writing advice, and Henry VIII and (ahem) intimacy.
And our usual sneak peak ahead at upcoming features.
I hope you enjoy it!
Including one, bottom row, second from the right, that I've heard good things about...
I somehow managed to miss this when it first came out. Lots of exciting books here!
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Hi Lucy! Welcome to the HWA!
If you watched Victorian Murder Club last night - about the Thames Torso Killer - you may enjoy historian Sarah Bax Horton's Historia feature about the case, at historiamag.com/epidemic-mur...
She wrote the book about the murders, uncovering the prime suspect!
@sarahbaxhorton.bsky.social
So glad you could be there, Katherine
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda!
Poster for talk and workshop by author Carolyn Kirby. Workshop is 2-5pm, 22 January. Tickets £25. Talk is 6.30pm. Cost £5. Book both for £25. To book, email archives@wiltshire.gov.uk
Image of the book cover for Ravenglass, the latest historical novel written by Carolyn Kirby. The cover shows the main character Kit, partly clothed as a man and partly as a women of the 18th century. Illustration also includes pairs of ravens, pistols, compasses, swords & anchors.
Join us 22 January for 'Cannonballs, Corsets & Coal' - a talk from award-winning #novelist Carolyn Kirby exploring the 18th century world inhabited by the characters in her latest novel, Ravenglass.
To book, email archives@wiltshire.gov.uk
#history #research @historia-hwa.bsky.social
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