Blogs Posts on "Historical Fiction"

Win a signed set of The Victor Legris Mysteries by Bookhugger on Nov 19, 2009Read an extract from Death on the Eiffel Tower and you could win the first three Victor Legris adventures, historical crime fiction set in fin-de-siècle Paris.

Barbara Kingsolver on The Lacuna by Bookhugger on Nov 16, 2009Barbara Kingsolver wasn't able to come to the UK for publication of her spellbinding new novel The Lacuna (though she hope to visit in 2010), so Faber did the next best thing - went to her with their questions.

Excerpt from" Beyond the Pale," Chapter 9 by Simply Fictional Tales on Nov 14, 2009Chapter 91890, Kiev, RussiaJov Baklanov tossed a tattered, leather boot at the black, long-haired mutt perched up against the sofa. She barked wildly out the window at a white cat that pranced about in the littered alleyway, seemingly enjoying the do...

Interview with David Bowles, author of The Westward Sagas by A Writer's Words, An Editor's Eye on Nov 6, 2009My guest today is David Bowles, a client and friend. He has just released the second book in his historical fiction trilogy, which I edited for him. Lillie: Thank you for visiting A Writer’s Words, An Editor’s Eye today, David. Of course,...

Simon A’s Review: The Burning Land, by Bernard Cornwell by Bookgeeks on Nov 4, 2009With The Burning Land, Bernard Cornwell’s tale of the forging of England by King Alfred of Wessex enters its fifth volume, and readers of the series will have a good idea of what to expect. There are few deviations from Cornwell’s traditi...

The Bookhugger Author Panel: Writing from life by Bookhugger on Nov 3, 2009We asked three very different authors about how their life experiences feed in to their writing - and about how that writing is subjected to commercial pressures. What wins - money or art? Related posts:The Bookhugger Author Panel: Historical ficti...

Jeannette Walls talks about Half-Broke Horses by Bookhugger on Nov 2, 2009Jeannette Walls talks about her mother and her maternal grandmother – the inspirations for the sassy heroine of her new true-life novel. Related posts:Read an extract from Half Broke Horses by Jeannette WallsNicholson Baker talks about The Anthol...

CWA Ellis Peters Award for Historical Crime Fiction by Bookgeeks on Oct 31, 2009So to Fitzrovia for the announcement of tenth annual CWA Ellis Peters Award for Historical Crime Fiction, which this year goes to Philip Kerr’s If The Dead Rise Not. It’s only just out so I have not yet read it, but if it’s up to th...

Excerpt from "One of Us," Chapter 1 by Simply Fictional Tales on Oct 31, 2009SummerChapter 1Charlotte let out a wail that traveled to the edges of their thousand-acre ranch. Armadillos stopped in their tracks. Tiny white butterflies paused on blades of grass swaying in the hot August breeze. A rattler or two slithered out fro...

The Booklist: After the War by Bookhugger on Oct 30, 2009The act of War has affected hundreds of millions of people in so many different ways over the centuries. These memories should never be allowed to be forgotten. Bookhugger's publishers present some of the most haunting fiction and non-fiction you wil...