At last, the winners of the HWA Crown Awards for 2020 are announced! After months of reading and making tough decisions, the judges have chosen the winners of the HWA Gold, Non-fiction and Debut Crown Awards out of a very strong submissions list. HWA Chair Imogen Robertson says: “We’re so sorry we aren’t able to […]
Historia interviews, 2020 Crown Awards shortlists: John Larison
John Larison is the author of Whiskey When We’re Dry, a remarkable novel which, with its compelling voice, challenges the traditional values of the Western and which is shortlisted for the HWA Gold Crown Award. This is the fourth in Historia’s series of interviews with writers shortlisted for the 2020 Crown Awards. Congratulations on being […]
Historia giveaway! HWA Non-fiction Crown Award 2020 shortlist
Historia’s running three HWA Crowns giveaways in November to celebrate the 2020 HWA Crown Awards, which are announced on 25 November. This one is for all six books on the Non-fiction Crown shortlist. The Historia Non-fiction Crown 2020 giveaway is open until 11.59pm on 27 November, 2020. The two winners will each receive all six […]
Review: Fortress of Fury by Matthew Harffy
Edoardo Albert reviews Fortress of Fury, the latest book in Matthew Harffy’s much-loved Bernicia Chronicles series set in the turbulent world of seventh-century England. The many readers who have accompanied Matthew Harffy’s seventh-century warrior hero, Beobrand, through his adventures in the previous six books in the series will be expecting taut adventure, bloody and brutal […]
Historia interviews, 2020 Crown Awards shortlists: Elizabeth Macneal
Elizabeth Macneal’s acclaimed first novel, The Doll Factory, is shortlisted for the HWA Debut Crown Award for 2020. Historia talks to her in the third in our series of interviews with historical writers shortlisted for HWA Crown awards. The HWA Debut Crown celebrates new voices in historical fiction. Have you always been interested in history? […]
Historia interviews, 2020 Crown Awards shortlists: Anita Frank
Anita Frank’s first novel, The Lost Ones, is shortlisted for the 2020 HWA Debut Crown Award. She tells Historia about her love of history, the inspiration for her book – including big houses, spiritualism and the First World War – and passes on some tips for new writers. The HWA Debut Crown celebrates new voices […]
Review: A Cornish Betrothal by Nicola Pryce
The internationally best-selling author Nicola Cornick reviews A Cornish Betrothal, the fifth book in Nicola Pryce’s Cornish Saga series. A Cornish Betrothal by Nicola Pryce is a historical novel set in Cornwall at the turn of the 18th century (the clue is in the title!). Historical novels of this era and with this setting, particularly […]
Alice Fowler wins the 2020 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition
The Historical Writers’ Association and the Dorothy Dunnett Society are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2020 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition is Alice Fowler for The Race. The HWA/DDS Short Story Competition 2020 winner and highly commended entries are: The winner The Race by Alice Fowler The Race had us rooting […]