Elizabeth Macneal’s first novel, The Doll Factory, is as full of strange, beautiful and horrifying things as a Victorian curiosity cabinet. Her protagonist, Iris, moves from sweatshop labour making dolls’ clothes to the exotic company of the Pre-Raphaelites, only to become the object of a collector’s obsession. She spoke to Historia about her novel and […]
Historia interviews: Alison Weir
Historia interviews author Alison Weir about her novel Anna of Kleve
Historia interviews: Clare Mulley
Historia talks to author Clare Mulley about her biography of Eglantyne Jebb, the woman who founded Save the Children
Historia interviews: Hallie Rubenhold
Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five: the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper, talks to Matthew Plampin for Historia
The HWA and Sharpe Books Unpublished Novel Award: interview with Richard Foreman
Historia talks to Richard Foreman about about the HWA and Sharpe Books Unpublished Novel Award
Historia interviews: Diarmaid MacCulloch
Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch, author of the new biography Thomas Cromwell: A Life, is speaking at the Yorkshire Museum, York, on Friday, 14 December 2018. Tickets are £12 and available on their website. The event is presented by friends of the HWA, the York Literature Festival. Imogen Robertson, Chair of the HWA, spoke to him last week. I’ve […]
Historia interviews: Leanda de Lisle
White King, Leanda de Lisle’s biography of Charles I, won the 2018 Historical Writers’ Association Non-fiction Crown at an awards ceremony earlier this month. Historia talks to the author of this “quietly revolutionary” book.
The HWA Non-fiction Crown celebrates the best in historical non-fiction writing.
Profile: Richard Foreman of Sharpe Books
Richard Foreman is the founder of Sharpe Books, sponsors of the 2018 Historical Writers’ Association Gold Crown award, and is a best-selling historical novelist. He has also been a consultant and publicist to numerous HWA authors and was the co-founder of Endeavour Press and the London History Festival. Richard talks to Historia about historical fiction, […]