With the winners of the three 2018 HWA Crown awards announced on Wednesday, 7 November, this is a good time to say thank you to our judges, who’ve spent many weeks reading the longlists and choosing the shortlists and will have to make the hard choice of one winner in their Crown award category. The […]
2018 HWA Crowns: the shortlists
The Historical Writers’ Association (HWA) is delighted to announce the shortlisted books for the 2018 Gold, Non-Fiction and Debut HWA Crown Awards. Each shortlist category contains six outstanding books, ranging across centuries and continents and proving, once again, the richness, variety and vigour of historical writing currently being published in the UK. From all of […]
How to Write a Historical Debut: A Cautionary Tale
HWA Debut Crown judge, Ben Fergusson, gives an inside view on what makes or breaks a historical
HWA Crowns Longlists Announced!
Thirty six remarkable books will fight it out in the race for the 2018 HWA Crowns, as the longlists
Historia Interviews: Abir Mukherjee
We talk to Abir Mukherjee about his path to publication, colonial India and his Debut Crown shortlisted novel, A Rising Man. The HWA Debut Crown celebrates new voices in historical fiction. Have you always been interested in history? I’ve been fascinated by history for as long as I can remember – everything from Biblical history […]
Historia Interviews: Emily Bitto
Next up in our HWA Crown Award interview series we talk to Emily Bitto about memory, the Australian art world and her Debut Crown shortlisted novel, The Strays. The HWA Debut Crown celebrates new voices in historical fiction. Have you always been interested in history? I have always been interested in history, but probably as […]
Historia Interviews: James Terry
We talk to HWA Debut Crown author James Terry about family history, the Wild West and his shortlisted novel, The Solitary Woman of Shakespeare. The HWA Debut Crown celebrates new voices in historical fiction. Have you always been interested in history? I must confess, with some embarrassment, that history is not one of my great passions. […]
Historia Interviews: Sarah Day
Historia talks to Sarah Day about science, Italian fascism in the 1930s and her HWA Debut Crown shortlisted novel, Mussolini’s Island. The HWA Debut Crown celebrates new voices in historical fiction. Have you always been interested in history? Yes, for as long as I can remember – growing up, my bookshelves were filled with various […]