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Rubicon by HWA authors

20 July 2019 By Editor

Rubicon is a new collection of ten short stories set in Ancient Rome by leading UK historical storytellers. Brought to you by the Historical Writers’ Association, Rubicon also includes interviews with each author

The HWA and Sharpe Books Unpublished Novel Award: interview with Richard Foreman

28 March 2019 By Editor

Historia talks to Richard Foreman about about the HWA and Sharpe Books Unpublished Novel Award

The HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition 2019

15 March 2019 By Editor

The HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition for 2019

HWA members’ speaking events 2020

15 January 2019 By Editor

See where HWA authors are reading or speaking this year, from libraries and bookshops to festivals. Listen to your favourite writers, buy a book or turn up to support a friend.

Nineteen Above Discovery

24 December 2018 By Editor

We’re delighted to publish the winner of the 2018 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Prize. Nineteen Above Discovery by Jennifer Falkner is a beautifully-crafted, brooding story set in the bleakness of the Klondike in the depths of winter. August 31, 1896. Here, to avoid being poor, we live worse than tramps, turning the earth inside out. Last night […]

The 2018 HWA Crown Awards winners!

10 November 2018 By Editor

Shaun Whiteside, Elizabeth Fremantle

At last the waiting’s over and the winners have been announced. At an awards party held at the Swedenborg Centre in London on 7 November, 2018, and hosted by historian Kate Williams, HWA members and colleagues celebrated the winners of the three HWA Crown awards and the HWA / Dorothy Dunnett short story competition. The Sharpe […]

Historical Writers’ Association Crown Awards 2018

10 November 2018 By Editor

HWA logo red on white

Press release: Historian and broadcaster Kate Williams presented the Historical Writers’ Association Crown Awards for 2018 at a party at Swedenborg Hall in Bloomsbury on 7 November, 2018. The winner of the Debut Crown for 2018 was Estoril by Dejan Tiago-Stankovic; the Non-fiction Crown was awarded to Leanda de Lisle for White King: Charles I […]

HWA Sharpe Gold Crown shortlist giveaway!

22 October 2018 By Editor

HWA Gold Crown shortlist 2018

It’s time for the third and last 2018 Historia HWA Crowns shortlist giveaway! This time we’re giving all six novels on the Sharpe Books Gold Crown award shortlist to one winner. Follow the instructions below to enter.  You’ve got four chances to win and can enter using any or all of the options: 1. Sign up to […]

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