The HWA and the Dorothy Dunnett Society are delighted to announce the shortlist and winner for the 2021 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition! Six stories were shortlisted and the winner and highly commended entries were selected from these. Winner His Mother’s Quilt by Naomi Kelsey A gothic gem. A woman trapped in bed fights the […]
Historia giveaway! The 2020 HWA Gold Crown Award shortlist
Historia’s final HWA Crowns giveaway is for all six books on the 2020 Gold Crown shortlist. It’s your chance to win six of the most outstanding historical novels published last year. And you’ve got up to four chances of winning. The Historia HWA Gold Crown 2020 giveaway is open from 2pm on 22 January, 2021, […]
Historia interviews, 2020 Crown Awards shortlists: Tim Mohr
Into the grey, authoritarian East Germany of the 1980s the punk movement exploded, challenging the regime and ultimately helping to end it. Tim Mohr’s Burning Down the Haus is a history of the GDR’s punk revolution told by the people at its heart and was shortlisted for the 2020 Non-fiction Crown Award. He tells Historia […]
The 2020 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition shortlist
We’re delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2020 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Society Competition for an unpublished short story. The HWA/DDS Shortlist 2020 Lakshmi Will Return by Padmini B Sankar A powerful story of loss and yearning, war and division. Moving, thought-provoking and evocative. Mavourneen by Annie Friedlein The muse of artist James Tissot gains […]
Historia interviews: Anna-Marie Crowhurst
In this sixth and final interview with authors shortlisted for the 2019 HWA Crown Awards, Anna-Marie Crowhurst, shortlisted for the HWA Debut Crown, talks about the background to her novel, The Illumination of Ursula Flight. She also has some tips for other first-time writers. The HWA Debut Crown celebrates new voices in historical fiction. Have […]
Historia interviews: Caroline Lea
This is the fourth in Historia’s series of interviews with writers shortlisted for the 2019 HWA Crown awards. Caroline Lea is the author of The Glass Woman, which is shortlisted for the HWA Debut Crown. The HWA Debut Crown celebrates new voices in historical fiction. Have you always been interested in history? Absolutely. At school, […]
Historia giveaway! HWA Gold Crown shortlist 2019
This is the third and last of Historia’s giveaways in the run-up to the 2019 Crown Awards. The prize is all six books on the HWA Gold Crown shortlist. This Historia giveaway is open until 11.59pm on 2 November, 2019. Three different entrants will each receive all six books on the 2019 HWA Gold Crown […]
Historia interviews: Matthew Plampin
This is the third of Historia’s interviews with writers shortlisted for the 2019 HWA Crown awards. Matthew Plampin is the author of Mrs Whistler, which is shortlisted for the HWA Gold Crown. It tells the story of Maud Franklin, model, muse and madame of James McNeill Whistler and would-be artist in her own right. How […]