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HWA Crowns Longlists announced!

3 July 2017 By Editor

The Historical Writers’ Association announces the longlists for its 2017 Gold, Debut and Non-Fiction Crowns.

It has been an exciting year in the wonderfully diverse world of historical publishing, and The Historical Writers’ Association (HWA) are delighted to announce the books that have been longlisted for their 2017 Gold, Debut and Non-Fiction Crowns.

“I’m absolutely thrilled with the longlists for this year’s Crown Awards,” says HWA chair Imogen Robertson. “Brilliant story-telling from accomplished authors, fresh and exciting voices, original researches and fascinating perspectives on histories familiar and strange. It is clear that writers of all kinds are discovering rich and varied inspiration in the past, re-inventing, re-creating and re-examining it for contemporary readers. It’s a pleasure and a privilege to celebrate all of these authors and their work.”

The HWA Endeavour Ink Gold Crown 2017 Longlist:

Days without End – Sebastian Barry

The Devil’s Feast – MJ Carter

Wings of the Storm – Giles Kristian

The North Water – Ian McGuire

Augustown – Kei Miller

Under a Pole Star – Steff Penney

The Essex Serpent – Sarah Perry

Dangerous Crossing – Rachel Rhys

The Constant Soldier – William Ryan

Ashes of London – Andrew Taylor

Kingdom of Twilight – Steven Uhly, translated by Jamie Bulloch

Sons of the Blood – Robyn Young

Antonia Senior, Chair for the HWA Gold Crown, says “We are hugely excited by this longlist, which shows the incredible breadth of talent in historical fiction today. There are detectives and Vikings, soldiers and chefs, Reverends and whalers; a huge range of utterly memorable characters living in extraordinary times. The longlist is a historical smorgasbord of reading experiences; from the cosy to the gory, the poetic to the downright sexy. The judges felt honoured to have gorged on such delights.”

The HWA Debut Crown 2017 Longlist:

The Bear and the Nightingale – Katherine Arden

The Strays – Emily Bitto

Larchfield – Polly Clark

Mussolini’s Island – Sarah Day

The Midnight Watch – David Dyer

Clinch – Martin Holmén

The Translation of Love – Lynne Kutsukake

The Unseeing – Anna Mazzola

A Rising Man – Abir Mukerjee

The Solitary Woman of Shakespeare – James Terry

Girl Waits with Gun – Amy Stewart

The Witchfinder’s Sister – Beth Underdown

“Historical fiction presents some of the biggest challenges a writer can choose to grapple with, so it’s been a delight to discover so many new writers doing just that,” remarks Emma Darwin, Chair for the HWA Debut Crown. “This exciting longlist is full of new voices, new places, and new takes on famous events and classic themes.”

The HWA Non-Fiction Crown 2017 Longlist:

The House of the Dead: Siberian Exile Under the Tsars – Daniel Beer

The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventures of Les Misérables – David Bellos

Be Like the Fox: Machiavelli’s Lifelong Quest for Freedom – Erica Benner

This Orient Isle: Elizabethan England and the Islamic World – Jerry Brotton

Final Solution: The Fate of the Jews 1933-1949 – David Cesarani

The Bitter Taste of Victory: Life, Love and Art in the Ruins of the Reich – Lara Feigel

Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts – Christopher de Hamel

Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 – Adam Hochschild

The Last Royal Rebel: The Life and Death of James, Duke of Monmouth – Anna Keay

Britain’s War: Into Battle, 1937-1941 – Daniel Todman

Blood and Sand: Suez, Hungary and the Crisis that Shook the World – Alex von Tunzelmann

Guilty Thing: A Life of Thomas de Quincey – Frances Wilson

Clare Mulley, Chair for the HWA Non-Fiction Crown, says “I was delighted by the number of entries for this inaugural prize, and plunged into reading across centuries and genres. Despite a strong field, every book on this longlist really stood out not just for the quality of research and writing, but also for its vision.”

The shortlist will be announced on July 13th 2017, and the winners will be presented with their awards at an event in London in November. The HWA Gold Crown is sponsored by Endeavour Ink.

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