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Historia interviews, 2020 Crown Awards shortlists: Tim Mohr

20 December 2020 By Frances Owen

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

19 October 2020 By Editor

We’re delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2020 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Society Competition for an unpublished short story.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

4 November 2019 By Editor

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

28 October 2019 By Editor

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

25 October 2019 By Editor

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

23 October 2019 By Editor

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 […]

Historia interviews: Abir Mukherjee

18 October 2019 By Editor

This is the second of Historia’s interviews with writers shortlisted for the 2019 HWA Crown awards. Abir Mukherjee’s Smoke and Ashes, set in India in 1921, was listed in the Sunday Times list of 100 Best Crime novels since 1945 and is shortlisted for the HWA Gold Crown Award. Smoke and Ashes is your third […]

Historia giveaway! HWA Debut Crown Award shortlist

7 October 2019 By Editor

Historia’s holding three giveaways this October in the run-up to the 2019 Crown Awards. The first is for all six books on the Debut Crown shortlist

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