Kathy: final spotlight for COURAGE Tales of History Mystery and Hope wrote GRUMPY OLD GRANDFATHER short story to highlight exservice personel often have to fight the fear of past experience. Anthology by 15 award-winning authors ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/06/avai... #CourageAnthology

Very true. #BookSky

Spotlight today Antoine Vanner The Netherlands during and after the war: Revenge can be sweet when served cold... COURAGE Tales of History, Mystery and Hope by 15 award-winning authors ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/06/out-... #CourageAnthology #ShortStories #Netherlands #WWII #KindleUnlimited

💞It's Day 3💞 Our #blogtour with Queen of Shadows by Anna Belfrage continues today – with bright spotlights, and tempting excerpts that will entice you to read this absorbing story. thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog... #HistoricalFiction #WomenInHistory @abelfrageauthor.bsky.social

the importance of reading

Absolutely! #BookSky

Today's Spotlight short story was written by @cathiedunn.bsky.social DARKNESS RISING Venezia June 1923 Can the mystery of a secluded island and a murder be solved before time runs out ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/06/out-... #CourageAnthology #ShortStories #AwardWinning Authors #NewRelease

Story by story we feature Courage: Tales of History, Mystery and Hope... today THE PORTRAIT’S SECRET by @amymaroney.bsky.social Paris 1536 can a woman paint as good as a man? (Yes!) ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/06/out-... #CourageAnthology #ShortStories #AwardWinningAuthors #ArtHistory

It's Launch Day - follow our celebration tour (and a glimpse at our introduction author @lornafergusson.bsky.social 's latest release ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/06/lets... #CourageAnthology #ShortStories #15 #AwardWinning Authors #CelebrationDay

You decide…. #BookSky

Patricia Furstenberg 🏰#WhenSecretsBloom❄️🌲 @PatFurstenberg #BookReview "Kate Webber, a Saxon healer trained under Vlad Dracula, is the novel’s anchor. Furstenberg renders her with the kind of clarity historical fiction rarely grants its women." mybook.to/wsb

Daily Peanuts!

I can’t help but agree….. #BookSky

England 1361... It takes courage to face the return of the plague... today a spotlight on @carolynhughes.bsky.social 's story ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/06/comi... #CourageAnthology #ShortStories #AwardWinningAuthors #Plague

today our spotlight for COURAGE Tales of History, Mystery and Hope is @anniehistory.bsky.social A mother's love, a mother's grief - a mother's rage... The civil war between Stephen and Matilda... ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/06/toda... #CourageAnthology #ShortStories #AwardWinningAuthors

What will happen when the Norman army reaches London in October 1066? Courage: Tales of History, Mystery and Hope read more about our short story antholgy by 15 award-winning authors ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/06/comi...

The lion is a symbol of courage. Bravery is found where the lion lies hidden, waiting to be called on. But can a mother find the courage to see her children leave? A glimpse at today's short story @marianlthorpe.bsky.social ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/06/comi... #Courage #Anthology

What a perfect description of a bookstore ❤️ #BookSky

I'm reading all the other books shortlisted for #TheSelfiesAward and have NO chance of winning! They are so good. Different genres so depends your taste but very smooth reads. Check them out and guess the winner before results in July!

Take a look at the #ShortStories you'll find in COURAGE: Tales of History Mystery and Hope- today @derekbirks.bsky.social takes us back to Britain in AD 471 - When escape means more than just running for your life ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/06/comi... #Courage #Anthology #AngloSaxons

15 historical short stories about men women & children facing adversity. No grand battlefield heroism or fairytale redemption but the courage of endurance. To face fear when instinct is to flee... Today @alisonmorton.bsky.social ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/06/comi... #Courage #Anthology

Recommend a great series: I’ll kick off with Eddie Flynn by Steve Cavanagh. Over to you…. #BookSky

Daily Peanuts!

I am suspicious when a person doesn't like cats. But I totally trust a cat when it doesn't like a person.

Don’t they just! #BookSky

Check out The Coffee Pot Book Club #BookOfTheWeek: 💫Annie's Secret by Marcia Clayton💫 Discover an intriguing tale of scandalous family secrets, unravelling resentments, and unexpected twists! thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2026/06/book... #HistoricalFiction #Devon @marciaclayton.bsky.social

my spotlight guest @writerjeangill.bsky.social and her leatest novel ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/06/my-s... #HistoricalFiction #Vikings #GreatReads

We Will We Will Rock You... 🌈

Absolutely, what a feeling... #BookSky

Daily Peanuts!

#GHOSTENCOUNTERS What distinguishes this book is no urgency to convince, no reliance on spectacle just measured curiosity not apparitions to be feared, shaped by empathy not alarm drawing the reader into echoes of national upheaval that ripple through time alluringcreations.co.za/wp/ghost-enc...

My Thoughts From A Devonshire Farmhouse: May -theme: King & Country #Newsletter #Devon #UK #KingCharlesIII #KingCharlesI #EnglishCivilWar #WhiteHouse thoughtsfromadevonshirefarmhouse.blogspot.com

Today is PRIMROSE DAY as a child going to #HatfieldBroadOak ambling along quiet country lanes picking primroses (not supposed to do that now)we've 100s along our #Devon lane! & today would've been mum's 108th Birthday: her name? Iris Primrose... hundredparishes.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Past Perfect? Writing historical fiction – how much of it should be historical, how much of it fiction? an article by me... ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/04/an-i... ! Helen 91kb.png

Fabulous review by Patricia Furstenberg of my A MISCHIEF OF MURDER #CosyMystery #1970s #DevonVillage alluringcreations.co.za/wp/a-mischie...

Part 3 of our Easter special writing #HistoricalFiction - authenticity by @carolynhughes.bsky.social ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/04/doin...

Part 2 of our Easter Special for #writers and #readers by @carolynhughes.bsky.social The problemn with #HistoricalFiction - Strangeness ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/04/doin...

Easter Special on my #blog fascinating 3part series by @carolynhughes.bsky.social 1 Writing For Readers Ancient or modern? #Language in #HistoricalFiction (“The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes" Agatha Christie) ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/04/doin...

#BookTour via @cathiedunn.bsky.social ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/03/my-c...

Delighted to host #BookTour guest Rozsa Gaston today: After a period of training as a lady’s maid at Margaret of Austria’s court, Anne Boleyn has been sent to France via @cathiedunn.bsky.social #France #AnneBoleyn #Tudor #HistoricalFiction ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/03/my-c...

There is still beauty in the world.

A Missing Portrait Of Mary? By Jessica Carey-Bunning tudortreasures.net/a-missing-po... #Tudors

So I'm from Virginia. I currently live in TN and I also lived here as a teen. It's a little complicated. Anyway, the Rutherford County PUBLIC library is where I spent a lot of time as a tween/teen. It shaped me. It saved me. This is a PUBLIC LIBRARY not even a school. And I'm proud of *Luanne.

“Libraries are one of the best creations in all human history”—my daughter just now but also anyone who reads.

Celebrating #WomensHistoryMonth at The Coffee Pot Book Club: Award-winning author Judith Arnopp introduces Margaret Beaufort, politically-astute matriarch of the Tudor dynasty. Join us! thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2026/03/awar... #HistoricalFiction #WomenInHistory @jarnopp.bsky.social

Fancy something #Interesting to read? #NonFiction: GHOST ENCOUNTERS: mybook.to/GhostEncount... Meet some #Genuine #Friendly #GHOSTS and... #CosyMystery #Series meet #LibraryAssistant JAN CHRISTOPHER & #Boyfriend #DCWalker set in the #1970s #WhoDunIt? mybook.to/JanChristoph...

'Doing The Dishes' an Agatha Christie quote I'm using for my new series relating to writing and reading. This month I have a contribution from Melissa Addey. 'Full Immersion - Using Sensory Research to Bring History Vividly to Life' ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/03/doin...

Happy #WorldBookDay! 📚 Remember to have a book at hand, always! The format doesn't matter. Reading can expand your horizon and send you on journeys, it relaxes you and involves you emotionally, and it can educate you. What are you reading today?📖 #readers #writers #booksky