Did ancient Egyptians really booby-trap the pyramids? via @LiveScience

Historical Professions: Midwives – sources of research for your historical novel:

Woman's World: "9 Sweeping Historical Fiction Books Set in Australia to Read Right Now"

🏛 Greece and Rome: mythology, legends, and novels

A date for your diary: HNS UK Conference heads to Ireland 20 - 23 September 2026. Not a member? Keep an eye on the HNS 2026 website to hear when bookings open: hns2026.com #WritingConference #WritersConference

Jacqueline Winspear’s The White Lady deals with a fascinating subject, the wartime deployment of girls and boys, involving them in acts of sabotage, spying, and even murder at a young age.

Need a guide to the English Civil Wars and #histfic? Ian Saunderson delves deeper on our website:

The Druids shaped Celtic society as priests, healers, and keepers of lore. Explore more in the Amgueddfa Cymru / Museum of Wales: museum.wales/articles/101... www.britannica.com/topic/Druid

Unsure as to where to house your characters? The Medieval Murder Map project has plotted murders in London, York and Oxford during the 14th century:

Jacqueline Winspear’s The White Lady deals with a fascinating subject, the wartime deployment of girls and boys, involving them in acts of sabotage, spying, and even murder at a young age.

A date for your diary: HNS UK Conference heads to Ireland 20 - 23 September 2026. Not a member? Keep an eye on the HNS 2026 website to hear when bookings open: hns2026.com #WritingConference #WritersConference

Comprehending the opportunities and limitations of women’s experience in the mid-1960s:

'In 1829, talented botanist Edmond Albius is born into enslavement on the French island of Bourbon. Stunning and assured.' #EditorsChoice: The Rarest Fruit by Gaëlle Bélem, translated by Hildegarde Serle, review by Jessica Brockmole

History and film: The substance and subtlety of Shōgun: historicalnovelsociety.org/history-film... #shogun #historicalfiction

'Humanises Cardinal Wolsey and paints his Tudor world in vivid colour. Gripping with exceptional depth of character.' #EditorsChoice: The Cardinal by Alison Weir, review by Carol McGrath historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/the-...

Late Bloomer: Karen Cushman’s historical fiction for children and young adults: historicalnovelsociety.org/late-bloomer... #YA

How the Canada Company, a powerful land development firm, became a key target of angry farmers rising in rebellion in the 1800s:

The London Bookshop Affair takes place in the British capital during the Swinging Sixties and plays out against the backdrop of the American-Cuban Missile Crisis.

Language Slip: How Languages and Environment Affect Character and the Writing Process:

1591, England. Three women cowrite a play but are then branded as traitors. Deft, witty and a great sense of timing.' #EditorsChoice: The Shakespeare Secret by David Nix, review by Williamaye Jones

A University of Cambridge academic has joined calls for greater recognition of the first king of England, Aethelstan:

"I think I can lay the blame at Christopher Marlowe’s door" - Clara Giuliani explains her fascination with espionage in the Elizabethan court:

Malia Bee Pendant: A 3,800-year-old accessory found in a Minoan 'pit of gold'

'A generational story about pain spanning West Virginia and Nebraska in the 1930s to Cleveland in the 1960s. Unforgettable and beautiful.' #EditorsChoice: At Last by Marisa Silver, review by Meg Wiviott

⚔🛡⚔ Writing about medieval weapons and warfare? Check out our website's guide to research resources: historicalnovelsociety.org/medieval-wea...

The intriguing, diverse group of young men and women who comprise the protagonists of David Wright Faladé’s novel cause a stir every place they go in the cosmopolitan, avantgarde Paris of 1947.

Planning to write about a novel with an orphan character in an historical setting? B.J. Sedlock shares where to start your research: historicalnovelsociety.org/is-your-prot... #AmResearching

'In China, a young woman quests to become a master jeweler in 1920s Shanghai. Incandescent and tumultuous.' #EditorsChoice: The Master Jeweler by Weina Dai Randel, review by Karen Bordonaro

The East India Company dominated global trade between Europe, South Asia and the Far East, fought wars using its own army and navy, and conquered and colonised modern-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Burma: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/his...

'An engrossing tale of a heartfelt love born during slavery, and their descendants' stories. Superb and unforgettable.' #EditorsChoice: Zeal by Morgan Jerkins, review by Sarah Johnson #HistoricalFiction

Spotlight on the role of assembly rooms in Regency Britain: historyimagined.wordpress.com/2019/01/18/a...

'Seattle, 1925. Along with alcohol, magic is made illegal for fire dancer Nora. A captivating fantasy with a message of self-acceptance.' #EditorsChoice: Wild as the Stars by Kerry Chaput, review by Bonnie DeMoss

'A truly unprecedented discovery': 3,000-year-old multicoloured mural with fish, stars and gods discovered in Peru via @LiveScience

'Ten years after the eruption of Vesuvius, remains are found laid out before the ash started to fall. A very fine historical detective novel.' #EditorsChoice: There Will Be Bodies by Lindsey Davis, review by Catherine Kullmann

History and film: The devil you might know - Sinners:

'A Boston spiritualist connects with a Welsh woman institutionalized four decades earlier. Spellbinding, and heart-wrenching.' #EditorsChoice: The Entirely True Story of the Fantastical Mesmerist Nora Grey by Kathleen Kaufman, review by Jessica Brockmole

Can AI be a tool for writing historical fiction? M.K. Tod discusses potential applications with historical fiction writers on A Writer of History

Congratulations to our members on their new historical releases! Follow Alexander of Islay, John Dowland and others through the lens of #HistoricalFiction:

'Focuses on the poverty, greed and the dark side of humanity involved in 19th century body-snatching. Violent, chilling and absorbing.' #EditorsChoice: Mrs Burke & Mrs Hare by Michelle Sloan, review by Kate Pettigrew

An Italian master painting stolen by the Nazis from a Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam has been spotted on the website of an estate agent selling a house in Argentina, more than 80 years after it was taken: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #WWII

For more than a century, couture has been emblematic of the triumph of costume and fashion. Read more about creating fashion with Dior and social sirens during the 20th Century.

'Set during the thirty years of French economic growth following WWII. Witty, hard-boiled and beautifully crafted.' #EditorsChoice: The Silence and the Rage by Pierre Lemaitre, translated by Frank Wynne (trans.), review by Edward James #HistoricalFiction historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/the-...

'Humanises Cardinal Wolsey and paints his Tudor world in vivid colour. Gripping with exceptional depth of character.' #EditorsChoice: The Cardinal by Alison Weir, review by Carol McGrath

Trains, bike chains and automobiles – get insights into historical ground transportation which don't involve a horse:

Archaeologists discover Christian cross in Abu Dhabi, proving 1,400-year-old site was a monastery via @LiveScience

Hungry Ghosts is a gripping portrayal of social conflict and coming-of-age story. It follows four boys who have no way of knowing how the promise they make to one another will impact their future lives:

'Florence, Italy, 1482. Young Mella practises her art at night. Entertaining, hectic and endearing.' #YA #EditorsChoice: Botticelli’s Apprentice: A Graphic Novel by Ursula Murray Husted, review by Alana White

From the Seattle Times: "Travel through time with these 4 historical fiction novels"

Weather and Food History: Story Ideas and Research Sources on our website from B.J. Sedlock.

'A Native American's trail of vengeance. Addictive, secretive and with stylish prose. Combines the best of horror and historical fiction.' #EditorsChoice: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones, review by Peggy Kurkowski