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Friday, January 02, 2026

New Year, new platform - Reading the Past is now also on Substack

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Best wishes for a good upcoming year, as well as great reading to all of you for 2026! Thanks for following my posts. I always enjoy heari...
Monday, December 29, 2025

An intrepid female reporter investigates crime in Victorian Bristol in The Emerald Shawl

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In 1864 Bristol, England, Miss Helen “Nelly” Brooks, first female reporter at the Courier , yearns to dig into meaty investigations but is l...
Tuesday, December 23, 2025

In the shadows of great art: Rembrandt's Promise by Barbara Leahy

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This beautifully composed debut by Irish writer Leahy plunges readers into the world of Geertje Dircx, a nursemaid in Rembrandt’s household ...
Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Lorena Hughes' The Queen of the Valley takes an entertaining trip to 1920s Colombia

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Martin Sabater, owner of a cacao plantation near Cali, Colombia, in 1925, has disappeared after organizing a fundraising gala to support his...
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Thursday, December 11, 2025

Canticle illuminates the life of a female religious visionary in medieval Flanders

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In her debut, set in late 13th-century Flanders, Edwards brings to glowing life the story of a young woman consumed with desire for God and ...
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Monday, December 08, 2025

What a laptop can't do: Why a notebook is essential to my storytelling life, a guest post from Ginny Kubitz Moyer

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In today's essay, historical fiction author Ginny Kubitz Moyer explores the benefits and pleasures of writing down her thoughts longhand...
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Thursday, December 04, 2025

The historical fiction cover art trend I wouldn't have predicted

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When you think historical fiction, the color neon pink doesn't immediately spring to mind.  (Or green, purple, blue, or yellow.)  But th...
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