Last July I briefly mentioned a publishing deal for Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, for her historical novel Hartmoor , which reportedly s...

Sorry, I couldn't resist. If you don't understand why, read more about this novel's subject .

As you may have seen (if you're on the main HistoricalNovelSociety Yahoo group), I've been doing some website updates this weekend. ...

I decided to answer this meme, just because it's Friday. You be the judge about how funny (either strange, or ha-ha) they are, though I ...

I'm on my lunch break after two very busy hours at the reference desk... I worked the shift alone because most of my colleagues are away...

While en route to the laundry room this afternoon (exciting weekend here) I got distracted by my Robert Hale bookshelf. Has anyone else read...

There are novels that you can't put down. Then there are others you have trouble picking up. Literally. After a failed attempt at Ghisla...

An ARC of this upcoming novel arrived via UPS this evening, courtesy of Ballantine. It will be on the next review book list. Normally this i...

In the past seven days, I've started and finished four review books (titles in the sidebar at left) and have written four reviews. I...

If I seem a little scattered or absent lately, it's because my living room has been taken over by historical novels. More so than usual....

Last April, I spotted Deanna Raybourn's Silent in the Grave in Publisher's Weekly 's list of "galleys to grab" at Boo...

It's that time of year. Who knows if I'll actually keep any of these, but it's my intention to do so, anyway, as of this first d...

The Great New England Bookstore Tour (known in other circles as Christmas vacation) is over, and I managed to find/purchase/receive about a ...

I'm writing from Connecticut, where I'll be until a couple days after Christmas. Just got back from one of my favorite used bookstor...

This deal has been on the front page of Publishers Marketplace for the past few days: Karen Maitland's A COMPANY OF LIARS, set in Englan...

About five years ago, I wrote a column for HNR on specific novels that deserved to be published (or republished), because I felt there was ...

On the subject of women's historical fiction discussed in my 12/12 post - have a look at " Tapestry of Tales ," an article fro...

We saw "The Holiday" earlier this evening up in Savoy... of course, my ears perked up when the Jude Law character said that his fa...

I've been pulling together a list of what I call "traditional historical novels" (genre fiction, that is, as opposed to litera...

This post's topic may seem tangential to what I usually talk about, but bear with me - it may not have to do with historical fiction per...