I've been finding it difficult to get back to blogging after nearly two weeks without posting anything. This end-of-year post contains s...

It takes a strong woman to survive in a late 19th-century mining town, serving up drinks and keeping the peace among the customers of her We...

My review of Diana Gabaldon's The Scottish Prisoner ran in yesterday's Globe and Mail.   Here's the link if you'd like to ...

A heads-up that Pope Joan , the film based upon Donna Woolfolk Cross's bestselling historical novel about a legendary woman from Dark Ag...

Five historical novels published in 2011 have made the shortlist for this year's David J. Langum Sr. Prize in American Historical Fictio...

I'm not sure where I first came across The Maquinna Line .  It may have been while browsing Amazon.ca, or I could have spotted it on a w...

Krista Russell's debut novel is a brisk middle-grade adventure that features an appealingly scrappy hero determined to choose his own pa...

One of the pleasures of writing this blog is having publishers mail me books they think I might enjoy.  Carol Wallace's Leaving Van Gogh...

Here's the second half of my annotated bibliography of new/forthcoming historical novels featuring the women of World War II.  Is anyone...

Congratulations to the three winners of Ann Chamberlin's The Woman at the Well : Jennara Tinney Heath Julie K. Rose I drew the ent...

After compiling my first list of recent novels on women in WWII , I was happy to discover this additional one in a pile of newly arrived rev...

My review of Caleb's Crossing was published in Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper on August 6th.  For some reason it was never post...

A quick note to announce that the winners of Colin Falconer's Harem are Sarah Other Librarian and Meg at A Bookish Affair .  Congratula...

I'm so pleased to bring you this interview with internationally bestselling author Ann Chamberlin.  Ann's historical novels span a w...

... take two.  After waiting a week with no response from the initial winner, I've decided to start over and draw another name for the s...

Historical fiction writer Colin Falconer is stopping by today with a detailed essay about the historical reality behind the myth of the hare...

I've been trying to pay attention to current trends in historical novels. For a long while, novels about women during World War II were...

Novels about reincarnation don't take up a large category.  The dual scenarios - past and present - can help these works branch out to...

Thanks to author Michelle Black, I have a new giveaway for readers of the blog.  She will be offering a signed hardcover copy of Séance in S...

For her sixth historical novel, Michelle Black trades the vast landscapes of the historical and modern West for the social reforms and spiri...