We've had a delivery! Thanks to the wonderful guys at CMP Print in Dorset for their efficient service (a new printer that we are using). The cats didn't know what to make of this!
Buy direct for free P&P for UK orders!
www.hobeck.net/product-page... #newrelease #indiepress #historicfiction
“Can you guess what these are?” Wortomar held up a fistful of parchment, tight scribbles visible between his fingers. “These are reports of heroism. Mostly your husband, Hengest, as it happens. This lot are from the fort commander near the wall where Hengest has served the last few summers. Let’s see... something about a shieldwall holding a bridge against Pictish archers for several hours. This one, a mixed battle against some new brand of Northman near a farm. This one’s a defeat, but Hengest woke amid the dead and carried the only other survivor back to safety. He likely didn’t tell you about that, hmm?” Redwyn shook her head, her throat suddenly tight. “He doesn’t talk about the north much.”
A moment that stopped me while editing today: facebook.com/share/p/1Cko.... #amediting #historicfiction
In the earliest known likeness of Ireland’s patron saint, St. Patrick is shown meeting the High King of Ireland wearing a blue cassock.
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, here’s my reconstructed timeline for the historical Patrick. He has a cameo in my second historic fantasy novel. You can read the blog post here:
cmhind.writersresidence.com/blog/posts/m...
#amwriting #historicfiction #StPatsDay2026
Last night’s Montreal launch of Blood Bound: Unlacing Secret Ties by Marie-Josée Poisson (translated by Flora-Lee Bendit) was a success!
Learn more: guernicaeditions.com/products/blo...
#historicfiction #montreal
The First Dimmening: A Cataract Origin Tale A Study in Progressive Occlusion, Mature Suffusion, and Divine Aphakia In the age before the Dimmening, where the gods looked down and the people of the Cataracta looked up and the looking was unobstructed, where even the least vastest of the vast stars can—or could, but probably can—be seen—so begins the Stele of Presbyos. The people could count the black basalt cones of the Bayuda from the river, each peak distinct against the sky. They had one word for truth and sight, and one word for falsehood and fog, which made the events that followed difficult to discuss without also doubting them—and I have given you no reason to doubt me. Have I? The temple of the Cataractatianites—the demonym accrued syllables as successive translators declined to abbreviate their predecessors—stood at the base of Jebel Barkal, a flat-topped mountain rising from the desert plain. The Kushites would later call it the Pure Mountain, believing their god Amun born behind its southern face. But the Cataracts arrived first, building into its rock a narrow chamber they called the Iris, through which a single aperture admitted or refused all light. Their ceremonies required aqueous humour—of the humorous kind—a fermented ritual drink whose recipe has not survived, though the vessels have. Then Sclera, goddess of the outer boundary, quarrelled with her sister Cornea, keeper of the threshold, over who controlled what entered the eye of the sky. Cornea, in her fury, breathed mist upon the land. Sclera hardened the mist to a film—an opacity, in the language of those who came after—and between them they sealed the heavens behind a milky veil. The people of the Cataracta looked up and could no longer resolve the stars. The mountain, no longer clearly visible from the river, was quietly reclassified as the Mostly Pure Mountain, and later, after progressive deterioration, as the Mountain of Conditions.
Who would possibly be interested in a story about #cataracts? Especially one without any juicy laser eye surgery mishaps. The Cataractatianites?
Perhaps.
#vss365 #history #historicfiction #prose #verse #poem #poetry #story #writing #fiction #reading #ancienthistory #historicalfiction
January audiobooks i listened to part 2
#audiobooks #readmorebooks #books #romance #fiction #cosyreads #mystery #historicfiction #ilovebooks #booksbooksbooks #bookrecommendations #januaryreads #bookworm #audible #bookish #bookaddict #audiobookworm #monthbymonth
January audiobooks i listened to part 1
#audiobooks #readmorebooks #books #cozymystery #fiction #nonfiction #historicfiction #ilovebooks #booksbooksbooks #bookrecommendations #januaryreads #bookworm #audible #bookish #bookaddict #audiobookworm #monthbymonth
It’s high tide I do the ship work #art #digitalart #historicfiction #stepbystep #artprocess
Highly recommend to all Patrick O'Brian fans and Jack Aubrey/Maturin aficionados.
Check out this superb podcast!
All episodes available on podbean, YouTube, etc.
#AubreyMaturin #AgeOfSail #NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #NavalFiction #HistoricFiction #bookskye
Hear him, hear him!
#NavalFiction #bookskye #NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail #HistoricFiction
#AubreyMaturin
Why you should read The Man in the Stone Cottage in preparation for the new Wuthering Heights film coming out in just a week! #wutheringheights #historicfiction #literary #novelist
Insights on how I wrote my debut, Witsh.
I know everyone's process is different, and that's what makes it so interesting! I'd love to know if any of this resonates with you, or if your methods are totally different to mine.
foldingrock.com/writing-a-we...
#WritingSky #HistoricFiction #AmWriting
Gwen ferch Ellis (Gwen, daughter of Ellis) was the first woman in #Wales to be hanged for #witchcraft.
Her story had a huge influence on the character of Sara Gwen in my novel, Witsh.
nation.cymru/feature/gwen...
#BookSky #HistoricFiction #FeministFiction #witches
…The Original - Nell Stevens ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Laws of Love & Logic - Debra Curtis ⭐️⭐️
Lost Lambs - Madeline Cash ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Pachinko - Min Jin Lee ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Night Watcher - Tariq Ashkanani ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️
When Will There Be Good News - Kate Atkinson ⭐️⭐️⭐️
#books #crimefiction #horrorbooks #historicfiction #familysaga
The cover of a hardback historic fiction and fantasy tale called ‘the entirely true story of the fantastical mesmerist Nora Grey’ by the writer Kathleen Kaufman. There are two spooky disembodied hands at both bottom corners and there is a black starry backdrop with pictures of snakes, flowers and butterflies
I’ve just finished a fabulous book, so compelling I’ve read it in 2 days and have done little else with my weekend. I’ve felt sadness, anger, empathy and wonderment. I’d recommend a blanket, a hot water bottle and a comfy chair to settle into as you won’t want to be disturbed #HistoricFiction
The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn, published 2022
Historic Fiction/WWII/Russia/Romance/Tragedy/Drama/Love Triangle
Spice: 🌶️
Tears: 💧💧
Pages: 448
5/5
The entire story was great from beginning to end! I need to research more about Mila.
#booksky #historicfiction #wwii
Goodbye, My Princess by Fei Wo Si Cun, published 2025
Historic Fiction/Romance/Heartbreak/Love Triangle/Tragedy/Betrayal/Grief/China
Spice: -
Tears: 💧💧💧💧
Pages: 546
5/5
Absolutely loved it even though it shattered my heart.
#booksky #historicfiction #romance
Fave #books are #HistoricFiction especially strong women fighting against evil. This one is Canadian & taught me something I didn't know. Learn more about the Unwed Mother homes in 🇨🇦 & around the world. Start here:www.heathermarshallauthor.com/justice.
#MyBodyMyChoice #BookSky #ProChoice
For Thanksgiving this year, @KirkusReviews gave my debut novel Pearl Bound a big endorsement - #booksky #pearlbound #historicfiction #gothicsapphichorror
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current read.
#booksky #historicfiction
"It is not surprising that in women’s hands the historical novel has often become a political tool" — Diana Wallace
Thank you to Kathryn Tann at Folding Rock for asking me to write this piece, in which I ramble on about the crafting of Witsh ✨🖤
#HistoricFiction #Poetry #Novel #BookSky #WritingSky
How are you spending #Halloween this year? How about joining me at
@librarywales.bsky.social for spells, blessings & witchy words 🖋️🕷️
Free entry • Book here 👇🏼
tinyurl.com/pxrfcbn2
Or watch online: tinyurl.com/mjk4396x 💻
#Wales #BookLaunch #BookTour #History #HistoricFiction
Actual Mhara Starling though 😭🖤🏴
#Witchcraft #Fiction #HistoricFiction #Welsh #Wales #MharaStarling
Updated events info (sorry to spam you!) 📚🖊
Really looking forward to chatting, signing books and scouting out #indy #bookshops, and in great company too!
Full info, booking links etc here: tinyurl.com/5n8m34yr
#BookSky #BookTour #HistoricFiction #Witch #Aberystwyth #Cardiff #Pontypridd #HayOnWye
The front colour, in colour, of "Witsh", the debut witchcraft novel by Mari Ellis Dunning.
Look, Yule has come early! Delivered earlier this afternoon from www.lovereading.co.uk ... "Witsh" by @mariellisdunning.bsky.social
If you haven't already, we'd highly recommend visiting Mari's website: mariellisdunning.cymru and linktr.ee/maridunning.
#Witchcraft #Novel #HistoricFiction #Wales
Since there's just one week to go until Witsh hits book shelves, I thought you might like a little preview...
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open.substack.com/pub/marielli...
#WritingSky #Witchcraft #Witchrature #Novel #HistoricFiction #Wales #Witchcraft
People of #Aberystwyth! Join me at @librarywales.bsky.social for spells, blessings & witchy words 🖋️🕷️
Free entry • Book here 👇🏼
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/cer...
#Wales #BookLaunch #BookTour #History #HistoricFiction
Did you know only 5 people were killed on charges of witchcraft in Wales, in comparison with hundreds in England & thousands in Scotland?
But why did #Wales not see a witch hunt..?
#witchcraft #history #witchtrials #historicfiction #writingsky #witches #novel
open.substack.com/pub/marielli...
✾ W I T S H ✾
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After so many hours of research & writing & redrafting, two babies, a few other publications and projects & a whole lot of life along the way, I can't even describe the feeling of holding six years of work in my hands 📚🖤
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#Witchrature #HistoricFiction #witches #feministwriting #book
The cover of a hardback book called ‘A Fire in Their Hearts’ by Philip Paris. The cover shows a stormy sea at night and a Galleon on the waves and there is a broken chain in the foreground which symbolises the prisoners on the ship
The back of a book which outlines the story of ‘A Fire in Their Hearts’ by Philip Paris. It’s historical fiction which tells the story of the Covenanters in Scotland in the 17th century
When you’ve no power for 36 hours over a storm, what else is there to do but immerse yourself in a good book?! I started ‘A Fire in Their Hearts’, the new book by local writer Philip Paris #HistoricFiction #Books #ScottishFiction
