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A History of Violence

A couple of months ago at the launch party for Rivals in the City, I read aloud a scene that takes place in front of Newgate Prison. The year is 1860. A wooden scaffold has been built outside the...

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Nona Baker

Hello, friends. I’m currently time-travelling in the colony formerly known as Malaya. I’m interested, specifically, in the Japanese occupation of Malaya during the Second World War and how different...

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On re-reading

Hello, friends. One morning last week, as I was still waking up, I had a moment of intense clarity about my work-in-progress: its shape is wrong. I need to restructure the first third of the novel. As...

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Llandudno

Hello, friends! I am not presently in North Wales, but our holiday was too lovely not to share with you. This week’s photos are from the Victorian seaside town of Llandudno. We took an Edwardian tram...

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Memoir vs. Fiction

Hello, friends! Inspired by some of the recent memoirs – and one novel – I’ve been reading, this week I’m talking about the hazy line between memoir and fiction. Specifically, I’m thinking again about...

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Literary-historical dogs I have known

Hello, my lovelies. Today’s main blog post is up at the History Girls! Before you head over there, I’d like to mention a fundraiser that’s taking place to help Syrian refugee families. A fabulous group...

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Stay tuned!

Hello, friends. I’m very excited about my blog post this week, which will go live at the History Girls on Friday. That’s when I’ll interview Mackenzi Lee, whose historical fantasy debut, This Monstrous...

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Amelia Bloomer

Hello, friends. Recently, I visited Phillips Free Library in Homer, NY to talk about history and writing. It was delightful. Did you know that Homer, NY is the birthplace of Amelia Bloomer? Her...

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An interview with Stephanie Burgis

Hello, there! Are you here because it’s Wednesday? If so, thank you for being extremely consistent! Here, have a dreamy library image: (I first saw this on Food52, which linked from Jodi Moskal on...

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An interview with Arushi Raina

Hello, friends. My last post for the History Girls is now live! In it, I interview the wonderful debut author Arushi Raina about When Morning Comes, her novel about the Soweto Uprising of 1976. Please...

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