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Dorothy Dunnett / HWA Short Story Award 2022
Our short story competition, run in partnership with the Dorothy Dunnett Society is now closed! Many thanks for all your submissions. The judges are looking forward to reading them all and being transported into the past. The longlist of selected... more
New Dates for announcement of Crown Awards long and shortlists
We are delighted by the number of submissions we’ve received, up almost 50% on last year. The number of excellent books means we’ve decided to change the dates of the announcements of the longlist and shortlist so our panels have the... more
Dorothy Dunnett / HWA Short Story Award 2022
We are delighted to announced our short story competition, run in partnership with the Dorothy Dunnett Society is now open for entries! All details and how to enter here. The word limit is a generous 3500 and the entry fee is still £5. Transport us... moreauthor showcase
Fiona Forsyth
Fiona Forsyth taught Classics at The Manchester Grammar School for twenty-five years before a family relocation to the Middle East gave her the time to write. She writes the Lucius Sestius books, and a stand-alone The Third Daughter, published by Sharpe Books in 2022. She is particularly fascinated by the years of tumult that took the Romans from Republic to Empire, and loathes the Emperor Augustus. Living in Qatar for several years has... more
Jonathan Trigell
Jonathan Trigell is the author of the novels: Boy A; Cham; Genus and his two historical books: The Tongues of Men or Angels and Under Country. As described by The Mail on Sunday, The Tongues of Men or Angels is, "a high-octane take on the post-Crucifixion schism that emerged between Judaism and Christianity amid the brutality of Roman rule. Written with an inventive wit and verve, this is an impressive distillation of the Christian myth in... more
Anne Fletcher
Anne Fletcher is a writer and historian. She has a successful career in heritage and has worked at some of the most exciting historic sites in the country including Hampton Court Palace, St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Bletchley Park and Tower Bridge. She is the great-great-great niece of Joseph Hobson Jagger, ‘the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo’ and the subject of her first book From the Mill to Monte Carlo. Her search... more
Catherine (CB) Hanley
Catherine Hanley (who also writes as CB Hanley) was born in Australia; since moving to the UK she has lived in many corners of it, and is currently based in rural Somerset with her husband and three children. Her love of medieval studies led to a PhD in twelfth- and thirteenth-century warfare, and a number of academic publications; she now splits her time between writing popular non-fiction history and historical... more
