The Historical Writers Association
The official website of the HWA
Ayo is CWA Red Herring award winning freelance crime fiction critic and commentator who reviews, writes, interviews and blogs on all things crime fiction related. She has also supported historical writing, serving on the judging committee for the Debut Crown and chairing the award in 2019 and 2020.
Parmenion Books was set up to help people find those hard to fnd books, and also to help people get hold of signed 1st edition copies of the books they love by the great authors out there.
If you need to find a book or get a signed book then email me, come visit the shop www.parmenionbooks.com
If you want to hear about great books, upcoming books and other items of interest by great authors then read the blogs and the reviews on the main web site.
Years ago I was known for my movie reviews, but these days it’s all about the books, going back to my roots in book reviewing (my background is in archaeology, publishing and non-fiction reviewing). I bought a kindle donkeys ago or more and it rejuvenated my love for books and reading in whatever form. Now, though, I mostly read tree books.
I have contributed regular features on historical fiction to the Sunday Express and I was one of the judges of the Historical Writers Association (HWA) Gold Crown for 2020, 2019 and 2017 and for the Debut Crown in 2015.
by Philip Jones
Kat Harvey, Editor and Proofreader of Genre Fiction and Creative Non-fiction at Athena Copy
by Philip Jones
The Alderney Literary Trust is a charitable trust founded in 2013 on the Channel Island of Alderney to encourage the appreciation of literature and promote critical literacy.
The Trust aims to:
encourage the enjoyment of reading and writing for pleasure, through a variety of literary events such as creative writing courses and guest author events;
promote an appreciation of different styles of writing, and an understanding of how writers’ points of view can shape their stories;
inspire readers to develop a deeper awareness of history and its relevance through an annual festival of historical literature.
by Philip Jones
The Historical Novel Society was founded in the UK in 1997. At first it was conceived of as something of a campaigning society, because historical fiction was in the doldrums then. Or at least that was the perception. Our magazine Solander tried to alter that amongst authors and publishers.
Quickly a second magazine was conceived, the Historical Novels Review. This was because we found our members enjoyed reviewing, and publishers and authors appreciated the feedback.
In time we began to realise that the sheer scale of the review magazine was the best argument you could make for the strength of the genre. We also recognised that our reviews could grow to be the best and most complete guide to the genre, and that there was a unique value in that. There are now more than 20,000 reviews online, with as many as we can squeeze into our magazine.