For nearly 20 years, Namwali Serpell has been writing “The Old Drift.” If you don’t find that fact alone to be staggering, consider this: The 576-page book blends English with a multitude of Bantu languages spoken in Zambia. Incorporating elements of historical fiction, sci-fi, magical realism,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction has unveiled its longlist, as the chair of the judges warns choosing a shortlist “from these corkers is going to be a tough task”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
In Germany, Turning Point, the finale of Carmen Korn’s Century Trilogy, a historical series about four women in the 20th century, topped the fiction bestseller list in September, and prolific mystery novelist Charlotte Link was in second with The Search, about a missing teen. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
In her first work of historical fiction, bestselling author Patti Callahan explores the life and love of Joy Davidman, the wife of C.S. Lewis. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has snapped up an "exquisite" novel and a short story collection about flawed masculinity from Benjamin Myers six weeks after he scooped the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for his book published by Bluemoose Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Benjamin Myers has won the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction with The Gallows Pole, published by small Yorkshire-based independent press Bluemoose Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jennifer Egan, Benjamin Myers and Paul Lynch are among the authors shortlisted for the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The late writer Helen Dunmore, US novelist Jennifer Egan and 29-year-old writer Natasha Pulley are all vying for the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, with entries up 40% from last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Irish writer Sebastian Barry has won the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for a second time for his American epic Days Without End (Faber). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dame Hilary Mantel is to give a series of lectures around the UK which will be broadcast by BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rebecca Gablé, the bestselling author of historical fiction, returned to Germany’s fiction bestseller list in April at #1 with "The Foreign Queen," the second in her new Otto the Great Series. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber has three books shortlisted for the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tinte & Feder is Amazon Publishing's second German-language imprint, and is to focus on contemporary and historical fiction. First titles out March 7. The post Amazon Publishing’s Newest Imprint Makes Its Debut in Germany appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The organisers of the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction has launched an academy to help find future winners. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Love to read historical fiction? Take our quiz and find out how well you really know the genre. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite the fact that he says, 'I don't consider myself a historical novelist at all,' Simon Mawer wins the £30,000 pound Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. The post With Its ‘Heart in Scotland,’ the Walter Scott Prize Honors Simon Mawer appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Thomas Mullen has been playing with genres for a long time. He has mixed historical fiction with magical realism, played with the spy novel, and is now mixing a police procedural with a fact-based piece of historical fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kelly Kerney, who spent a decade writing the historical novel "Hard Red Spring," talks about the impossible task of historical fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Titles by William Boyd and Patrick Gale have been named on the 2016 Walter Scott Prize shortlist in an “exceptional year” for historical fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors including Kate Atkinson, William Boyd and Robert Harris are battling it out to win the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]