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Historia giveaway: the 2023 HWA Debut Crown Award shortlist

13 December 2023 By Editor

Historia is giving away all six books shortlisted for the 2023 HWA Debut Crown Award to two lucky winners!

The two winners of our HWA Debut Crown Award shortlist giveaway will each receive:

Clytemnestra  by Costanza Casati
Lessons in Chemistry  by Bonnie Garmus
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph
The Secrets of Hartwood Hall  by Katie Lumsden
Death and the Conjuror  by Tom Mead
The Circus Train  by Amita Parikh

Follow the instructions below to enter.  You’ve got up to four chances to win and can enter using any or all of these options:

1. Sign up to the Historia mailing list. We promise not to send you spam and will never sell our mailing list. If you’re already a subscriber, just confirm you’re on the mailing list.

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3. Tweet/post about this giveaway.

4. Visit and comment on Historia’s Facebook page. Tell us why you’d love to win this prize.

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Please read the instructions carefully. And remember, if you’re a winner, you’ll need to answer our email within 48 hours (it’s all in the T&Cs, unexciting but useful reading).

Good luck!

Read more about the books shortlisted for the 2023 HWA Gold Crown Award.

And see which of the six books won the award.

Entries for the 2024 HWA Crown Awards will open in the Spring. Historical fiction and non-fiction full-length books published for the first time in English in the UK between 1 April, 2023, and 31 March, 2024, will be eligible.

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