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Historia Live in Dublin: Sheila O’Flanagan, Jennifer Ryan and Nicola Cassidy

1 September 2024 By Editor

Historia Live in Dublin is back on 2 October, 2024! With Sheila O’Flanagan, Jennifer Ryan and Nicola Cassidy talking about War in Fiction with Hazel Gaynor. Read on to find out more about the authors and how to get your free ticket. Our programme of Historia Live Dublin events continues this autumn with War in […]

Historia Live in Dublin, 1 May, 2024

27 March 2024 By Editor

Historia Live Dublin returns on 1 May with four more bestselling authors of historical fiction. The theme is When History Meets Mystery featuring Sinéad Crowley, Amanda Geard and Carmel Harrington. The discussion, led by Hazel Gaynor, will look at novels with dual or multiple timelines and narrators, the skill of creating suspense on the page, the difficulties of weaving a […]

Historia Live in April

25 February 2024 By Editor

Historia Live, the HWA’s series of author events showcasing historical fiction and history writing, is back at the Wheatsheaf in London on Tuesday, 16 April, 2024. The theme this month is Bad reputations: fortune-tellers, fraudsters & fallen women. On our panel are Laura Shepherd-Robinson, whose The Square of Sevens is out in paperback on 28 […]

Historia Live in November – author event

15 October 2023 By Editor

Historia Live, the HWA’s series of author events showcasing historical fiction and history writing, is back at the Wheatsheaf in London on Wednesday, 15 November, at 7pm. This month we welcome Nikki Marmery, whose novel Lilith has just been published; Francesca Peacock, author of Pure Wit, a biography of Margaret Cavendish; and Lola Jaye, whose […]

Historia Live in Dublin

12 September 2023 By Editor

Historia Live is coming to Ireland! If you enjoy historical fiction (or just good writing) join us in Dublin on 18 October for a free author event with four well-known Irish authors. The Historical Writers’ Association (HWA) and Dublin UNESCO City of Literature have teamed up to bring you Historia Live Dublin, an exciting new series […]

Historia Live in September – our next author event

4 August 2023 By Editor

Do you love books and history? Would you like to hear your favourite HWA authors talking about all things historical fiction at an in-person event in a historic London pub? Then join us at Historia Live in September! After the successful launch of Historia Live in June, the HWA brings you three more much-loved authors […]

Historia Live – our new author events!

13 May 2023 By Editor

Do you love books and history? Would you like to hear your favourite HWA authors talking about all things historical fiction at our brand new series of in-person events? Join us at the launch of Historia Live on Thursday, 15 June, for readings and discussion in a historic pub! The launch will be held in […]

History by the River September 2017

15 August 2017 By Editor

History by the River is a monthly panel event with a social buzz for lovers of books, history and good beer. It’s a chance to get together with fellow readers and authors to hear about the best new historical writing, then discuss it all over a drink afterwards. NB: you can’t actually see Tower Bridge […]

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