Carolyn Morgan

Gower is a remote peninsula with diverse landscapes: lush cliff top farmland, shady woods, scrubby commons, salt marshes and perilous rocky coves interspersed...

East Germany, 1989. Why are some people desperate to leave while others are determined to stay? And how love can tie your hands.

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Lolita, an Indian medical...

When a female artist is obsessed by her art how do her loved ones react? And what endures after her death?

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1937. After she is forced to give up her ...

What has historical fiction ever done for us?

If you are, like me, an avid reader of historical fiction, you might find your bookish friends dismissive...

Can an artistic and romantic connection survive political conflict? Ingenue and aspiring artist Rose is beguiled by Italian painter Renzo, but his secret...

How to brief and design a book cover

We all judge a book by its cover, don’t we? So this is perhaps the most important marketing decision you make as ...

Five Persian women from three generations of a wealthy but troubled family split between US and Iran, squabble over hidden secrets and uncertain futures...

Historical novelists usually start with a love of history, maybe a specific period or a fascinating individual. But this can also be our downfall. It ...

What if British colonialism was supercharged with magic?

Babel is the translation centre in 1830s Oxford, where young linguists are plucked from India...

What are the most effective marketing activities for authors, whether traditionally published or self-published? How can authors promote their books without...

How to plan an overseas research trip

We all know that historical fiction writers secretly love the research stage. But what do you do when your novel...

The Women by Kristin Hannah

California 1966. When Frankie’s beloved brother joins the Navy to serve in Vietnam, she enlists as an army nurse. An innocent...