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Cathie Hartigan @cathiehartigan.bsky.social · Jul 9

How to obscure the title of your novel on publication day! 🙄😊

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Cathie Hartigan @cathiehartigan.bsky.social · Jul 18

My little column in Writing Magazine. 😊

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Cathie Hartigan @cathiehartigan.bsky.social · Jul 9

How to obscure the title of your novel on publication day! 🙄😊

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Cathie Hartigan @cathiehartigan.bsky.social · Jun 12

Couldn’t be more delighted! 😊

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Gill Barr @gillbarr.bsky.social · May 21

Delighted to have published my website. Have a look here. gillmbarr.wixsite.com/gillbarr

Home | Gill Barr Poet

Gill Barr poetry collection A Wide River Divides Us published by Cinnamon Press

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Nida Broughton @nidabroughton.bsky.social · May 18

So a really big thank you to the
Exeter Novel Prize organisers @cathiehartigan.bsky.social @sophieduffy.bsky.social and Margaret James - it makes a big difference!

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Nida Broughton @nidabroughton.bsky.social · May 11

Absolutely delighted to win this year's Exeter Novel Prize for Last Castle Standing, a (mostly) true comic historical novel set during the English Civil War.
www.creativewritingmatters.co.uk/2024-exeter-...

2024 Exeter Novel Prize

We accept the first ten thousand words including synopsis of a novel that has not been accepted for publication by a traditional publishing house. It is open to all authors who are without...

www.creativewritingmatters.co.uk

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Cathie Hartigan @cathiehartigan.bsky.social · Apr 14

The 2024 Exeter Novel Prize Short List

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beth-webb.bsky.social @beth-webb.bsky.social · Apr 14

Whoop! I've been shortlisted for the #exeternovelprize. Over the Moon! *Beth Does a Silly Dance*

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Cathie Hartigan @cathiehartigan.bsky.social · Apr 14

The 2024 Exeter Novel Prize Short List

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Annie Whitehead @anniehistory.bsky.social · Apr 6

It's been a while since I talked about our 1066 anthology - 9 authors each took an event of 1066 and re-imagined it. What if Harald Hardrada had won? What if William never made it to shore? My story concerns the Mercian brothers, Edwin and Morcar...
mybook.to/1066UpsideDown

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Wendy Sacks Jones @wendysacksjones.bsky.social · Mar 28

At last! My debut (political bookclub) novel, The Candidate's Husband, will be out in December. News on the audiobook to follow. It's been a long journey... #BookSky #politicalbookclub #debutnovel

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Abigail Williams @abbywilliams.bsky.social · Mar 18

Thrilled to have been longlisted for the #ExeterNovelPrize! Fingers crossed for the next bit. Congratulations to my fellow longlistees and thanks to @cathiehartigan.bsky.social and all the judges and readers

a man and a woman are jumping in the air in a living room .

ALT: a man and a woman are jumping in the air in a living room .

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Anne O'Leary @anneoleary.bsky.social · Jan 29

New blog post: an interview with @sullyj.bsky.social about her debut historical novel set on Skellig Michael #TheLighthouseKeepersWife anneolearyblog.wordpress.com/2025/01/29/t...

The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife Q&A with June O’Sullivan

Before even opening June O’Sullivan’s debut historical novel, it’s clear that it will tell a tale of extreme challenges. The dramatic setting is the island of Skellig Michael off …

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Annie Whitehead @anniehistory.bsky.social · Mar 8

It's #WomensHistoryMonth and it's #InternationalWomensDay and on the Marching through History series hosted by
@abelfrageauthor.bsky.social
I'm talking about a fascinating woman from history. Meet Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians:
www.annabelfrage.com/2025/03/08/m...

Marching through history - meet Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians - Anna Belfrage

A few days ago, Annie Whitehead visited with a post about a Northumbrian queen. Today, she introduces us to Æthelflæd, a lady very, very close to her heart as is evidenced by her beautiful novel, To b...

www.annabelfrage.com

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Shona MacLean @shonamaclean.bsky.social · Mar 8

International Women's Day. Everything is connected.

BBC headline, "Afghan women who fled Taliban to study abroad face return after USAID freeze."

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Deborah Swift @deborahswift.bsky.social · Feb 18

Aiming to get the end on my novel set in Shanghai this week. WW2 in Shanghai is totally fascinating as there were people from every continent in residence there. Some of my characters are dining here at Wing On Department store where there was a lavish restaurant. #amwriting #historicalfiction

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Annie Whitehead @anniehistory.bsky.social · Feb 18

King Edwin starts the new book off, but why am I grateful to King Oswiu for dying on the day he did? Murder in 7th-century Northumbria:
anniewhitehead2.blogspot.com/2025/02/king...

King Oswiu and a Touch of Murder

Today, 15th February 2025, is the publication date of my new book, Murder in Anglo-Saxon England: Justice, Wergild, Revenge , and it's rathe...

anniewhitehead2.blogspot.com

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Annie Whitehead @anniehistory.bsky.social · Feb 15

It's publication day! Stories of blindings, beheadings, poisonings, revenge killings, blood feud, and death by scissors! But are they true? Murder in Anglo-Saxon England: Justice, Wergild, Revenge, is available in bookshops and online:
mybook.to/MIASE

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Georgia Hill @georgiawrites.bsky.social · Jan 16

All Charity wants is a healing holiday. Instead she encounters something extraordinary that threatens everything she holds dear!

mybook.to/FallingTide

#historicalromance #ThursThruTime #paranormal #romancebooks

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Cathie Hartigan @cathiehartigan.bsky.social · Jan 30

I’m delighted to see this! Congratulations 🥳

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June O’Sullivan @sullyj.bsky.social · Jan 16

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Cathie Dunn – Historical Fiction & History 🥰📚 @cathiedunn.bsky.social · Jan 27

Check out The Coffee Pot Book Club #BookOfTheWeek:

🌟The Heretic Wind by Judith Arnopp🌟

Discover an evocative, immersive read about Mary Tudor, Queen of England!

thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/01/book...
#HistoricalFiction #TudorFiction #MaryTudor #CoffeePotBookClub
@jarnopp.bsky.social

Book of the Week: The Heretic Wind by Judith Arnopp #HistoricalFiction #TudorFiction #WomenInHistory #RecommendedReading

The Coffee Pot Book Club, Coffee Pot Book Club, blog tours, book promotion, historical fiction, women's fiction, book marketing, editorial book review

thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com

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Salena Casha @salenacasha.bsky.social · Jan 27

This story is a little piece of my heart. Thank you to @theforge.bsky.social & @talesfromaspace.bsky.social for the selection❤️

The Forge Literary Magazine @theforge.bsky.social · Jan 27

Our nonfiction story of the week is And So She Runs by @salenacasha.bsky.social and was a finalist for the 2024 Forge Flash Nonfiction Competition.

And So She Runs - The Forge Literary Magazine

Flash nonfiction by Salena Casha

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Annie Whitehead @anniehistory.bsky.social · Jan 24

'Anglo-Saxon' women with attitude - a slave who became a queen, a woman who married her stepson, and an abbess who told off a bishop when he criticised her style. Meet Balthild, Judith and Edith: anniewhitehead2.blogspot.com/2020/07/angl...

Anglo-Saxon Women with Attitude

Many of the women who feature in my books got rather a bad press from the chroniclers: Queen Ælfthryth, for example, who was accused of witc...

anniewhitehead2.blogspot.com

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