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Historia – the HWA @historia-hwa.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks, Kirsten!

Historia – the HWA @historia-hwa.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations, Joe! I'm really pleased for you

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Joe Dragovich @joedragovich.bsky.social · 6d

Thrilled to be Highly Commended in this year's HWA short story contest!

My story this year has some elements based on an old family story about a hobo working for a traveling preacher. Thrilled to be able to keep that little story alive through fiction!

Announcement of highly commended stories. "Poacher turned Gamekeeper" by Alex Edwards. "We Bring Miracles" by Joseph Dragovich.

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kclaidenyardley.bsky.social @kclaidenyardley.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations to the shortlisted authors and, of course the winner 🩷

Historia – the HWA @historia-hwa.bsky.social · 6d

New in Historia!
The winning, highly commended and shortlisted authors and stories in the 2025 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition.
Find out who they are and what makes them special at historiamag.com/hwaddss25-winner-shortlist
#HWADDSS25

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Historia – the HWA @historia-hwa.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you, Tony!

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 6d

Philip of France, medieval England’s greatest enemy, by Catherine Hanley historiamag.com/philip-franc... @historia-hwa.bsky.social #Medieval #History

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Historia – the HWA @historia-hwa.bsky.social · 6d

The October Historia newsletter is out!
Check your inbox for the latest stories from the magazine for historical writers and readers - all in one 5-minute read.
Plus a scary story from our archives (werewolves, eek!). Well, it is the season...
And an awards round-up!

Historia – the HWA @historia-hwa.bsky.social · 6d

New in Historia!
The winning, highly commended and shortlisted authors and stories in the 2025 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition.
Find out who they are and what makes them special at historiamag.com/hwaddss25-winner-shortlist
#HWADDSS25

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Historia – the HWA @historia-hwa.bsky.social · 6d

✍️It's today!
We announce the winning, shortlisted and highly-commended stories in this year's HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition at 1.30pm!
The best in #histfic #shortstory writing.
What gems have the judges found this year?
@dunnettcentral.bsky.social @bettym.bsky.social #HWADDSS25

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Amanda Lees @amandalees.bsky.social · 10d

My shiny, updated @historia-hwa.bsky.social profile complete with my new book, The Key To The Island House…

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Amanda Lees

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Historia – the HWA @historia-hwa.bsky.social · 13d

AD Bergin interviews Carolyn Kirby about Ravenglass
historiamag.com/historia-int...
They discuss researching the North of England, the slave trade, the 1745 #Jacobite rising and 18th-century novels.
All of these are the background - and inspiration - for Carolyn's latest book

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Historia – the HWA @historia-hwa.bsky.social · 14d

Congratulations, Joe! I'm very pleased for you.
(We might tempt you over to the dark side yet...)

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Joe Dragovich @joedragovich.bsky.social · 15d

Really pleased to be long listed again this year.

I don't usually write fiction and the Dorothy Dunnet competition is a great opportunity to do it!

Historia – the HWA @historia-hwa.bsky.social · 15d

Announced today!
Find out which writers are on the longlist for the HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition in Historia at historiamag.com/hwaddss-longlist-2025.
25 #histfic authors are through to the next round of judging.
Congratulations, all, and best of luck!
#HWADDSS25

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Historia – the HWA @historia-hwa.bsky.social · 14d

Henry II of England ruled more of France than Philip II of France did at the start of Philip's reign in 1179.
But by its end, in 1223, the situation had reversed and he was Europe's most powerful king.
Read Catherine Hanley on medieval England's nemesis at historiamag.com/philip-france-enemy

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Historia – the HWA @historia-hwa.bsky.social · 15d

Announced today!
Find out which writers are on the longlist for the HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition in Historia at historiamag.com/hwaddss-longlist-2025.
25 #histfic authors are through to the next round of judging.
Congratulations, all, and best of luck!
#HWADDSS25

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Historia – the HWA @historia-hwa.bsky.social · 15d

Announced today!
Find out which writers are on the longlist for the HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition in Historia at historiamag.com/hwaddss-longlist-2025.
25 #histfic authors are through to the next round of judging.
Congratulations, all, and best of luck!
#HWADDSS25

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Historia – the HWA @historia-hwa.bsky.social · 15d

✍️The longlist for the HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition is announced today!
25 of the best new, unpublished, historical short stories.
The contest's run annually by the HWA and @dunnettcentral.bsky.social.
I'll post the link as soon as it's ready, just after 1pm
#HWADDSS25

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Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social · 20d

So exciting to see so many CBC alumna on the @historia-hwa.bsky.social Debut Crown longlist! Congrats to @adberginwriter.bsky.social, @rachloudriscoll.bsky.social, @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social & Rosanna Pike! 👏

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Pushkin Press @pushkinpress.com · 20d

THRILLED to see A. E. Goldin's Murder in Constantinople longlisted for the HWA Debut Crown 2025! Huge congratulations 🥳 @historia-hwa.bsky.social

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MJ Porter @mjporterauthor.bsky.social · 21d

It's time for a new Bradecote and Catchpoll historical mystery. I'm reviewing Feast for the Ravens by Sarah Hawkswood #historicalmystery #bookreview @AllisonandBusby

It’s time for a new Bradecote and Catchpoll historical mystery. I’m reviewing Feast for the Ravens by Sarah Hawkswood #historicalmystery #bookreview

It's time for a new Bradecote and Catchpoll historical mystery. I'm reviewing Feast for the Ravens by Sarah Hawkswood #historicalmystery #bookreview

mjporterauthor.blog

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Imogen Robertson/ Marina Palmer @imogenrobertson.bsky.social · 21d

Oh, and follow @historia-hwa.bsky.social !

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Historia – the HWA @historia-hwa.bsky.social · 21d

Huge congratulations, Katherine!

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Imogen Robertson/ Marina Palmer @imogenrobertson.bsky.social · 21d

So delighted to see these fantastic longlists for the HWA Crown Awards. Debuts, fiction and non-fiction to transport and inspire. A feast for curious minds...
historiamag.com/2025-hwa-cro...

Covers of: The Wicked of the Earth by A. D. Bergin (Northodox Press)

Costanza by Rachel Blackmore (Renegade Books)

The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable (Bloomsbury)

Nephthys by Rachel Louise Driscoll (Harvill Secker)

Murder in Constantinople by A.E. Goldin (Pushkin Press0

Winter of Shadows by Clare Grant (Black Spring Crime)

A Poisoner's Tale - Cathryn Kemp (Bantam)

Spitting Gold by Carmella Lowkis (Doubleday)

The Eights by Joanna Miller (Fig Tree)

A Little Trickerie by Rosanna Pike (Fig Tree)

They Dream in Gold by Mai Sennaar (Picador)

A Case of Mice and Murder by Sally Smith (Bloomsbury)

Covers of: The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry (Canongate Books)

Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

The Small Museum by Jody Cooksley (Allison & Busby)

Man of Bones by Ben Creed (Mountain Leopard Press)

Small Bomb at Dimperley by Lissa Evans (Doubleday)

Arthur by Giles Kristian (Bantam)

The Maiden of Florence by Katherine Mezzacappa (Fairlight Books)

Hold Back the Night by Jessica Moor (Manilla Press)

The Map of Bones by Kate Mosse (Mantle)

The Stolen Daughter by Florence Olájídé (Bookouture)

The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin (Dialogue Books)

Time of the Child by Niall Williams (Bloomsbury)

Covers of: Lionessheart - Catherine Hanley (The History Press)

The Scapegoat by Lucy Hughes-Hallett (Fourth Estate)

The Endless Country by Sami Kent (Picador)

Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson (William Collins)

Naples 1944 by Keith Lowe (William Collins)

Storm's Edge by Peter Marshall (William Collins)

Agent Zo by Clare Mulley (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

Moederland by Cato Pedder (John Murray)

Every Living Thing by Jason Roberts (riverrun)

The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival by Anne Sebba (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

The Many Lives of James Lovelock by Jonathan Watts (Canongate)

The Grammar of Angels by Edward Wilson-Lee (William Collins)

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Katherine Mezzacappa @katmezzacappa.bsky.social · 22d

Oh what a great day this is! The Maiden of Florence has made the last 12 on the @historia-hwa.bsky.social Gold Crown award #longlist! #historicalfiction #renaissance #Firenze @fairlightbooks.bsky.social

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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 22d

On this the 2011th anniversary of the accession of Tiberius Caesar as second 'princeps' of the Roman Empire, I repost an article I wrote for @historia-hwa.bsky.social: 'Tiberius: 2,000 years of slander'. #AncientBluesky
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Tiberius: 2,000 years of slander – Historia Magazine

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