Here’s a treat for April. Our sponsor, Allen & Unwin, is offering a 3 book giveaway of Esther by Jennifer North, the story of Esther Abraham, a First Fleet convict who became the First Lady of the colony of Sydney. You can read a sample chapter here. Jessica North has been researching Esther’s story for
HNSA is proud to announce its next Melbourne satellite event in the lead up to HNSA Sydney 2019. G.S. Johnston, Kathryn Gauci and Michelle Lovi will be in conversation with Chris Foley as they share their experiences with self-publishing. There isn’t a single motivation for self-publishing, and there isn’t a single way to do it,
By Elizabeth Jane Corbett Jackie French is no stranger to Australian readers. She has written over two hundred books, won sixty literary awards, served as the Australian Children’s Laureate, and been named Senior Australian of the year. When not writing, she plants trees and harvests their fruit, walks in the bush, tames and studies wombats,
The HNSA is proud to be the third arm of the international Historical Novel Society which fosters the reading and writing of the genre with biennial conferences in the UK, US and Australasia. Recently, as HNSA’s program director, I had the honour of writing the feature article for the Historical Novels Review magazine on the
The Historical Novel Society Australasia is proud to announce its first Sydney satellite event in the lead up to the 2019 HNSA Conference on 25-27 October. Please join us in conversation with bestselling author Nicole Alexander as she speaks to beloved children’s author Belinda Murrell, about researching and writing her new historical novel, Stone Country,
The HNSA committee is proud to bring you our 3rd biennial conference. We never thought we’d get this far. I hope fans of the genre, both readers and writers alike, will gather as a community again –this time at historic Parramatta. As program director, I thought I’d tell you what’s on offer at the conference
Celebrate historical fiction at HNSA Sydney 2019! Today we’re thrilled to announce the program for the Historical Novel Society Australasia’s third conference. So block out the weekend of 25-27 October 2019, and gather at Western Sydney University, Parramatta, to explore our theme, History Repeats, with us and sixty of the best writers, publishers, agents, and
‘History Repeats’ Historical Novel Society Australasia 2019 Conference 25-27 October 2019, Rydalmere Campus, Western Sydney University. Academic Stream: Sunday 27 October On the final day of the HNSA conference, we will bring together postgraduates, academics, and other interested scholars to consider the complexities of the genre of historical fiction and its readership. What counts as
Introducing our Friday workshop program for HNSA 2019 The 2019 historical novel conference kicks off in Sydney in October, and here’s your first sneak peek into the program. We’ve heard you! We’ve listened to your feedback from our 2017 conference. You wanted longer workshops and didn’t want to miss out on sessions in the main
We’re putting together a social media team in the lead-up to our conference in October. Our legendary team for the last conference blogged and tweeted and posted their way to our hearts, and this year we’d like to do it all over again. The social media team updates conference participants, publishes great content about historical
