On books

Here you’ll find links to resources and writing about historical fiction, as well as some ideas of great books to read.

First, some fascinating reading about historical novels from our friends in the Historical Novel Society (UK):

• What is historical fiction? How do we define it?
• A survey of Australian historical fiction
• A survey of New Zealand historical fiction
• Reviews of thousands of historical novels.

Our friends in the Australian Women’s Writers Challenge review dozens of historical novels each year.

• Read some AWWC reviews of historical fiction.
• Read about historical crime fiction by women.

Our participating authors have written many wonderful books. Here are just a few of them.