Lisa Storrs 7/5/25 Lisa Storrs 7/5/25

OUR NEW GUEST OF HONOUR - PIP WILLIAMS AT HISTORY UNBOUND

Pip Williams will join us at the History Unbound Historical Novel Festival presented by Historical Novel Society Australasia on 1-2 November 2025 at Parramatta Town Hall.

Lisa Storrs 30/4/25 Lisa Storrs 30/4/25

Giveaway - A Shipwreck in Fiji by Nilima Rao

Time for a giveaway for our HNSA newsletter subscribers!

Thanks to Echo Publishing there are 5 copies on offer of Nilima Rao’s historical mystery, A Shipwreck in Fiji. Set in 1915, the novel continues the exploits of Sergeant Akal Singh as he investigates strange reports of Germans far from the Western Front in Fiji, while chaperoning two wayward European young ladies.

Lisa Storrs 16/4/25 Lisa Storrs 16/4/25

Giveaway - Daphne: Re-education of Duchess by DG Rampton

Time for a giveaway for our HNSA newsletter subscribers!

DG Rampton is kindly offering 5 copies of her Regency historical romance, Daphne. When heiress Miss Daphne Jones finds herself married to the wrong brother – the black-sheep son of the Duke of Burlington – she has little idea that her groom will promptly disappear from her life. That is until he is deposited on her doorstep, unconscious but very much alive, years later!

Lisa Storrs 15/4/25 Lisa Storrs 15/4/25

INTRODUCING HISTORY UNBOUND HISTORICAL NOVEL FESTIVAL!

Save the date for the History Unbound Historical Novel Festival presented by Historical Novel Society Australasia on 1-2 November 2025 at Parramatta Town Hall.

Lisa Storrs 26/3/25 Lisa Storrs 26/3/25

Imagining The Past: In conversation with Jock Serong and Fiona McFarlane

Writer and critic Stephen Romei is in conversation with Jock Serong and Fiona McFarlane. Jock discusses part three of his Furneaux trilogy and Fiona discusses her second novel, The Sun Walks Down.

Lisa Storrs 19/3/25 Lisa Storrs 19/3/25

$150,000 ARA HISTORICAL NOVEL PRIZE SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR 2025

Lisa Storrs 19/2/25 Lisa Storrs 19/2/25

Imagining The Past: In conversation with Anna Funder

In our Summer/Autumn season, we present selected sessions from our 2023 HNSA Conference. Enjoy Kate Evans in conversation with Guest of Honour, Anna Funder, about the challenges of writing a blend of fiction and non-fiction in 'Wifedom', a book about George Orwell's wife, Eileen Blair.

Lisa Storrs 12/2/25 Lisa Storrs 12/2/25

Meet our 2024 E.J.Corbett Mentorship winner!

HNSA congratulates David Shield, for winning the 2024 Elizabeth Jane Corbett Mentorship contest with his manuscript, Blind Dragon.

Lisa Storrs 11/2/25 Lisa Storrs 11/2/25

Giveaway - By Her Hand by Marion Taffe

Time for a giveaway for our HNSA newsletter subscribers! Thanks to HarperCollins Publishers , there are 5 copies on offer of Marion Taffe’s debut novel, By Her Hand, about a young woman in the C10th century, who must choose whether to remain subservient with her fate lying in the hands of another, or fight for the right to create - and write - her own story.

Cathy Ellis 25/11/24 Cathy Ellis 25/11/24

Meet our judge, Dr Rachel Nightingale

Today we’d like you to meet our judge, Dr Rachel Nightingale who kindly answered some questions about her approach to young adult fiction and judging the contest.

Cathy Ellis 18/11/24 Cathy Ellis 18/11/24

What is young adult historical fiction?

There is no hard and fast definition of young adult (YA) fiction but for the purposes of the contest, the novel is aimed at a readership age group between the ages of 12 and 18.

Cathy Ellis 7/11/24 Cathy Ellis 7/11/24

Imagining The Past: In conversation with Gail Jones

In the next episode of Imagining the Past, the 2023 ARA Historical Novel Prize winning author, Gail Jones, chats with Greg Johnston about her complex novel, Salonika Burning.

Cathy Ellis 18/10/24 Cathy Ellis 18/10/24

Imagining The Past: In conversation with Alison D. Stegert

In the next episode of Imagining the Past, the inaugural winner of the 2020 Elizabeth Jane Corbett Mentorship, Alison D. Stegert, chats about her novel, Her Majesty’s League of Remarkable Young Ladies.