writer Debut Novel #PaperSisters out now with @northodoxpress Rep’d by Jemma McDonagh
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Lincolnshire, 1914. 3 women live trapped between unforgiving marsh,relentless river, & the isolated fen.
3 lives are held fast by grief, haunted by the past. Trapped by a hospital that has never admitted a single patient. #papersisters @northodoxpress Out now
My home town!! Come along!
Spread the word! #RavenglassNovel is going on tour in #Cumbria 💖 thebooklounge.shop/events #KirkbyLonsdale
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Announced this week:
The 12 books longlisted for the 2026 HWA Debut Crown Award.
Have you read any of them? Or are they all new names to you?
#HWACrowns26
Find out more about the longlists in the link below
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Paper Sisters @northodoxpress has been out in the world for 7 months.
A work of fiction woven together by strands of people, place and heirlooms that hold pieces of my heart.
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Paper Sisters has officially been out for 7 months 😱
A massive book for us and endorsements don't come much bigger than this 😍
Order your copy of this incredible historical fiction novel here:
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Paper Sisters @northodoxpress has been out in the world for 7 months.
A work of fiction woven together by strands of people, place and heirlooms that hold pieces of my heart.
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Lincolnshire, 1914. 3 women live trapped between unforgiving marsh,relentless river, & the isolated fen.
3 lives are held fast by grief, haunted by the past. Trapped by a hospital that has never admitted a single patient. #papersisters @northodoxpress Out now
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"Forever Amber was fundamental in challenging global societal views on what was ‘decent and proper’ reading material for women," Elizabeth Smith says.
The 1944 historical novel was banned in several countries.
Read more at historiamag.com/forever-ambe…
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🚨Massive news🚨
Northodox Press in association with The Mowbray is hosting the Winter Book Fair in Sheffield on 28th November! Come and join a host of the biggest independent northern publishers for a celebration of all things bookish!
Free tickets:
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Congrats on publication Jacquie Rogers, The Governor's Man is out! 224 AD, Imperial Investigator Quintus Valerius is summoned to Britannia by Governor Gaius Trebonius, to investigate fraud at the silver mines. Quintus hears word of a Druid uprising there. ow.ly/H4iv50ZJUIe
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My novel, Dwell, has been out nearly 3 months. If you like LGBT+ M/M hist lit fic, with yearning, coming-of-age, angst, MH rep, plot, HFN, poetic prose, post WW1, cross-class, dual narr & diversity (or some of those ) why not give it a read? Those quoted in this vid enjoyed it!
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A stunning silver mirror lost in a Roman ditch.
One man's personal revenge at Actium.
A legion of freed slaves with an untried leader.
Roman historical fiction authors Jacquie Rogers, Alistair Forrest and Daniel Colter share their unusual inspirations at historiamag.com/three-author…
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Delighted to have been invited to speak about my flapping novel UNDERDOGS, alongside fellow debut novelists Sufiyaan Salam & Shaun Wilson, for the 'New Northern Voices' panel @durhambookfest on 10th October! Really looking forward to this event.
ALT A yellow background with open books cascading down. Text: Durham Book Festival. Three pictures of authors.
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Congratulationss C.F. Dunn, Legacy of Steel is out! 1477, Isobel Langton’s husband, Earl Robert, has returned to her after his enslavement in North Africa. King Edward IV welcomes him as a hero, but he is not the man who left almost a year before. ow.ly/PmBa50ZInEn
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Well done Sharon Bennett Connolly, Princesses of the Later Middle Ages is out now. The medieval princess has often been portrayed as a pawn in the political machinations, married off for the sake of peace, or land, or both. But what was the true scenario? amazon.co.uk/Princesses-Late…
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If you've followed us for a while you'll know we usually have a crazy publishing schedule. Well, we've scaled back this year and kept it to 3 incredible books so far. Exciting news re: the rest of the year coming soon but for now we're gazing lovingly at these incredible reads 😍
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"History, like memory, is not fixed.
"It's something we return to, again and again – each time with the chance to see it a little differently."
In Historia, Lucy Jane Santos writes about the misogynistic myths and mysteries surrounding Marilyn Monroe at historiamag.com/misogynistic…
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Shout out to these amazing historical fiction books that have been leading the charge for our revamped publishing house this year 😍
Have you read (and hopefully enjoyed) any of these beauties yet?
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I can't believe Dwell has been out in the world for nearly 2 months! It's been wonderful to hear from people who have read & enjoyed it, and to see it in bookshops, and read reviews. Here is a reminder of the opening of the novel, in the wonderful video from Alistair's Wonderland