Save the date for the TV premiere of "The Underground Railroad"

Posted on 02/26/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

There is finally a premiere date for the limited-series adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad. Literary Hub reports that...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Historical fiction, Literary Hub, TV adaptation

Olga Tokarczuk’s "magnum opus" has been translated into English

Posted on 02/26/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

After seven years in translation, Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk’s greatest work will appear in English. The Books of Jacob, described...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Historical fiction, Literature in translation, The Guardian

How to write historical fiction for teen readers

Posted on 02/21/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The amount of research that goes into a historical fiction novel can seem daunting. And author Phyllis Still won’t claim...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: C.S. Lakin / Live Write Thrive, Historical fiction, Young adult literature

How Beverly Jenkins became the queen of Black historical romance

Posted on 02/11/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Any author who can boast of popular and profitable books has put years (decades, maybe) of hard work and persistence...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Diversity, Historical fiction, NPR, Romance

Filming to begin soon on movie version of "Catherine, Called Birdy"

Posted on 02/04/2021 at 08:16 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s Groundhog Day on the reader newswire today. Yesterday, we bemoaned the adaptation of Harold and the Purple Crayon; today,...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Children's literature, Historical fiction, Movie adaptation

Kristin Hannah discusses her new book, "The Four Winds"

Posted on 02/02/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Last week, we noticed a Kristin Hannah book on the New York Times bestseller list and thought “huh, we missed...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Historical fiction, The New York Times

Historical fiction writer Sharon Kay Penman has died

Posted on 02/01/2021 at 09:51 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Historical fiction lovers received incredibly sad news on Friday night: that Sharon Kay Penman had died. The bestselling author of...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Historical fiction, Obituary, The New York Times

New books feature the Holocaust in age-appropriate ways

Posted on 01/27/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

This year, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, there truly is a book about the horrors of this genocide for all...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Children's literature, Historical fiction, NPR, The Guardian, Young adult literature

The back story behind Regency romances

Posted on 01/20/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You know that Regency romances are extremely hot right now, in more than one sense of the word. But do...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Historical fiction, Romance

The Duchess of York is writing a novel for adults

Posted on 01/13/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, has expanded her writing efforts into the historical fiction realm. Ferguson, the ex-wife of...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Historical fiction, The Bookseller