Patricia Furstenberg, Writer of Historical Fiction, Children's Books
Travel via Stories
There are books that feel as though they have been waiting for the right moment to be written. Such is Courage: Tales of History, Mystery and Hope.
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There are books that slip in quietly, carrying with them the warmth of distant sun and the faint hum of memory. One Morning in Provence, Lorna Fergusson’s collection of literary short stories, is such a read. When you see yourself in need to choose change, how do you know if you’re ready for it?
Lorna Fergusson also wove her voice into our new anthology Courage, Tales of History, Mystery and Hope, writing its introduction with a sensibility attuned to the fragile intersections between place and person.
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There are courts that glitter and courts that conceal. In the long shadow of Restoration England, the line between the two grows dangerously thin. Beneath silk and ceremony, beneath measured speech and carefully maintained appearances, the past does not remain buried. It waits. But when truth threatens the stability of power, is it allowed to emerge fully… or only tolerated in fragments?
Elizabeth St John lends her voice to our historical fiction anthology Courage: Tales of History, Mystery and Hope.
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History is not forged in glory. It is hammered into shape through mud, hunger, and the stubborn refusal to yield even when reason demands it. But, when the world demands you choose a side, what part of yourself are you willing to lose?
Within our historical fiction anthology Courage: Tales of History, Mystery and Hope Derek Birks includes an evocative story.
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Some conversations are like a shared meal: nourishing, layered with memory and meaning. When Robbie Cheadle speaks about the books she reads she does so, with generosity. With Robbie, reading and cooking meet at the same table.
In her thoughtful feature of When Secrets Bloom on Latinos USA simple pleasures take centre stage: the turning of a page, the slow preparation of food, the way both acts bind us to history and to one another.
Continue reading “Simmering Stories: Robbie Cheadle Reviews When Secrets Bloom and I Share a Historical Recipe”