23 November - Terror, Faith and Reform: Stories of Renaissance Scotland

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Sunday 23rd November at 14:30.

Adam House, Chambers Street, Edinburgh

Shona Maclean

Louise Turner

Marie Macpherson

A great Scottish panel to round off our HWA-'Previously ...' events. From Flodden to the union of crowns, historical novelists, Shona Maclean, Marie Macpherson and Louise Turner discuss life in Scotland at a time of riot, murder and reformation, in the context of their novels. Come to see these three fascinating novelists talking about how they bring history to life through story.

Tickets on sale now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/terror-faith-and-reform-stories-of-renaissance-scotland-presented-by-the-hwa-tickets-13659324407

19 & 29 November - HWA-Previously Events: 3. 'Secrets and Signposts: the Past within the Present' and 'Writing women Back into History'.

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1Secrets and Signposts: the Past within the Present. 
Wednesday 19th November at 18:00. Adam House, Chambers Street, Edinburgh

 Tom Harper                                                    and Iain Pears

Wednesday 19th November at 18:00. Adam House, Chambers Street, Edinburgh

Tom Harper and Iain Pears write multi-layered novels, seamlessly intertwining stories across different eras of history from the ancient world to the present day. Join them as they discuss how they tackle these complex books, peeling back layers to reveal why the past is never truly dead and buried. 

Tickets on sale now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/secrets-and-signposts-the-past-within-the-present-presented-by-hwa-tickets-13659085693

 Female Characters – Writing Women back into History

Thursday 20th November at 18:00. Adam House, Chambers Street, Edinburgh

Imogen Robertson, Samantha Norman and Sara Sheridan

History is full of fascinating characters, male and female, who have for generations been dismissed as irrelevant by the historical establishment. Now a new approach to social history is beginning to make some of their stories available and historical writers are finding new perspectives and people with which to populate their fiction and enthral their readers. Come to hear three female writers of historical fiction discuss what inspires and informs their writing and how they bring the women of history back to their rightful place - centre stage alongside the men. 

Tickets on sale now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/female-characters-writing-women-back-into-history-presented-by-hwa-tickets-13659121801

The first HWA-Previously events, Edinburgh 17 & 18 November Spies, Traitors and Secret Conspirators; from Hot to Cold War; Portraying Reality in Fiction

1.      Spies, Traitors and Secret Conspirators: A question of loyalty? 

William Ryan, Edward Wilson and Andrew Williams

Monday 17th November at 18:00. Adam House, Chambers Street, Edinburgh

Historical novelists, Andrew Williams, William Ryan and Edward Wilson discuss the shadow world of spies and secret policemen, from World War 1 to Vietnam

Tickets on sale now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spies-traitors-and-secret-conspirators-a-question-of-loyalty-presented-by-the-hwa-tickets-13639033717

1.      From Hot to Cold War: Portraying Reality in Fiction

John Lawton, Laura Wilson and Aly Monroe

Tuesday 18th November at 18:00. Adam House, Chambers Street, Edinburgh

Join historical novelists John Lawton, Laura Wilson and Aly Monroe as they discuss the living sources they draw on and how the social and political changes that characterised the post-war era provide fertile ground for the fiction they create.

Tickets on sale now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-hot-to-cold-war-portraying-reality-in-fiction-presented-by-hwa-tickets-13659029525