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Best known for his big historical novels, Scott was also a bestselling poet and a fine short-story writer who brought a vivid portrayal of Scots and Scotland to the world.
Mantel’s prize-winning novels put imaginary flesh on the skeletal historical record and gives us the complete picture of the Tudor courtier.
A list of 5 great reads for young critical thinkers and the adults in their lives — in time for holiday gift-giving.
A great movie that gets some of its history wrong is way better than an accurate film that puts people to sleep.
How 4,000-year-old papyrus letters prompted the queen of crime fiction to write Death Comes as the End.
What might be the purpose of historical fiction? Perhaps to the humble and subtle to recognise and pay tribute to lives that came before us.
The Booker Prize-winning novelist’s Reith lectures explore the complex relationship between historical fact and fiction.
The BBC’s Taboo is a timely reminder of the violent origins of globalisation, but its villains allow the viewer to disassociate imperial misdeeds from mainstream British history.
Lionel Shriver’s controversial speech about cultural appropriation has made headlines around the world. But the debate need not be a binary one – novelists might approach characters from other cultures as ‘thoughtful tourists’.
Poldark’s historical consultant on how she mulled over questions such as what an 18th century Cornish bank might look like and whether women would get drunk in taverns.
Get your summer reading recommendations from the literature and crime professors themselves.
A Renaissance expert recommends her favourite historical fiction.
Iconic murderers such as Martha Rendell electrify our imaginations and passions. The turn of the century case demonstrates why fiction can be such an effective vessel for history.
‘History and fiction journey together and separately into the past; they are a tag team, sometimes taking turns, sometimes working in tandem.’ Enjoy the second part of our series, Writing History.
The runaway success of Ali Smith’s How to be Both signals a new and original approach to 21st-century historical fiction.
Historical fiction is booming. The much-publicised success of Hannah Kent’s Burial Rites, Eleanor Catton’s The Luminaries and Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall is just the tip of the iceberg for a genre that rivals…
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Honorary Fellow of the School of Languages and Linguistics, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Professor, Curtin University
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DCA candidate, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of New England
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Honorary Associate in Creative Writing, The Open University
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Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Cultural Engagement, Professor of English Literature, University of Liverpool
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Kidman Chair in Australian Studies and Director, JM Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice, University of Adelaide
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Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor of English Literature, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in History of Art, University of Nottingham
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Emeritus Professor of History, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History, University of York
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Associate Professor in British Colonial History, University of Leeds
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Reader in Eighteenth-Century and Romantic Literature, University of Dundee
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Senior Lecturer, Writing, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in English Literature, Charles Sturt University
