Frances Owen
@francesowen.bsky.social
Books, history, writing
Editor, Historia magazine @historia-hwa.bsky.social, but not working while I'm here
2x judge for the HWA Gold Crown Award
Editor, Historia magazine @historia-hwa.bsky.social, but not working while I'm here
2x judge for the HWA Gold Crown Award
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What are you doing for lunch?
Fancy joining us for a five-minute history read?
The Historia newsletter will be out at lunchtime with a round-up of our top stories and news about awards.
See you later!
Fancy joining us for a five-minute history read?
The Historia newsletter will be out at lunchtime with a round-up of our top stories and news about awards.
See you later!
March 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
What are you doing for lunch?
Fancy joining us for a five-minute history read?
The Historia newsletter will be out at lunchtime with a round-up of our top stories and news about awards.
See you later!
Fancy joining us for a five-minute history read?
The Historia newsletter will be out at lunchtime with a round-up of our top stories and news about awards.
See you later!
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#WriteCBC task from @rachloudriscoll.bsky.social: Write a mini-scene where the setting is central. Is it friendly, hazardous, or a victim? Try to convey not just the place, but the importance of its role. That might mean bringing in conflict or raising a question that involves the setting.
March 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#WriteCBC task from @rachloudriscoll.bsky.social: Write a mini-scene where the setting is central. Is it friendly, hazardous, or a victim? Try to convey not just the place, but the importance of its role. That might mean bringing in conflict or raising a question that involves the setting.
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Surviving Winter in the Middle Ages https://www.medievalists.net/2025/01/surviving-winter-middle-ages/ #winter #medievalsky #historysky
Surviving Winter in the Middle Ages - Medievalists.net
Winter was the most dangerous time of the medieval calendar year. So, how did medieval people cope?
www.medievalists.net
January 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Surviving Winter in the Middle Ages https://www.medievalists.net/2025/01/surviving-winter-middle-ages/ #winter #medievalsky #historysky
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In case you missed it Cfp for the Defoe conference - as usual also accepting papers on topics related to Defoe and his times. #18thC www.defoesociety.org/conference/
Conference, The Defoe Society
The Eighth Biennial Conference of the Defoe Society Discoveries and Improvements, 1660-1740 Thursday, July 3 - Saturday, July 5, 2025 (Keele University,...
www.defoesociety.org
January 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
In case you missed it Cfp for the Defoe conference - as usual also accepting papers on topics related to Defoe and his times. #18thC www.defoesociety.org/conference/
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My forthcoming novel features in @historia-hwa.bsky.social's list of novels for 2025 for January! Scroll down the link; #TheBalladofMaryKearney is the second cover you'll see www.historiamag.com/historical-b... #historicalfiction #writingcommunity #author Thank you, @francesowen.bsky.social
January 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
My forthcoming novel features in @historia-hwa.bsky.social's list of novels for 2025 for January! Scroll down the link; #TheBalladofMaryKearney is the second cover you'll see www.historiamag.com/historical-b... #historicalfiction #writingcommunity #author Thank you, @francesowen.bsky.social
Happy New Year, lovely people!
January 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Happy New Year, lovely people!
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The final JST #JacobiteStudies Virtual Workshop of the term is coming up on Tues, 26 Nov at 5pm UKT. We’ll be welcoming Stefano Baccolo and @f18cal.bsky.social to the digital dais to discuss their recent work on the courts of the Stuart heirs in exile after 1766.
jdb1745.net/events/jstwo...
jdb1745.net/events/jstwo...
November 25, 2024 at 8:58 PM
The final JST #JacobiteStudies Virtual Workshop of the term is coming up on Tues, 26 Nov at 5pm UKT. We’ll be welcoming Stefano Baccolo and @f18cal.bsky.social to the digital dais to discuss their recent work on the courts of the Stuart heirs in exile after 1766.
jdb1745.net/events/jstwo...
jdb1745.net/events/jstwo...
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Big shout out for @lizfremantle.bsky.social 2024 Gold Crown Award winner from the Historical Writers Association @francesowen.bsky.social #historicalfiction Read my #Bookreview of #Disobedient for the Historical Novel Society here: historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/diso...
November 24, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Big shout out for @lizfremantle.bsky.social 2024 Gold Crown Award winner from the Historical Writers Association @francesowen.bsky.social #historicalfiction Read my #Bookreview of #Disobedient for the Historical Novel Society here: historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/diso...
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Congratulations to @bridgetwalsh.bsky.social, debut Crown Winner 2024 Historical Writers Association! @francesowen.bsky.social #historicalfiction #Victorian #noir Read my #BookReview for the Historical Novel Society here: historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/the-...
November 24, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Congratulations to @bridgetwalsh.bsky.social, debut Crown Winner 2024 Historical Writers Association! @francesowen.bsky.social #historicalfiction #Victorian #noir Read my #BookReview for the Historical Novel Society here: historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/the-...
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🚨#SarsfieldHomecoming Project🚨
First trailer of a TV documentary dedicated to the project and produced by Scratch Films for RTÉ! Filming began in September 2023 and will end… when the project ends! Very grateful to Liam McGrath for his interest in our work.
youtu.be/fEodMunCfrM
First trailer of a TV documentary dedicated to the project and produced by Scratch Films for RTÉ! Filming began in September 2023 and will end… when the project ends! Very grateful to Liam McGrath for his interest in our work.
youtu.be/fEodMunCfrM
FINDING SARSFIELD PILOT
YouTube video by Liam McGrath
youtu.be
November 22, 2024 at 8:53 PM
🚨#SarsfieldHomecoming Project🚨
First trailer of a TV documentary dedicated to the project and produced by Scratch Films for RTÉ! Filming began in September 2023 and will end… when the project ends! Very grateful to Liam McGrath for his interest in our work.
youtu.be/fEodMunCfrM
First trailer of a TV documentary dedicated to the project and produced by Scratch Films for RTÉ! Filming began in September 2023 and will end… when the project ends! Very grateful to Liam McGrath for his interest in our work.
youtu.be/fEodMunCfrM
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What a shame. Our children had a wonderful day out at Archaolink when they were little. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
£4m Archaeolink Prehistory Park on sale for £150k
An abandoned former tourist attraction in Aberdeenshire, which has been derelict for 13 years, has been put on the market for less than 4% of its original cost.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2024 at 8:45 AM
What a shame. Our children had a wonderful day out at Archaolink when they were little. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A haunting piece about reconstructed prehistoric homes that have been abandoned and are themselves now becoming archaeology: 'Fragments of material culture ... are slowly becoming archaeology within the interior: this time we can witness the end of a prehistory.'
An old blog post The End of Prehistory gives a sense of the decline of this heritage centre.
heritagelandscapecreativity.wordpress.com/2013/08/12/e...
#Archaeology #ArchScot
heritagelandscapecreativity.wordpress.com/2013/08/12/e...
#Archaeology #ArchScot
The End of Prehistory
Three times I have been to this place, I should have been more… The first time was in 1994 to take part in excavations on the site before the Archaeolink Prehistory Park was built. The secon…
heritagelandscapecreativity.wordpress.com
November 23, 2024 at 9:05 AM
A haunting piece about reconstructed prehistoric homes that have been abandoned and are themselves now becoming archaeology: 'Fragments of material culture ... are slowly becoming archaeology within the interior: this time we can witness the end of a prehistory.'
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It's happening: my ERC Consolidator project 🪶#FEATHERS🪶is organising a 3-day international conference on early modern scribal culture & manuscript production at @unileiden.bsky.social on 7-9 May 2025. See Call for Papers (deadline for abstracts 20 Dec): student.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
Scribes and Inky Fingerprints: Collaborative and Mediated Authorship in Early Modern English Manuscripts - Leiden University
This three-day international conference hosted at Leiden University by the ERC Consolidator-funded FEATHERS project aims to bring together researchers working on early modern scribal culture and manus...
student.universiteitleiden.nl
November 23, 2024 at 9:26 AM
It's happening: my ERC Consolidator project 🪶#FEATHERS🪶is organising a 3-day international conference on early modern scribal culture & manuscript production at @unileiden.bsky.social on 7-9 May 2025. See Call for Papers (deadline for abstracts 20 Dec): student.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
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Many new writers ask about #synopses.
Synopses are, by their nature, anti-novels and reduce the richest of plots. For the artificial purposes of submitting to an #agent, they’re crucial. Keep them brief, punchy, informative and don’t give the ending away or drain the lifeblood from the story
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Synopses are, by their nature, anti-novels and reduce the richest of plots. For the artificial purposes of submitting to an #agent, they’re crucial. Keep them brief, punchy, informative and don’t give the ending away or drain the lifeblood from the story
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November 23, 2024 at 9:19 AM
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Acc to @financialtimes.com it appears that the Tortoise deal re The Observer might be subsidised by.................
................ the Scott Trust
www.ft.com/content/6045... (£)
................ the Scott Trust
www.ft.com/content/6045... (£)
Scott Trust to examine investment to secure Observer deal with Tortoise
Owner of Sunday title as well as Guardian will discuss providing funding after staff mount opposition
www.ft.com
November 23, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Acc to @financialtimes.com it appears that the Tortoise deal re The Observer might be subsidised by.................
................ the Scott Trust
www.ft.com/content/6045... (£)
................ the Scott Trust
www.ft.com/content/6045... (£)
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Official photo from the @historia-hwa.bsky.social Crown Awards ceremony. I was there in my capacity as judge of the Nonfiction award. Here's the winner of that award, Henry Hemming, and the back of my head 😂
November 23, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Official photo from the @historia-hwa.bsky.social Crown Awards ceremony. I was there in my capacity as judge of the Nonfiction award. Here's the winner of that award, Henry Hemming, and the back of my head 😂
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I’ll link below to a piece which says every antagonist should be the hero of his/her own story. That’s great advice if you want to write a complex, interesting antagonist. Why do they think they’re right? What’s likeable about them? Who do they care about? What makes them cry?
November 23, 2024 at 2:08 PM
I’ll link below to a piece which says every antagonist should be the hero of his/her own story. That’s great advice if you want to write a complex, interesting antagonist. Why do they think they’re right? What’s likeable about them? Who do they care about? What makes them cry?
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19 November 1745: From Hexham, Field-Marshal Wade informed the Duke of Newcastle that advance parties of the Jacobites were moving to Penrith and that he would be forced to return to Newcastle due to severe weather, lack of supplies, insufficient forces, difficult terrain and sick soldiers.
November 19, 2024 at 8:24 AM
19 November 1745: From Hexham, Field-Marshal Wade informed the Duke of Newcastle that advance parties of the Jacobites were moving to Penrith and that he would be forced to return to Newcastle due to severe weather, lack of supplies, insufficient forces, difficult terrain and sick soldiers.
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18 November 1745: Lieutenant-Colonel James Durand sent his report of the fall of Carlisle to Lieutenant-General John Folliot. In the report, he blamed the Cumberland, Westmoreland and Carlisle militia for "having absolutely, to a man" refused to defend the place. RA CP/MAIN/7 f.44-44c.
November 18, 2024 at 8:42 AM
18 November 1745: Lieutenant-Colonel James Durand sent his report of the fall of Carlisle to Lieutenant-General John Folliot. In the report, he blamed the Cumberland, Westmoreland and Carlisle militia for "having absolutely, to a man" refused to defend the place. RA CP/MAIN/7 f.44-44c.
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After accounts of a new bayonet drill being introduced to the British Army by the Duke of Cumberland prior to the battle of Culloden, the Scots Magazine of November 1746 stated that after investigating "there is no foundation... of an alteration having been made in the manner of using the bayonet".
November 20, 2024 at 2:32 PM
After accounts of a new bayonet drill being introduced to the British Army by the Duke of Cumberland prior to the battle of Culloden, the Scots Magazine of November 1746 stated that after investigating "there is no foundation... of an alteration having been made in the manner of using the bayonet".
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I've taken the liberty of creating the beginnings of a #JacobiteStudies Starter Pack for Bluesky. If you'd like to join please feel free to let me know by responding here or shooting me a DM.
go.bsky.app/xt9yhH
go.bsky.app/xt9yhH
November 12, 2024 at 6:35 PM
I've taken the liberty of creating the beginnings of a #JacobiteStudies Starter Pack for Bluesky. If you'd like to join please feel free to let me know by responding here or shooting me a DM.
go.bsky.app/xt9yhH
go.bsky.app/xt9yhH
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A call to all un-agented authors who have written a sweeping historical love story. My submissions are open, and I am waiting to read your book.
www.dhhliteraryagency.com/david-h-head...
www.dhhliteraryagency.com/david-h-head...
David H Headley — DHH Literary Agency
www.dhhliteraryagency.com
November 13, 2024 at 5:11 PM
A call to all un-agented authors who have written a sweeping historical love story. My submissions are open, and I am waiting to read your book.
www.dhhliteraryagency.com/david-h-head...
www.dhhliteraryagency.com/david-h-head...
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And authors earn for each borrow under #PublicLendingRights
I’ve mentioned this before, but if you’re short on cash but have an urge to shop, go to your library digital apps and browse the books, audiobooks, movies, shoes, magazines. It works really well to give you the same feeling without spending the cash. (Plus you’re supporting public libraries.) 💙📚
November 23, 2024 at 1:46 PM
And authors earn for each borrow under #PublicLendingRights
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Et pour clore ce petit parcours dans les galanteries XVIIIe siècle, ceci !
En vrai cela parle de tout et de rien, en vers ou en prose, on ne sçait pas bien…
Mais la page de titre est fabuleuse !
En vrai cela parle de tout et de rien, en vers ou en prose, on ne sçait pas bien…
Mais la page de titre est fabuleuse !
November 23, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Et pour clore ce petit parcours dans les galanteries XVIIIe siècle, ceci !
En vrai cela parle de tout et de rien, en vers ou en prose, on ne sçait pas bien…
Mais la page de titre est fabuleuse !
En vrai cela parle de tout et de rien, en vers ou en prose, on ne sçait pas bien…
Mais la page de titre est fabuleuse !
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From the FT the other day. I had no idea.
September 20, 2024 at 8:37 AM
From the FT the other day. I had no idea.