British author Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize for her novel Orbital, a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard ...

She is the writer from Northern Ireland now viewed as one of the founders of historical fiction. Her peer group ... at Queen's University in Belfast Author Kate Mosse attempts to answer this ...

The six contenders for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction have been revealed. Authors from England, Ireland, Trinidad, Canada and Malaysia are on the shortlist for the £25,000 award ...

British author Samantha Harvey has won the Booker ... British writer Samantha Harvey won the Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday with "Orbital," a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard the ...

A good historical novel has the power to transport us back to a different time and make it seem as real and immediate as our present moment.When it’s done well, a period piece shouldn’t feel like a ...

When a British messenger pigeon ... with the occupiers. While historical fiction should strive for accuracy in setting, ...

Head's study is the most exhaustive survey of post-war British fiction available. It includes chapters on the state and the novel, class and social change, gender and sexual identity, national ...