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How Art can Inspire Historical Fiction

December 29, 2017 By Elisabeth Storrs Leave a Comment

Sarcophagus of the Married Couple

Inspiration and obsession are two concepts that all writers keenly understand. The inspiration for my Tales of Ancient Rome saga led me to a distant civilization in Tuscany and Lazio, and on a publishing journey from Australia to America. That odyssey lasted 16 years. I’m delighted to have told the story of how my love of art inspired the Tales… read more

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On Inspiration: Interview with Isolde Martyn

December 3, 2017 By Elisabeth Storrs 13 Comments

Isolde Martyn

My guest this month is Isolde Martyn, an international award-winning author who is also a fellow Australian. Before taking up writing full-time,  her career was in academia and then publishing.  She is the co-founder of the Plantagenet History Society of Australia. Troubadour is her eighth historical novel. You can connect with Isolde via her website or Facebook. What or who… read more

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Call to Juno shortlisted for the Chaucer Awards

November 10, 2017 By Elisabeth Storrs Leave a Comment

Very excited to say Call to Juno has been shortlisted for the 2017 Chanticleer Book Reviews Chaucer Award. Cross fingers for me. The Golden Dice was a first category winner in 2014 so I’m hopeful history will repeat itself!

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Keynote Speech and ‘The Telling Detail’ Workshop

November 10, 2017 By Elisabeth Storrs Leave a Comment

I had a wonderful time giving the keynote speech at the Society of Women Writers’ NSW luncheon this week at the Mitchell Library. The topic was ‘Art, Inspiration and Historical Fiction: A Tuscan Odyssey’. I always LOVE talking about the Etruscans! And I enjoyed meeting participants in my workshop ‘The Telling Detail: Transforming Research into Imagery.’

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On Inspiration: Interview with Elizabeth Jane Corbett

November 6, 2017 By Elisabeth Storrs 17 Comments

My guest today is a fellow Australian. She is debut author Elizabeth Jane Corbett. When Elizabeth isn’t writing, she works as a librarian, teaches Welsh at the Melbourne Celtic Club and writes articles for the Historical Novel Review. In 2009, her short-story, ‘Beyond the Blackout Curtain’, won the Bristol Short Story Prize. Another, ‘Silent Night’, was short listed for the… read more

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On Inspiration: Interview with Carol McGrath

October 1, 2017 By Elisabeth Storrs 20 Comments

Women in the Shadows by Carol Mcgrath

My guest today is Carol McGrath. Carol has an MA in Creative Writing from The Seamus Heaney Centre, Queens University Belfast, followed by an MPhil in Creative Writing from University of London. The Handfasted Wife, first in a trilogy about the royal women of 1066 was shortlisted for the RONAs in 2014. The Swan-Daughter and The Betrothed Sister complete this… read more

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On Inspiration: Interview with Kate Forsyth

August 27, 2017 By Elisabeth Storrs 14 Comments

Beauty-in-Thorns

Kate Forsyth is best known for her historical novel Bitter Greens, which interweaves a retelling of the Rapunzel fairy tale with the true life story of the woman who first told the tale, the 17th century French writer Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force. Kate has continued her fascination with entwining fairy tales with historical fiction in The Wild Girl… read more

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Interview: HNSA Programme Director

August 22, 2017 By Elisabeth Storrs Leave a Comment

Sophie Masson was kind enough to interview me on her blog about the upcoming 2017 HNSAustralasia Conference in Melbourne. I’ve really enjoyed being the programme director!

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Review of Call to Juno by Isobel Blackthorn

August 22, 2017 By Elisabeth Storrs Leave a Comment

Call to Juno by Elisabeth Storrs

I was delighted to receive this lovely review of Call to Juno from Isobel Blackthorn, author of The Drago Tree. ‘It is refreshing to read of Roman times from a distinctly feminine perspective, one that captures the intimacy of motherhood and domesticity as much as it does the political horrors of war.  Storrs maintains narrative control throughout, displaying that necessary… read more

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On Inspiration: Interview with Kate Quinn

July 28, 2017 By Elisabeth Storrs 16 Comments

The-Alice-Network

My guest today is the wonderful Kate Quinn, a fellow Romaphile who has diverted from Rome to venture into the world of women spies in WW1. Kate is a native of southern California. A lifelong history buff, she has written four novels in the Empress of Rome Saga, and two books in the Italian Renaissance, before turning to the 20th… read more

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