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
Historical Novel Society Australasia Conference 2015
In 2012, James Vella Bardon and I set up a small Facebook group called HNS Sydney as a chapter of the Historical Novel Society in the UK. Our plan was to hold a biennial conference in Australia as the third arm of the international organisation. Not only this, we hoped that the event would become a fixture on the Australasian… read more
Historical Novel Society Conference March 2015
For the last year I have been involved in organising the Historical Novel Society Conference at Balmain Town Hall on 21-22 March 2015. There is also a cocktail party, book launch and debate on Friday 20th March at the State Library of NSW. These events are a culmination of a vision held by myself and a small group of historical… read more