All the Frequent Troubles of our Days
All the Frequent Troubles of our Days by Rebecca Donner is the story of Mildred Harnack, an American doing a PhD in Germany who witnessed the rise of Hitler and
February 10, 2025
All the Frequent Troubles of our Days by Rebecca Donner is the story of Mildred Harnack, an American doing a PhD in Germany who witnessed the rise of Hitler and
A date that is commemorated every year in Canada is that of the massacre of 14 women at a Canadian university in Montreal on Dec 6, 1989. Those women were
Several months ago, I had the pleasure of reading and reviewing Kristin Hannah’s latest novel The Women on behalf of the Historical Novel Society. That process included the opportunity of
At the Historical Novel Society conference of 2023, I had the pleasure of moderating a panel on the topic of Who Are You: A Historian Writing Fiction or a Historical
Like many, I’m distressed and fearful at what is happening is the United States and potential consequences of the upcoming election. As an author of historical fiction and a blogger
Some novels linger long after their initial impact. Many of those have something profound to say about today: the lives we live, the celebrities of our time, the politics and
What if? We’ve all asked ourselves that question as our lives have unfolded. Author Alison Morton has made a writing career out of that question. Central to her Roma Nova
Author Joao Cerqueira contacted me in early November about his novel, Perestroika: An Eye for an Eye, A Tooth for a Tooth. I love hearing from authors living in different
Some time ago, The Globe and Mail posted this column from the archives to mark the years since D-Day. It begins with words from Winston Churchill written in 1940. With
Christopher Nolan’s movie Oppenheimer is a must see, as far as I’m concerned, for it reminds us of the dangers of technology, the perils of war, the race between superpowers,
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