If you're interested in early Black British history (pre-windrush) check out our work at mappingblacklondon.org, we have cool digital stuff on Mary Prince, Sancho & more 🙌🏾, & are currently working on a KS3 6-week scheme of work that we'll be piloting in London schools ☺️

A great experience!

Thrilled to be on the shortlist for the Historia – the HWA (historical fiction) Gold Crown Award, together with five other extremely tempting books!

Huge congratulations to all the shortlisted authors, what a cracking list!

Brand new 5* instagram review just out of Boom Time, my new history of true crime in WW2 London. ‘A gripping and unflinching look at wartime London like you’ve never seen it before…raw, revealing and utterly fascinating…a must-read.’ Out now. Aspects of History Aspects of Crime

So I open up Twitter this morning to find I'm on the shortlist for the HWA Non-fiction Crown. Alongside talent like this, it's a tremendous honour!

We are so pleased to see SHY CREATURES by Clare Chambers shortlisted for the HWA Gold Crown Award! W&N #SHYCREATURES

This is an incredibly strong shortlist from Historia – the HWA . I have a HUGE soft spot for this lovely novel by Lissa Evans …

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Historia – the HWA Ayo Onatade 🇬🇧🇯🇲🇳🇬 Dan-📚Bookseller/BookBlogger📚 TheBookTrail 📚👣 Imogen Robertson / Marina Palmer Нет войне Aspects of History Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction The Bookseller Northodox Press 📖 A. D. Bergin Rachel Louise Driscoll Harvill Black Spring Press BIG NEWS! 📣👏 Winter of Shadows has been shortlisted for the HWA Debut Crown award! A huge congrats to Clare Grant and to all other selected authors! #HWACrowns25 #historicalfiction #HWADebutCrown25 #bookawards #winterofshadows

I’m thrilled to be on this shortlist in such fine company. Thank you! Historia – the HWA

Beyond honoured and thrilled that #APOISONERSTALE won the Historia – the HWA Debut Crown 2025 last night 👑 Thank you to everyone at the HWA and especially judges Ayo Onatade Dan-📚Bookseller/BookBlogger📚 and TheBookTrail 📚👣 #HWADebutCrown25

👑📚In case you missed it last night, here's a round up of the winners of the HWA Crown Awards. We give three Crowns every year, for the best in historical writing, fiction and non-fiction 🧵⤵️ #HWACrowns25

Last night, attending the Historia – the HWA awards, I managed to convince the lovely The Cheese Tasting Company people to let me loose with their cheese cutter... Has to be a way to kill someone with this thing (for a crime novel!).

Christmas is coming (1 month today!), & if you’re wondering what to buy your loved ones this year, why not treat them to a copy of NEPHTHYS?! As they join Clemmie on a journey through 19th c. Egypt, it will provide the perfect sunny escape for these cold winter months. 🔗 in bio

We will be compiling all the questions for Nathen in the next couple of days ahead of going live on 9th Dec. Last chance to get your questions in!

🎄🎁📚The 12 Books of Christmas: Book choices by 12 top authors. Tracy Borman recommends The Cardinal by Alison Weir: "Compelling... the perfect gift for the history lovers in your life" A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens historiamag.com/xmas-reading-2… Books to give or ask for

Carolyn Kirby's research for her new novel, Ravenglass, made her wonder what lay behind the apparently radical shift in men’s fashions in the late 18thC: the invention of the ‘masculine’ style that still dominates menswear. Read about it at historiamag.com/invent-masculi… Carolyn Kirby

Just listening to BBC Radio 4 History's Toughest Heroes about William Marshall (The Greatest Knight) and listening to Elizabeth Chadwick speaking. Great programme - available now on BBC iPlayer.