by NRB | 8 Oct 2020 | Fiction |
The ARA Historical Novel Prize is a new prize specifically for historical fiction by Australian and New Zealand writers. Initiated by the Historical Novel Association of Australasia and administered by the New England Writers Centre, it has been made possible by...
by NRB | 16 Jul 2019 | Fiction |
The early years of cinema in Paris and US infuse this new novel from the Dominic Smith, author of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos. Dominic Smith loves historical settings. His previous book, The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, featured a fictional 17th-century...
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