Today’s the Day! Launch of The Lifeline #WW2 #Fiction
By Deborah Swift
/ January 5, 2021
Confession. I have never been to Norway. I have never been to Shetland. Normally I would have done both. When...
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A Painter in Penang by Clare Flynn #Review
By Deborah Swift
/ January 4, 2021
I have read another couple of books by Clare Flynn and always enjoyed them so I looked forward to the...
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Round up of Interviews and podcasts
By Deborah Swift
/ December 14, 2020
For those that are looking for news of my books, The Lifeline will be published just into the new year...
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Excerpt of ‘A Feigned Madness’ by Tonya Mitchell #CoffeePotBookClub
By Deborah Swift
/ December 8, 2020
The insane asylum on Blackwell’s Island is a human rat trap. It is easy to get in, but once there...
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The king just won’t stay down! by Mercedes Rochelle #medieval
By Deborah Swift
/ November 17, 2020
Today I welcome guest author Mercedes Rochelle with this really interesting post about Richard II and a last minute betrayal....
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The Lifeline – characters who brave mountainous seas, enemy fire, and below zero temperatures
By Deborah Swift
/ November 16, 2020
My new novel, The Lifeline is now ready to pre-order, and is the third in my series of WW2 books....
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The Last Blast of The Trumpet – Marie Macpherson – excerpt
By Deborah Swift
/ November 9, 2020
I'm delighted to welcome Marie Macpherson to my blog today with a fascinating wintry excerpt from her novel The Last...
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The Bridled Tongue by Catherine Meyrick – Review
By Deborah Swift
/ November 1, 2020
Set in Elizabethan England in 1536 this is a well-written and absorbing romantic novel. Alyce Bradley, returning home after being...
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The Intriguing History of Fort St George by David Ebsworth
By Deborah Swift
/ October 26, 2020
Today I welcome David Ebsworth to my blog to tell us about one of the fascinating buildings he came across...
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On the Record – The Permanence of History through Fiction #amwriting
By Deborah Swift
/ October 19, 2020
"Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes." - Desmond Tutu...
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‘Changing the dream’ – An interview with author Joan Schweighardt #ecology
By Deborah Swift
/ October 13, 2020
I am thrilled to welcome Joan Schweighardt, author of The River Series to my blog today, to talk about her...
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Never A Cross Word – The history of crosswords with Liz Harris
By Deborah Swift
/ October 5, 2020
I'm thrilled to welcome Liz Harris to my blog today to enlighten us about crosswords. Over to Liz! If you...
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Death in Delft by Graham Brack – a #17thCentury murder mystery
By Deborah Swift
/ September 25, 2020
This is the first Master Mercurius novel I’ve read, but it won’t be the last. Set in the immaculately detailed...
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Author in Search of a Character – Why James Burke?
By Deborah Swift
/ September 21, 2020
I'm delighted to Welcome Tom Williams to my Blog today to tell us about how he came to write the...
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Introverts and Extroverts in Historical Fiction
By Deborah Swift
/ September 19, 2020
I recently came on a discussion in a facebook group about introverts and extroverts in fiction. (Sorry to whoever started...
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Historical Fiction – the joy of writing extraordinary commoners
By Deborah Swift
/ September 18, 2020
I've just started a new book and after quite a bit of research, this is the first week of actually...
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Fortune’s Hand – a novel of Walter Ralegh
By Deborah Swift
/ September 15, 2020
I knew nothing about Walter Ralegh, except the legends I'd been told at school; about how he lay down...
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Ten authors you should know about, who write about the 17th Century #HistFic
By Deborah Swift
/ September 14, 2020
The Seventeenth Century is undergoing a bit of a revival, with best-selling authors like Philippa Gregory and Tracy Borman, all...
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Two books with #WW2 connections
By Deborah Swift
/ September 6, 2020
Of Darkness and Light is an engaging mystery of art and artists set in WW2 Norway. Heidi Eljarbo has certainly...
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Building Blocks of Historical Fiction no 3 – Art and Artifice #HistFic
By Deborah Swift
/ September 4, 2020
What does historical novel give you that film or television doesn't? The answer is a total and intimate immersion. The...
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