When I moved to a village in southwest France some sixteen years ago, I thought I would find myself in splendid isolation, with no distractions from writing, but I quickly acquired a writers’ group, then a reading group, and discovered that I was living in proximity to a big literary festival in a small French…
Author: Tracey Warr
Author of historical novels and books on contemporary art.
October Newsletter
My quarterly newsletter, Just Meandering, is out now on https://justmeandering.substack.com It has articles on my new novel, on recent author events, on starting on a new writing project and on a free book offer. Sign up for free to read it. My latest novel, Love’s Knife is available as an ebook for a mere £0.99…
Rock, Paper, Swords! interview
I’m still emerging from the mammoth and thrilling task of organising the HNS UK 2024 conference. It could take a while! Matthew Harffy and Steven A. McKay interviewed me for their roving podcast from the conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh2b63b-efM Check out their podcast for interviews with the conference speakers including Bernard Cornwell, Diana Gabaldon, Kate Quinn +…
Medieval vielle
I have just emerged from organising the Historical Novel Society UK 2024 conference at Dartington Hall in Devon. The conference had 250 delegates onsite and another 150 online. Speakers included Bernard Cornwell, Diana Gabaldon, Ian Mortimer, S.G. MacLean, Elizabeth Chadwick and Kate Quinn. The chairman of the society, Richard Lee, presented me with this replica…
A busy week: New book, historical fiction conference
Rebekah Simmers interviewed me about organising the HNS UK 2024 conference, which is taking place this weekend in Devon, UK (online tickets are available) and about the publication (yesterday) of my latest medieval novel – my sixth. http://hns2024.com/2024/09/02/conference-interview-tracey-warr/ What next? After the conference, I’m looking forward to a short period of being a slacker! Doing…
Book Launch Interview with the HNS
The cover image shows salt mounds at Aigues-Mortes. The medieval salt trade features in the novel.
Publication Day! – Love’s Knife
It is publication day for my new novel, Love’s Knife, a medieval murder mystery set in Toulouse at the turn of the 12th century. Tony Riches has a guest post from me on his blog on writing the novel: https://tonyriches.blogspot.com/2024/09/book-launch-guest-post-by-tracey-warr.html The book is available now as an ebook and paperback. Love’s Knife is on Kindle…
Historical Novelists Converge
I have been busy for the last two years organising the Historical Novel Society UK 2024 conference, which has a stellar lineup of speakers and events, including Diana Gabaldon, Bernard Cornwell, S.G. MacLean, Ian Mortimer, Kate Quinn, Jane Johnson, Elizabeth Chadwick, Elizabeth Fremantle and many more. The conference is just around the corner now –…
Becoming Trobairitz
This week, The Occitan University was in my home village of Laguepie in southern France for its annual visit. The university consists of a packed week of Occitan language classes and workshops and events on Occitan culture, including cooking, dancing, music, history, literature, and radio. The week culminated in a magical street party of impromptu…
Into the Map Workshop
I am presenting Into the Map, a writing workshop, tomorrow in the village of Laguepie 82250 France at Tresors du Viaur, Tuesday 23 July 10.30am-12.30pm. Robert Louis Stevenson tells us that ‘even when a map is not all the plot … it will be found to be a mine of suggestion.’ We will be looking…
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