Posted on February 14, 2016
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It is my great pleasure to welcome Susan Signe Morrison to A Writers Retreat. Her new book, A Medieval Woman’s Companion: Women’s Lives in the European Middle Ages, just out from Oxbow Books, is a snappy, engaging exploration of remarkable individuals as well as… Continue Reading “"A Medieval Woman’s Companion" as Inspiration for Novelists”
Category: Medieval Culture, Writing Women's LivesTags: A Medieval Woman's Companion, Aethelthryth, Alice Perrers, Anna Komnene, Christina of Markyate, Christine de Pizan, Donna Jo Napoli, Edith, Emma of Normandy, Felicie de Almania, Freydis, Grendel’s Mother: The Saga of the Wyrd Wife, Hild, Hildegard von Bingen, Hrotsvit von Gandersheim, Joan of Kent, Katla, Marasaki Shikibu, Margaret of Beverley, Margery Kempe, Marguerite de Porete, Marie de France, medieval women, Melkorka, Na Prous Boneta, Nicola Griffith, Patricia Bracewell, Rebecca Barnhouse, Robert Glück, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Margaret of Scotland, Susan Signe Morrison, Thorgunna, Trota of Salerno
Posted on February 14, 2016
by candacerobbbooks
3 Comments
It is my great pleasure to welcome Susan Signe Morrison to A Writers Retreat. Her new book, A Medieval Woman’s Companion: Women’s Lives in the European Middle Ages, just out from Oxbow Books, is a snappy, engaging exploration of remarkable individuals as well as… Continue Reading ““A Medieval Woman’s Companion” as Inspiration for Novelists”
Category: Medieval Culture, Writing Women's LivesTags: A Medieval Woman's Companion, Aethelthryth, Alice Perrers, Anna Komnene, Christina of Markyate, Christine de Pizan, Donna Jo Napoli, Edith, Emma of Normandy, Felicie de Almania, Freydis, Grendel’s Mother: The Saga of the Wyrd Wife, Hild, Hildegard von Bingen, Hrotsvit von Gandersheim, Joan of Kent, Katla, Marasaki Shikibu, Margaret of Beverley, Margery Kempe, Marguerite de Porete, Marie de France, medieval women, Melkorka, Na Prous Boneta, Nicola Griffith, Patricia Bracewell, Rebecca Barnhouse, Robert Glück, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Margaret of Scotland, Susan Signe Morrison, Thorgunna, Trota of Salerno
On the occasion of the UK (HarperCollins) release of the second novel in Patricia Bracewell’s trilogy about Emma of Normandy, The Price of Blood, I’m delighted to welcome Pat back to A Writer’s Retreat for another Q&A [see the link to her previous visit… Continue Reading “Shop Talk with Patricia Bracewell, author of The Price of Blood”
Posted on February 25, 2013
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Several years ago Patricia Bracewell introduced herself to me at the medieval congress at Western Michigan University. I’d just presented a humorous paper about the perils and pitfalls of writing a novel as my publishers on both sides of the pond were struggling to… Continue Reading “Q&A with Patricia Bracewell, author of Shadow on the Crown”
Posted on February 25, 2013
by candacerobbbooks
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Several years ago Patricia Bracewell introduced herself to me at the medieval congress at Western Michigan University. I’d just presented a humorous paper about the perils and pitfalls of writing a novel as my publishers on both sides of the pond were struggling to… Continue Reading “Q&A with Patricia Bracewell, author of Shadow on the Crown”