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Tag: historical fiction

Prettying up your WW2 gas mask

August 13, 2026 cheryl Leave a comment

Prettying up your WW2 gas mask eased the burden of carrying these unwieldy boxes around. I was thinking over the…

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Posted in: Women’s lives through war and change Filed under: gas masks, historical fiction, historical research, women's fiction, ww2

Bream Book Fair 16 August

August 7, 2026 cheryl Leave a comment

Bream Book Fair is my favourite event of the year. The Book Fair was initiated by a wonderful local woman…

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Posted in: News Filed under: bookfairs, books, charity, children's charity, Fantasy, historical fiction, reading, romance, women's fiction

No Hodding

July 14, 2026 cheryl

No Hodding is a short story I wrote for a competition back in 2021 – it didn’t score a place…

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Posted in: Forest of Dean and River Severn history, folklore and myth Filed under: Forest of Dean, historical fiction, Miners Lockout 2021, short stories

The Snowy Mountains Scheme

July 4, 2026 cheryl

This article was first published on 10 May 2021. Why the Snowy Mountains Scheme? In Keepers, Teddy’s 21st birthday coincides…

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Posted in: The inspiration behind the books, The Landscape of Australia Filed under: australia 1950s, Cabramurra, construction workers, Cooma, european immigration to Australia, historical fiction, Jindabyne

Sabrina’s Rising

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This story was first published on 13 Dec 2020. Sabrina’s Rising is inspired by the great flood which swept up…

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Posted in: Forest of Dean and River Severn history, folklore and myth, The inspiration behind the books Filed under: historical fiction, short stories, The Great Flood of 1607

The Dictionary of Lost Words Pip Williams

July 2, 2026 cheryl

The Dictionary of Lost Words is set within the history of the long gestation of the Oxford English Dictionary from…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: books, historical fiction, OED, Oxford, women's fiction, world war one

Update on The Gift of Belonging

June 18, 2026 cheryl

The Gift of Belonging has been out for a little over six weeks now. To say I’m thrilled to bits…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, News Filed under: historical fiction, romance, women's fiction

The Gift of Belonging is now out

May 1, 2026 cheryl

The Gift of Belonging is now out, and the kindle version available for sale. The paperback will be available as…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, News Filed under: book release, Fantasy, historical fiction, romance, women's fiction

In Memoriam Alice Winn

April 29, 2026 cheryl

I picked up In Memoriam to give me a soldier’s view of life in the trenches of WW1 to complement…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: historical fiction, romance, world war one

St George’s Vestry VAD

April 8, 2026 cheryl

This scene about St George’s Vestry VAD (Voluntary Auxiliary Defence Forces) unit appeared in a draft of The Gift of…

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Posted in: Women’s lives through war and change Filed under: historical fiction, romance, The Gift of Belonging, VADS, Voluntary Auxiliary Defence, women's fiction, world war one

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