Burning Chambers News Today

(1) PARENTS OF THE YEAR. Cora Buhlert has posted a wonderful pair of articles explaining her selections for two annual awards she presents. First: “The 2023 Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents”. …The cartoonishly evil parents, meanwhile, show kids that no matter how bad their relationship with their parents may be, at

Singers, artists and co-founder of women’s fiction prize among members of arts world to be recognised

Historical fiction of the month Disobedient by Elizabeth Fremantle It is Rome in 1611 and the teenage Artemesia Gentileschi, her mother dead, is growing up in

Her latest novel, The Ghost Ship, was inspired by stories of powerful but sidelined women in history including Anne Bonny, Mary Read and Gráinne O’Malley

BEST selling author Kate Mosse will be in Threshfield later this month for the launch of her latest historical novel. The award-winning novelist,…

Kate Mosse opens up about the tragic history of her great-grandmother Lily Watson, who in her time was well-respected as a bestselling novelist, essayist and columnist.

Kate Mosse avoids the trap of complacently resting on her laurels, for her latest historical novel is every bit as well-researched

How did the novelist adapt her bestseller The Taxidermist’s Daughter for the stage? By stripping out the gore, ratcheting up the revenge – and asking her actor son for tips

The author on a kiss at a school disco in 1977, her love of Mini Cheddars and her hoard of 25,000 books

During the late 16th century, Europe was in a state of ferment.