What's On In November
Team Calendar
Hello lovely readers,
I hope you’re all keeping well as the colder weather and darker nights draw in for those of us in the northern hemisphere.
I’ve made a few tiny tweaks to the newsletter schedule for the coming months. Now that we’re just over a year in, I feel like we’re finding our groove and working out what works around here, so it only felt right to sharpen things up a bit.
The November Theme
I’ve just organised each month around a theme to bring a little more cohesion to our community output. This month, it will be…
Writing history on Substack
The November Calendar
I know I find it helpful to know what’s coming up - we’re all busy people, right?! And for those of you not yet members of our community, they’ll be a great way to see whether this is a space you want to dive headlong into.
💬 Chats
Tuesday 5th - free subscriber chat sharing our experiences with writing on Substack
Sunday 17th - subscriber historical fiction chat
Tuesday 19th - member AMA for using Substack to write / read history
🖋 Newsletters
Thursday 7th - members’ book club (we’re currently reading Storyland by Amy Jeffs; catch the first meetup HERE)
Saturday 9th - guest post by
discussing her experience as a writer of historical fictionSunday 10th - guest post by
and discussing the editors’ perspective of historical fiction publishingSaturday 16th - guest post by
on his experience publishing historical fictionSaturday 23rd - the launch of our series on serialised fiction, featuring
Sunday 24th - how to use Substack to host your serial, with advice drawn from
’s extensive experienceSaturday 30th - November medieval history roundup
🏰 Fiction instalments
Thursday 14th - the first instalment of my new serialised novel, for members - Hild’s Tale
Thursday 28th - Hild’s Tale instalment 2
Not yet a member?
Free subscribers receive weekly medieval history newsletters and a monthly chat, but when you upgrade you’ll unlock access to:
✅ Access monthly history-focus book club videos and discussion (we’re currently reading Storyland by Amy Jeffs over four months)
✅ Receive twice-monthly instalments of my new serialised novel, Hild’s Tale, plus access to the archive of Bertha’s Tale (20 instalments) and 20+ short historical fiction stories
✅ Instant ebook download: Echoes of Hearth and Hall, a collection of short historical fiction stories
✅ Exclusive monthly chat threads working through your own history reading and writing projects
✅ The option to start your own chat threads with other subscribers
Thank you for the opportunity, Holly. Can’t wait to connect with everyone!
Awesome. New subscriber so thanks for the updates. I mean this super positively but I totally didn’t expect to come out from this post going “I can’t wait to try Hild’s Tale.” Totally up my alley (I am a low-fantasy writer and love historical fiction). Are the serialized novels available to free subs or is that members only?