This, the third Summerhall Historical Fiction Festival, explores the richness and variety of the historical novel: why writers love to write it, why readers delight in reading it.

Events:

Friday 24th April

10:30: Why Historical Fiction? – Speaker Allan Massie

11:45: The Vespian Chronicles – Speaker Robert Fabbri

15:15: Discovering the truth about Jean Armour, aka Mrs Robert Burns – Speaker Catherine Czerkawska

16:30: Dalriada: A Romance of Invention – Speaker Professor Christopher Harvie

Saturday 25th April

10:30: The deadly true story behind one of World War 1’s best-kept secrets – Speaker Andrew Williams

11:45: Queering History – Panel Discussion

15:15: Tales of derring-do in Elizabethan England: Speaker Rob Newman

16:30: Waterloo: fact and fiction: Speaker Iain Gale

18:00: What next for the Comptroller General? – Speaker Robert Wilton

Sunday 26th April

10:30: The story behind Wake – Speaker Anna Hope

Please be aware that this event has been cancelled due to health problems

11:45: Inventing “Cosy Noir” –  Speaker Sara Sheridan

15:15: The Hero of Rome series – Speaker Douglas Jackson

16:30: Circuses and Suffragettes – Speaker Lucy Ribchester