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Newsletter archive (because historians love an archive):

  • September 2026: Books, movies, and more
  • July 2026: Book of the month, social media amalgam, historical TV, garden news, and writing the next one.
  • June 2026: St. Pancras gasholders, Substack, gardening with squirrels
  • May 2026: the garden in May, gasholders, the blog
  • April 2026: paperbacks, setting, a movie, and two grouses
  • Ides of March 2026: Paperbacks and war, mass market, reviews, video
  • March 2026: Murder at the Gasworks, making ads, a podcast
  • September 2025: Long-listed, events, photos
  • December 2024: Boxing Day gift, book and events report, The Man Who Invented Christmas, what I’m reading, and a new possum visitor.
  • October 2024: An overview of my books, independent Victorian women, the right to vote, Kate Morton, and the North Park Book Fair.
  • September 2024: Birthday wishes for Mr Wells, free mystery books, what I’m reading, upcoming events cancelled, a bit of publicity.
  • 20 August 2024: Upcoming events, mystery research, and a newsletter shift.
  • 1 July 2024: Grousable Books: Victorians, Murder by Death, visitors and visits
  • 15 September 2023: Bouchercon, about historical fiction, possum report, special discount
  • 1 September 2023: lit fic hardcover, garden report, selling direct, free story, tech
  • 2 August 2023: Bouchercon panel, creating San Benno, guest blogging, possum, AI
  • 15 July 2023: Travelling books, the garden, Lisa in London, draft almost done
  • 14 June 2023: Book news, first drafting, England stuff, Rose Code, So very Cal
  • 1 June 2023: Driving in England, A Heart Purloined, why I owe libraries, still a historian, a silly play, photos, appearances
  • 15 May 2023: Live from England, gardens, Magpie Murders, events
  • 1 July 2023: Book news, a chat, Is it Victorian?, Gentleman Jack
  • 15 April 2023: Springing into poisons, book news, Hail Britannia