An Invitation to the Historical Novel Society Australasia Inaugural Conference

We received the following invitation from the Historical Novel Society Australasia to their inaugural conference which will take place in Sydney in March 2015.  I am sure that this fascinating event will be of interest to many of our members and friends.

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The Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) will hold its inaugural conference at Balmain Town Hall on the 21-22 of March 2015 with its opening reception held at the State Library of NSW on the 20th. Entitled ‘The Historical Novel in Peace and War’, the conference will celebrate the historical fiction genre in a weekend of talks, panels, debates, book launches and readings with super sessions on social media, researching and writing historical fiction as well as manuscript assessments. The weekend conference will showcase 40 speakers and is peppered with international authors such as Kate Forsyth (our patron), Felicity Pulman, Jesse Blackadder, Isolde Martyn, Juliet Marillier, Sulari Gentill, Sophie Masson, Toni Jordan and Colin Falconer.

HNSA is offering members and friends of the NSW Branch of the Richard III Society a special conference deal. The price of a Whole Conference ticket (normally priced at $250) will be reduced by 10% to $225. This ticket entitles the holders to attend all the sessions in the main program. The ticket also includes morning and afternoon tea, and a lunch voucher redeemable at a fantastic local café. The offer does not include tickets to super sessions or social events. Apply the coupon code (see below), when purchasing a standard whole conference ticket.

In addition to the discount on the whole conference ticket, HNSA is offering a giveaway of Sherryl Clark’s Do You Dare-Jimmy’s War to the first 50 ticketholders to the conference dinner on Saturday 21st March. All ticketholders to the opening night reception at the State Library of NSW on Friday 20th March will receive a free ebook bundle of the Janna Chronicles by Felicity Pulman.

For more information, visit the conference website – www.hnsa.org.au

Members and friends of the NSW Branch of the Richard III Society please contact the Webmaster of the NSW Branch of the Richard III Society, Dorothea (publications”AT”richardiii-nsw.org.au), for the coupon code to claim the reduced rate.