A blog of three romantic fiction authors: Elizabeth Hanbury, Georgia Hill and Jenna Dawlish
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 6th, 2010
Want feisty heroines? Smouldering men? A good plot and excellent characterisation all set against an atmospheric background? Try a Mary Stewart novel. Those in charge of commissioning television drama, glutted as it is with Jane Austen and Elizabeth Gaskell, take note.
To feed my current King Arthur obsession, I was given Lady Stewart’s Merlin trilogy as [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 22nd, 2009
The BBC dramatisation of Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South is being shown on BBC Four on Sunday evenings at 7pm. Although it has been repeated on UKTV Drama, this is the first time the BBC has shown it since its initial broadcast in November/December 2004. Episode 1 has already aired, but you can catch up [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 16th, 2009
This news story caught my eye:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8001410.stm
Elizabeth Gaskell’s home in Manchester has received a grant so it can be restored. I’m really pleased. Gaskell is one of my favourite authors, and though I haven’t been to the house yet, I do want to visit some time.
It’s also nice to see money being well spent on UK [...]