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HNS Conferences: UK and North America
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If you love historical fiction, please JOIN the society today. You won't be sorry. 'I've
just read Solander - it's a triumph!' - Bernard Cornwell.
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Our next North American conference will be held June 12-14, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency Woodfield in Schaumburg, IL, in Chicago's northwest suburbs near O'Hare. Limit 300 attendees; pre-registration is required. Our past events: In 2001 the society held its first UK Conference at the New Cavendish Club in London. Speakers were Richard Lee, Carole Blake, Lindsey Davis, Julian Rathbone and Julian Stockwin. We sold out of tickets three months in advance, and the day was such a success that we felt committed to repeating the event. In 2002 we moved to the Open University Conference Centre in London, where a bigger room could hold more than a hundred delegates. This time there were speakers (Barbara Erskine, Claire Conville and Bernard Cornwell), but also a panel discussion (with Richard Lee, Jane Jakeman, Derek Wilson, Manda Scott and Elizabeth Chadwick), and writing master-classes (with Simon Scarrow, Wendy Robertson and Marina Oliver). Again the day was a huge success. In 2003 we moved the venue of our annual conference again so that we could be a part of the Cambridge History Festival - on Saturday 6th September 2003. The speakers for 2003 were Tracy Chevalier, Beryl Bainbridge, Louis de Bernieres, Sarah Waters, Paul Doherty, Lindsey Davis, C.J. Sansom, Philip Gooden and Jane Stevenson. There was a free lunch for members (sponsored by Constable and Robinson publishers), free wine-tasting (courtesy of Cambridge Wine Merchants), and a gala dinner in the evening with guest speaker David Starkey. The other two days of the festival also offered a feast of history. For full details on the Cambridge History Festival, contact Derek Wilson. On October 2, 2004, we staged another successful London conference at our original venue, the New Cavendish Club. Speakers included CC Humphreys, Janet Gleeson, Helen Hollick, Debbie Taylor, Jane Jakeman, Elizabeth Hawksley, and Laura Wilson. Our first North American conference was held on April 15-17, 2005, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Our special guests were authors Jack Whyte and Judith Merkle Riley, Crown historical fiction editor Rachel Kahan, Tor/Forge editor Natalia Aponte, and literary agent Irene Goodman. Please see the conference website for the complete program plus photos from the event! You can also read the published conference reports from Solander (May 2005 issue). Our 5th annual UK conference took place on Saturday 22 October 2005 in London. View the programme. The 2nd North American HNS conference took place on June 8-10, 2007, in Albany, New York. Visit the 2007 Albany conference website for conference photos and program.
Our
6th UK
conference was held on Sat 12th April 2008 at the National Railway
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