Hannah Fielding's Blog, page 38
April 4, 2019
Villa Carlotta on Lake Como
Last week on my blog, I introduced you to Lake Como, the main setting for my new novel, Concerto. Part of the charm of Lake Como is the many beautiful […]
April 1, 2019
A heartfelt ‘thank you’ to book reviewers
Advance copies of my new novel, Concerto, are now available for book reviewers, and can be downloaded via NetGalley: https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/boo.... I’m excited to be sharing this book with readers. I very much hope […]
March 28, 2019
Why write? To tell the story that must be told
‘There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.’ So wrote the great American poet and author Maya Angelou. Her contemporary Toni Morrison advised: ‘If there’s a book that you […]
March 25, 2019
Welcome to Lake Como, bellisima setting for my new novel
My latest novel, Concerto, which will be published in August of this year, is set on Lake Como, in the Lombardy region of Italy. There, in a grand Palladian mansion, […]
March 21, 2019
The three Graces of Greek mythology
This marble statue is based on one sculpted by Antonio Canova for Empress Josephine between 1813 and 1816. Called The Three Graces, it depicted the Graces, or Charities, of Ancient […]
March 18, 2019
Proud to be published in beautiful Macedonia
Publishing my novels has been quite the adventure for me, and by far my favourite aspect has been connecting with readers. At first, my readers were in English-speaking countries like […]
March 14, 2019
Cover reveal for my NEW novel: Concerto
I am thrilled to be able to share with you today the cover and description for my seventh novel, Concerto, which will be published in August! Over the coming months […]
Writing about passion – and with passion
Readers of my fiction will easily notice a common theme in my writing: passion – between characters, of course, but I hope it is also apparent that I am deeply […]
March 11, 2019
From hippogriff to centaur: The horse-hybrids of Greek mythology
In my latest novel Aphrodite’s Tears, set on a Greek island, I draw extensively on the mythology of the Ancient Greeks. Here is my heroine’s impression of a hall in […]
March 7, 2019
‘My soul must follow thee!’ The enduring Greek myth of Hero and Leander
The Ancient Greeks were a passionate people, as reflected in their colourful, dramatic myths. Love is a common theme in those stories – but so is tragedy. Last week, I […]
