Tag Archives: Hazel Gaynor

Wartime Tales For National Short Story Week

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Dianne Ascroft

Today I’m featuring wartime stories. This week is National Short Story Week (16th to 22nd November), an event I look forward to each year. I enjoy reading and writing this form of literature so I want to support this annual … Continue reading →

Posted in November 2015 | Tagged Byzantium, Dianne Ascroft, Eileen Stephenson, English Civil War, Hazel Gaynor, homefront fiction, Maybelle Wallis, Mel Logue, National Short Story week, short stories, wartime stories, World War I, World War II | 1 Comment

Welcoming A Memory Of Violets

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Dianne Ascroft

In the spring of 2012 I was captivated by Hazel Gaynor’s novel, The Girl Who Came Home, a story of several Irish passengers on RMS Titanic. This month Hazel releases her second novel, A Memory Of Violets, and once again … Continue reading →

Posted in February 2015 | Tagged A Memory Of Violets, flower sellers, Hazel Gaynor, historical fiction, The Girl Who Came Home, Victorian England | 1 Comment

This Week’s Next Big Things

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Dianne Ascroft

Last Wednesday I jumped on the bandwagon for The Next Big Thing Author’s Blog Hop. I was tagged by Elisabeth Storrs to answer 10 questions about my current work-in-progress and I did so. I then tagged several fellow writers to … Continue reading →

Posted in January 2013 | Tagged E M Powell, Elisabeth Storrs, Hazel Gaynor, historical fiction, James Vella-Bardon, June Considine, Laura Elliot, The Next Big Thing, The Next Big Thing author blog hop | Leave a comment

The Next Big Thing – An Authors’ Blog Hop

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Dianne Ascroft

Elisabeth Storrs, author of The Wedding Shroud, tagged me in the Next Big Thing Author Blog Hop. Elisabeth is passionate about legends, myths and history, having studied Classics as a student. Inspired by a terracotta sculpture of two ancient lovers, … Continue reading →

Posted in January 2013 | Tagged Deceptions, E M Powell, Elisabeth Storrs, Hazel Gaynor, historical fiction, James Vella-Bardon, June Considine, Laura Elliot, Next Big Thing Author Blog Hop, The Fifth Knight, The Girl Who Came Home, The Next Big Thing, The Wedding Shroud, Triclinium | 2 Comments

Too Many Titanic Books? Is There Room For Another?

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Dianne Ascroft

When I first noticed The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor listed in Amazon’s historical fiction new books I wasn’t interested. I thought that the sinking of the Titanic was a topic that had just been done too often … Continue reading →