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The challenge with writing historical fiction is not just taking the past and bringing it to life, but making it immediate. As immediate as the page in front of you, the smell of dinner cooking [...]

Acclaimed short story writer and novelist, Lucy E.M Black (recently The Brickworks from Now or Never Publishing) shares the alchemy that goes into developing her characters, practical writerly [...]

The Brickworks by Lucy E. M. Black will sweep its readers back in time to the early 1900s when the spark of imagination and technology was on the cusp of igniting. After the disaster of the Tay [...]

Historical fiction written in historically accurate prose and much Scottish brogue would typically be a pass for me. Like many readers, I’ve been corrupted to gravitate toward a snappy, intimate [...]

Author Black's prose conveyed a detailed description of bridge building as well as a plethora of detail about running a brickworks in 1900's Ontario. The brickmaking process was fascinating. [...]

The Brickworks by Lucy E.M. Black. In 1883 and again in 1884, Port Perry suffered devastating fires that destroyed much of its downtown business district. Thanks to the ingenuity, 7 and [...]