THE NEW WOMAN In 1874 Sarah Grand coined the phrase “New Woman”. The New Woman was intelligent, educated, emancipated, independent, self-supporting and an icon. The phrase included female radicals from the middle class as well as factory and...

Neither a pleasant profession in Victorian times. Their place in the familial/domestic hierarchy was very, very grey. Well born and well educated with the requisite skills of the upper class female—embroidery, knitting, tatting, fine...

What could be more historically romantic than a sail around Sydney’s harbour in a tall ship? And the cost of something I’ve longed to do could be written off – always a plus for authors.

I just received a statement from my publisher. People in 9 different countries decided to read my version of an historical romance. Purchases made in the US, Canada and even India were not so surprising. However, those in France, Japan, Germany and Italy...

    LISBON TOUR Not, perhaps, what one would expect in an historical romance, but very reflective of one who finds heat evervating! Old and tired, she proceeded with care. Because the streets of Lisbon were paved with a type of white,...

THE FIRST READING   Date:  May 2 Location:  Acton Public Library Time: 7 p.m.   But we (author Maggie Petru and friend, Sun Dragon Press publisher Marilyn Kleiber and I) arrived in good time to set up our visual aids and, of...