My friend Megan Frampton has a new book coming out in August, and author Felicia Davin and I will be in Cambridge to help celebrate. This is a rather early invitation because space is limited, and these events tend to sell out quickly.
Demons and Diplomacy, the first book in Megan’s Ministry of Supernatural Affairs romantasy series, comes out on on 25 August, but I got an early copy, which I’m about to dive into. Queen Victoria as a vampire? I can’t wait to find out all about it.
Megan Frampton’s latest, Demons & Diplomacy
Details, details: 7 PM - 9 PM / Wednesday 26 August 2026 / Lovestruck Books & Cafe / Cambridge, Massachusetts
This link will give you all the information. Or you can cut & paste this:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demons-and-diplomacy-release-party-with-megan-frampton-tickets-1992417562564
In Other News
TWO NERDY HISTORY GIRLS, AGAIN.
Forty-eight-shilling note, issued November 17, 1776, engraved, Boston: Paul Revere. American Antiquarian Society
Historical fiction author Susan Holloway Scott and I return as the Two Nerdy History Girls this coming Monday, courtesy the Ashland (Massachusetts) Public Library. We’ll be talking about everyday life in 1776, when things changed on this side of the pond.
Details, details: 7-8pm Monday 13 July 2026 via Zoom
To find out all about it and register, please follow this link. Or you can cut and paste:
https://ashlandmass.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-celebrating-americas-250th-the-two-nerdy-history-girls-discuss-everyday-life-in-1776/
REGENCY FICTION WRITERS ANNUAL VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
Though the official Regency was quite short, 1811-1820, we members of the Regency Fiction Writers take the longer view of most social historians, setting the time from the late Georgian to the early Victorian periods, 1780-1840. Among other excellent offerings, the RFW organizes a three-day annual conference for a remarkably low fee—and they’ve extended early registration to 11 July.
The conference is virtual. You never have to leave the comfort of your favorite screen-viewing area. You don’t have to worry about missing overlapping sessions. You learn things from a stellar line-up of workshop presenters. Also, it’s fun. It’s open to members and non-members (but members get the lower rate, as you’d expect). If you’re writing or thinking about writing fiction set in this era, do consider joining the group. But if you’re not sure about joining just yet, maybe try the conference?
James Pollard, Arrival of the Stage Coach
Details, details: Regency Fiction Writers 2026 Virtual Conference / 30 July – 1 August 2026
You can learn more by following the link above, or by cutting and pasting this link:
https://regencyfictionwriters.org/events/conference/
Image credits: 1. The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park for the Grand International Exhibition of 1851, courtesy Wikimedia. 2. Megan Frampton event, image courtesy Megan Frampton and Lovestruck Books & Cafe. 3. Forty-eight shilling note issued November 17, 1776, engraved, Boston: Paul Revere, courtesy American Antiquarian Society. (“By July 1775, the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts recognized the urgent need for paper money in multiple denominations to support trade and to pay obligations during the Revolution. They commissioned Boston silversmith and engraver Paul Revere (1735-1818) to design and produce the plates. He was paid £8 for engraving the plates and just over £41 for printing the 37,040 bills in the issue. His original design featured a figure holding the Magna Carta—a symbol of traditional rights—but for the November 17, 1776, issue, Revere revised the image to show the figure holding a document labeled “Independance,” a misspelled reflection of the colony’s embrace of the Declaration of Independence adopted that July.”) 4. James Pollard, “The Arrival of the Stage Coach,” 1816, from Thomas Cook, “The Autobiography of a Stage Coachman” (1861).
