Herring Girl is now out in paperback
So if you’ve been resisting the lure of the hardback (deliciously bound in purple cloth, with a map of 19th Century North Shields printed on the endpapers), a chunky budget [...]
Why historical fiction is like science fiction
This blog first appeared at the beginning of September as a guest blog on the History Girls website, a lively writerly forum created by women historical novelists. We history girls often [...]
Atheists have fewer paranormal experiences
When the 2,524 people who took part in my survey of paranormal experiences were questioned about their belief in a deity associated with an organised religion, the fell into three [...]
Some preliminary results
If you're one of the 2,541 people who took part in the survey, thank you so much. And special thank you to those who took the trouble to describe your [...]
Speaking in tongues
This extraordinary study chronicles an investigation of a woman who, under hypnosis, was able to speak a language neither she nor the hypnotist had any previous knowledge of. The study, [...]
Prevalence of near-death experiences
As a nurse working in intensive care, Penny Sartori encountered many people who had died and had subsequently been resuscitated – some of whom talked to her about their experiences [...]