Chris Oswald's Blog

                                                                                                                   Seven Steps to Becoming a Writer   Read everything regardless of whether it’s any good, even adverts on the tube and newspaper headlines when...

History runs through the county – from the Jurassic coast through the bronze age and on to much more modern times. Everywhere you turn you see the past infusing the present whether burial mounds, ancient earthworks or tiny churches, each with their own story to tell,...

All to the Sword, book 5 in the Dorset Chronicles, is coming very soon. It's been delayed by several other projects but is finally in last pre-publication stages and due out in late September. Reserve your copy now and, in the meantime, check into the rest of the...

All to the Sword, Book 5 of the Dorset Chronicles - the history and drama surrounding the emergence of our modern nation. Launch Date 25th May 2021. Preorder coming soon! Thomas Davenport receives an invitation to design a magnificent new house. When his sister, the...

I was tempted to write this as a recipe, take a tablespoon of history and add a dash of fiction, heat while stirring, that sort of stuff. But then I thought that might trivialise what is a wonderful thing and I’ve come to enjoy creating so much. I started writing...

Coming Soon:   All to the Sword Book 5 in the Dorset Chronicles   Release Date: Tuesday 25thMay   A letter comes for Henry, Earl of Sherborne. It contains an invitation. Grace, the countess, takes it upon herself to extend that invitation to her wider...

It's been a little quiet in recent months but all that's about to change. In between various business activities I've been writing and writing and writing some more. Now I'm getting ready for a spate of releases in 2021. Here they are: Every Male Under Seventy -...

Delighted to get the following review for A New Lease on Freedom, first in the Dorset Chronicles Series. Here goes: This is a lovely historical novel set in Dorset’s intimate geography which the author is obviously very familiar. The evocation of place makes you want...

Tuesday 8th December The Feast of the Immaculate Conception and also launch day for my new book You are invited to join me at 5.30pm on Zoom If you have a question about the book or my writing that you'd like to ask during the session, please let me know when you...

Start of Term     “God was bored.” His deep, rich voice carried across the room of sober-suited students. “So God created the world. It did not take long, even with all the bits and pieces to take care of; the little things like ants, cricket bats, colours and long...