Get your hands on these two new releases from Historium Press! SOME STARRY NIGHT by Irene Latham - releasing April 14th Available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook PRE-ORDER LINK: https://geni.us/vbJeG Under the pale glow of a Parisian spring in 1886, two restless souls move toward the same horizon-unaware that their meeting will ignite a love as luminous and fleeting as the stars themselves. Vincent van Gogh arrives in Paris with little more than paint-stained hands and an

BookCon 2026 Returns to New York City: A Celebration of Storytelling, History, and New Voices Every year, readers gather in cities around the world to celebrate books, ideas, and the stories that shape our understanding of the past and present. In April 2026, one of the most exciting literary events in the United States returns to the stage: BookCon 2026 , a vibrant two-day festival bringing together readers, authors, publishers, and book lovers from across the globe. Held in

BOOK EXCERPT We were only about thirty leagues from the Straits of Gibraltar. Adjusting the sails and riggings of our twelve-man ketch, Intrepid, we made in the morning of August 2, 1801, seven days after we left Greece, ready our departure from the Mediterranean and entrance into the Atlantic. We were on our return voyage to Boston when our passage was blocked by two Muslim pirate ships. Each was a three-masted xebec, with crews of about one hundred and fourteen cannons. The

BOOK EXCERPT As we rode out of the town on the wagon, I noticed that the road ahead was made of logs side-by-side, rattling our teeth and making it nearly impossible to speak. The further away from the houses, the closer to the road the monstrous trees came. I had never seen trees so large or green in my life. The invasive smell of pine nearly erased the odor of smoke. It was dim and the trunks played tricks on my eyes, making me think I was seeing people or animals walking t

BOOK EXCERPT ‘Luigsech of the Cornovii?’ Boudicca stopped short, shock widening her bright eyes. ‘What in the name of Andraste are you doing here?’ She smiled ruefully. ‘I could ask you the same. We’re a long way from the lands of the Iceni.’ Boudicca’s face darkened. ‘We were bringing the tribe’s yearly tribute to the Roman scum.’ She gestured to the water. ‘It belongs to the gods now.’ Luciana frowned, regarding the woman. Boudicca, her childhood foe in the Beltane chariot

Book Blurb: A Homeric American Novel An American Slave in Barbary: The Odyssey of Winston Prescott Jones is the story of a first-generation American student whose commercial ship is captured in the summer of 1801 by Muslim pirates. He spends the next sixteen years as a captive in Algiers. He rises to become a confidant to the Dey of Algiers, who is desperate to know what made the American shopkeepers and farmers believe they could defeat the British war machine, and how they

Book Blurb: A gangster. A dreamer. One city up for grabs. In The Fight for Miami , award-winning author Joseph Kovler delivers a pulse-pounding historical thriller set in the glitter and grit of 1920s-30s Miami Beach - where the American Dream goes to war with the American Underworld. Al Capone, fresh from Chicago's bloody empire, sees Miami as his next conquest. Carl Fisher, the visionary who built the city from sand and swamp, will risk everything to keep it a "sundown town

Book Blurb: Hoarded in the depth of memories of the past decades, this has been a work long overdue. Written as an antithesis to all first-hand and second-hand propaganda written by both Chinese and foreign writers for China in the good part of 20th century in a fictional form, this collection, through different times and lands, gives insights into how human docile nature and characteristics are manipulated and brought about cultural and social corrosion over the century. The

BOOK EXCERPT From Chapter 2 - A Garden’s Secret The abbess sat in her chambers, reviewing the abbey’s ledgers. Sister Agnes entered without waiting for the novice outside to announce her. “My child! What urgency drives you to burst in so?” “I must tell you what I’ve found, Mother. It is deeply troubling.” “Then speak, Sister.” “The piglets did not die by the blade alone. They were prepared first with a potion—I suspect monkshood, judging by the blue tint of their lips and ton

Book Excerpt: Joel’s eyes roamed the room again, seeking an anchor to steady his turbulent thoughts. The canopy bed, draped in fine linens and accented by plush pillows, exuded comfort and security. Lavender lingered on the sheets, intertwining with the sweetness of the candles. It was a scene so removed from the barren trenches and the grim realities he had lived through. The suite was a testament to permanence, to wealth, to a life he wasn’t sure he deserved anymore.

Get your year started right by checking out these new releases from Historium Press! Now on pre-order: "The Muleskinner and the King" by Historium Press author, J D Porter - if you love mysteries and circus stories like "Water for Elephants", then don't miss this one! https://geni.us/RB7wA Now on pre-order: "One Fine Voice" by Historium Press author, Rebecca Langston-George  - a lovely coming-of-age historical story for young adults! https://geni.us/BYaF8Z Now on pre-order: "

Congratulations to Historium Press author Larry Kelley for his new release today of "An American Slave in Barbary" - available in ebook, hardcover, & paperback where books are sold - please view the QR codes below to purchase the book!! BOOK BLURB: A Homeric American Novel An American Slave in Barbary: The Odyssey of Winston Prescott Jones is the story of a first-generation American student whose commercial ship is captured in the summer of 1801 by Moslem pirates. He spends

Congratulations to Luv Lubker for her fabulous cover for the upcoming release of "The Sea King's Daughter" coming early spring of 2026 from Historium Press! He left Windsor an innocent child. The sea would make him a man… and test the depths of his soul. In a world ruled by power, passion, and obsession, can a boy survive the storms? Queen Victoria’s scholarly second son, Affie, loves family, art, technology – and most of all, the sea. Rejecting his German destiny, he embarks

Congratulations to Irene Latham for her fabulous new cover for "Some Starry Night" coming spring of 2026 from Historium Press! Some Starry Night  imagines the story behind Vincent van Gogh's most famous painting, Starry Night, and the secret love affair with American poet Emily Dickinson that inspired it.   Featuring an imaginative dive into the lives of famous figures like Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan Henry and an uplifting/live-life-to-the-fullest message like Th

Congratulations to Mary Thurlow for the fabulous new cover for her new novel "Sandro & Simonetta" coming spring of 2026 from Historium Press! Within the cloistered walls of a convent, art student Sandro Botticelli steals a kiss from a beautiful schoolgirl.   It’s a moment that will ignite an obsession. As Sandro hones his craft, the enigmatic girl transforms into a woman trapped by societal expectations, her desire for dance stifled. Years later, their paths cross again, and

Book Blurb: 1932. Natalia is 16 and a bootlegger's daughter, playing the mermaid mascot on a rundown paddlewheel used to entertain brewers and distributors. A sequined costume hides her scarred and misshaped legs, but it can't cover up the painful memories and suspicions that haunt her. An eccentric healer who treats patients with Old Country tonics, tries to patch wounds, but only adds to the heartache. A fierce storm threatens to destroy everything, including a stash of sto

Book Blurb: An Echo of Ashes is a story lost to time, then found again in century-old letters that lay in a tattered box. Based on actual events taken from the pages, this story tells of when the Great War and the Spanish Influenza forever altered the lives of millions, including a family of subsistence farmers who also worked the oil fields of Pennsylvania. Ella and Almon make their home in the backcountry. Almon and his sons work in the oil fields, just as their forefathers

Book Blurb: What Remains is a haunting dual-timeline mystery that bridges centuries-and secrets-between ancient Rome and the modern world. Forensic anthropologist Tori Benino has just landed the opportunity of a lifetime: leading a dig at a long-buried Roman village lost to the eruption of Vesuvius. But when she uncovers the remains of a Praetorian guard hidden in an ancient latrine-clearly murdered-Tori realizes she's stumbled onto something far more sinister than a routine

Congratulations to Joseph Kovler upcoming release of "The Fight for Miami", a novella ebook from Historium Press! A gangster. A dreamer. One city up for grabs. In The Fight for Miami, award-winning author Joseph Kovler delivers a pulse-pounding historical thriller set in the glitter and grit of 1920s–30s Miami Beach — where the American Dream goes to war with the American Underworld. Al Capone, fresh from Chicago’s bloody empire, sees Miami as his next conquest. Carl Fisher,

Book Blurb: In 1792, an escaped slave, raised and living as white, is discovered and forced to flee into the Great Dismal Swamp. Barely escaping a bounty hunter, a Maroons community of fugitive slaves rescues him. Over time, Nathanial comes to accept his true identity while fighting to overcome the suspicions of his new community. Because of his pale skin, he becomes a conductor on the underground railroad, slipping runners onto ships going north. On one of his missions, fate