Due to illness a place has come free on @italywriters.bsky.social's #writingretreat in #Abruzzo 5-12 September. Guest speakers Tim Parks and @helgajensen.bsky.social - and me! #writingcommunity

Cottage Orné, my 21st published #shortstory out today with @fairlightbooks.bsky.social; an unlikely friendship and a satisfyingly dark ending: www.fairlightbooks.co.uk/short-storie... Photocredits: Hermitage, Hanwell and Cliffs at West Runton Wikicommons: PGChampion and Evelyn Simak

My #bookreview of @filippo_iannarone's #thetoscaniniconspiracy #translation by Lori Hetherington @histnovsoc.bsky.social #historicalfiction #toscanini #1930s #1940s A case study of what totalitarian regimes will do to bend justice to their agenda. historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/the-...

My #bookreview of Matson Taylor's Roman Morning for @histnovsoc.bsky.social #historicalfiction #Roma #1970s #gayfiction @scribnerbooks.bsky.social historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/roma... All the ´70s references are there... my favourite, ‘the colour of a heavily faded space hopper.’

Meet Watson, permanent resident of the Writers & Translators House in #ventspils #latvia where I have just completed a residency. He is named for Vitaly Solomin, who played Dr Watson in a long-running Sherlock Holmes series #writingcommunity #catsofbluesky

In #Dublin 14/6 at 4pm? #booklaunch at Teachers' Club for #luciedumas @stairwellbooks.bsky.social Free but please reserve so's I can calculate refreshments... #historicalfiction #samuelbutler #victorianlondon @historia-hwa.bsky.social @histnovsoc.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-...

Launch of Katherine Mezzacappa's new novel, Lucie Dumas

Katherine Mezzacappa in conversation with Maybelle Wallis, in a glimpse into the shadows of Victorian literary London. Based on true events.

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Thank you @linneatanner.bsky.social for (again) hosting me on your blog, this time with #luciedumas #historicalfiction www.linneatanner.com/2026/04/27/k... on the research process @stairwellbooks.bsky.social

Thank you to #mercedesrochelle for featuring an excerpt from #luciedumas on #blogtour @cathiedunn.bsky.social historicalfictionblog.com/lucie-dumas/ the double life of the Victorian 'gentleman' #historicalfiction #victorianlondon #samuelbutler

Lucie Dumas, Excerpt by Katherine Mezzacappa

London, 1871: Lucie Dumas of Lyon has accepted a stipend from her former lover and his wife, on condition that she never returns to France; she will never see her young son again. As the money proves ...

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Read an excerpt from #luciedumas @stairwellbooks.bsky.social on #blogtour - her early life in Lyon - with themysteriousuniverseofbooks.blogspot.com/2026/05/luci... @cathiedunn.bsky.social #historicalfiction

Just a few of the sources I used when researching the background to my latest #historicalnovel #luciedumas Find out more with Ruins&Reading @cathiedunn.bsky.social #blogpost here: ruinsandreading.blogspot.com/2026/04/prom... @stairwellbooks.bsky.social

Another highlight of this past week was the Ladies Club (and some gentlemen) at St George's, #madrid, who made me very welcome when I came to talk about #luciedumas @stairwellbooks.bsky.social #historicalfiction #writingcommunity

Love this sensitive and nuanced review of #luciedumas @stairwellbooks.bsky.social #historicalfiction #victorianlondon yourbooksoryourlife.blogspot.com/2026/04/book... #blogtour @cathiedunn.bsky.social

Book Review - Lucie Dumas by Katherine Mezzacappa

Lucie Dumas By Katherine Mezzacappa Publication Date: March 30th, 2026 Publisher: Stairwell Books Pages: 278 Genre: Historical Fiction Londo...

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My #bookreview of @lcwinter.bsky.social's debut Spider Spider for @histnovsoc.bsky.social historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/spid... 'This haunting, atmospheric novel has more than a tinge of Wilkie Collins' #historicalfiction #victorianlondon

Thank you to @ohlookanotherbook.bsky.social for hosting #luciedumas on #blogtour @stairwellbooks.bsky.social #historicalfiction #samuelbutler #victorianlondon ohlookanotherbook.blogspot.com/2026/05/luci... @cathiedunn.bsky.social

Lucie Dumas by Katherine Mezzacappa

Lucie Dumas By Katherine Mezzacappa London, 1871:  Lucie Dumas of Lyon has accepted a stipend from her former lover and his wife, on conditi...

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Thank you @booknook21.bsky.social for spotlighting #luciedumas on #blogtour with @cathiedunn.bsky.social #historicalfiction #truestory #irishwriting #writingcommunity #samuelbutler #victorianlondon

Book Nook Shenanigans@booknook21.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Book in the Spotlight ✨ Lucie Dumas by Katherine Mezzacappa booknookshenanigans.blogspot.com/2026/05/luci... #HistoricalFiction #WomenInHistory #BlogTour @katmezzacappa.bsky.social @cathiedunn.bsky.social

My home all of May in Ventspils, #latvia, at the Writers and Translators House, where I'm writing a novella inspired by the life of #ottiliepatterson. The permanent resident is Watson (apparently he looks like an actor who played him in a Sherlock film) #historicalfiction #irishwriting #cat

Thank you Maisie @theuniverseofbooks.bsky.social for hosting #luciedumas on #blogtour with @cathiedunn.bsky.social #thecoffeepotbookclub (and I LOVE that graphic!) #historicalfiction #samuelbutler #victorianlondon

Maisie @theuniverseofbooks.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📚 Today's book recommendation: Lucie Dumas by Katherine Mezzacappa. themysteriousuniverseofbooks.blogspot.com/2026/05/luci... #LucieDumas #KatherineMezzacappa #HistoricalFiction #WomenInHistory #BlogTour @katmezzacappa.bsky.social @cathiedunn.bsky.social 💙📚

Read the beginning of #LucieDumas here on www.elizabethjstjohn.com/guest-author... @elizabethstjohn.bsky.social thank you for hosting me #blogtour #historicalfiction #womensfiction @stairwellbooks.bsky.social @cathiedunn.bsky.social

Lucie Dumas | 19th Century Biographical Fiction by Katherine Mezzacappa - Elizabeth St.John

Lucie Dumas by Katherine Mezzacappa London, 1871: Lucie Dumas of Lyon has accepted a stipend from her former lover and his wife, on condition that she never returns to France; she will never see her y...

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Thank you Annie @leftontheshelf1.bsky.social for featuring me on your blog today #blogtour #LucieDumas @stairwellbooks.bsky.social Read here about Lucie's early life in Lyon, city of silk #historicalfiction

Left on the Shelf Book Blog@leftontheshelf1.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Today I am on the blog tour and I have an excerpt from Lucie Dumas by #author @katmezzacappa.bsky.social @cathiedunn.bsky.social 💙📚

Thank you @gracereadsbooks402.bsky.social for this wonderful #bookreview of #LucieDumas @stairwellbooks.bsky.social @cathiedunn.bsky.social #historicalfiction @histnovsoc.bsky.social @historia-hwa.bsky.social

Grace@gracereadsbooks402.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A Five Star read ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This book comes highly recommended. Read my thoughts here: ireadbooksandiknowthings.blogspot.com/2026/04/revi... #BookReview #BlogTour #MustRead @cathiedunn.bsky.social @katmezzacappa.bsky.social

There were four mourners with the priest at the graveside of #luciedumas in St Mary's cemetery, Kensal Green. Read about three of them (and more) in thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2026/04/join... @cathiedunn.bsky.social Images: StJohn'sCollege Cambridge Wikicommons #samuelbutler

Thank you @tonyriches.bsky.social for spotlighting #luciedumas today on #blogtour @stairwellbooks.bsky.social #historicalfiction #victorianlondon

Tony Riches@tonyriches.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Historical Fiction Spotlight: Lucie Dumas, by Katherine Mezzacappa tonyriches.blogspot.com/2026/04/hist... @katmezzacappa.bsky.social #CoffeePotBookClub #HistoricalFiction

Thank you #books_and_coffeepots for hosting me #blogtour Read the historic background to the story of #luciedumas mythslegendsbooks.blogspot.com/2026/04/five... @stairwellbooks.bsky.social #historicalfiction #victorianlondon Image: Wellcome Collection, WikiCommons

Celebrating #worldbookday2026 with #luciedumas #irishwritersunion @europeanwriterscouncil.eu #thehumanauthorsfacebehindthebookwrittenbyahumanauthor #thafbtbwbaha #writingcommunity Any #author can join in, union member or not #protecthumanauthors #worldbookday26 #humanauthorsfirst #behindeverybook

Thank you @archaeolibrarian.bsky.social for hosting me today @cathiedunn.bsky.social

Archaeolibrarian@archaeolibrarian.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"Exiled from France, forgotten by London, and immortalised by a man she barely knew." 🎭📖 Excerpt from LUCIE DUMAS by KATHERINE MEZZACAPPA is live! #HistoricalFiction #VictorianLondon @katmezzacappa.bsky.social @cathiedunn.bsky.social archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post...

'I have been a femme entretenue, a flagellant, a penitent, a streetwalker, an inhabitant of night houses, a demimondaine... The rules are different for such as I.' #blogtour with @archaeolibrarian.bsky.social archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post... (Images Dutton NY & StJohnsCantab WikiComms)

Read about Lucie Dumas's earlier life in the silk city of Lyon on @helenhollick.bsky.social's #blogspot ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/04/my-c... Photo: Lyon silk pattern book, 1861, credit La Canute @cathiedunn.bsky.social @historia-hwa.bsky.social @histnovsoc.bsky.social #historicalfiction

Imagine the life of a young woman working in a #CoventGarden brothel in #victorianlondon, in this excerpt from #LucieDumas on charlenenewcomb.com/2026/04/luci... Holman Hunt's The Awakening Conscience, Wikicommons Tate Britain @stairwellbooks.bsky.social #historicalfiction @cathiedunn.bsky.social

Welcome to Day 3 of our #blogtour for ༻*·Lucie Dumas·*༺ by Katherine Mezzacappa! Check out today's tour stops, sharing intriguing excerpts from this compelling story! thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog... #HistoricalFiction #WomensFiction #WomenInHistory @katmezzacappa.bsky.social

You can read an excerpt here - those all-important opening pages of my new novel #luciedumas @stairwellbooks.bsky.social on #blogtour with #thecoffeepotbookclub @maryanneyarde.bsky.social maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2026/04/luci... #historicalfiction @historia-hwa.bsky.social @cathiedunn.bsky.social

Lucie Dumas by Katherine Mezzacappa

Lucie Dumas By Katherine Mezzacappa Publication Date: March 30th, 2026 Publisher: Stairwell Books Pages: 278 Genre: Historical Fiction Londo...

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