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Weaving History and Heart; Writing Saga Historical Romance : is a lively discussion between award-winning saga and regency romance author Seána Tiinley and comedy writer Val Troy, exploring the enduring power of women's stories in commercial fiction. Tinley discusses her latest novel, The Irish Midwife, and shares how she blends rich historical research with themes of love, loss, and legacy to create narratives filled with resilient women, family secrets and forbidden romances. The conversation delves into the influence of her Irish heritage in her novel and the overlap between her former career as a midwifery services manager and her fiction. They also address the broader issue of "genre snobbery" toward romance and women's fiction.
Seána Tinley is an award-winning Irish author of saga and regency romance and has just published her latest novel, The Irish Midwife. Seána is the chair of the Romantic Novelists' Association and works as NI Country Director for a leading UK charity. She teaches creative writing and regularly appears on panels, conferences and radio shows.
Val Troy, a former accountant who swapped spreadsheets for stand-up, is now a comedy writer of commercial fiction and screenplays. She is one of the Irish producers of Funny Women, the leading female comedy community and has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, appeared on book festival panels, and contributes regularly to newspapers, online magazines and on radio.
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