BLOGS AND OTHER TIDBITS
In the Margins
Every book has margins. So does history.
That’s where I live — in the gaps between what was recorded and what actually happened, between the famous figures and the forgotten ones who stood beside them. Pull up a chair. I’ll be sharing what I’m researching, what’s surprising me, and why some stories simply refuse to let go until they’re told
The Devotion of a Dog, in Fiction and in Life
Nancy Polk Hall on the dog who sat with her through her first novel, the one who walked into her second, and why fiction’s dogs carry such honest weight.
What History Teaches Us About Choosing the Life That Calls You
Nancy Polk Hall explores a pattern she keeps finding in the archives: the people history remembers are so often the ones who trusted their own calling over everyone else’s certainty.
The England I Carry With Me — And the Story It Became
Nancy Polk Hall grew up in 1960s England. Decades later, that world became Death at Brookhaven. A reflection on the childhood that quietly shaped a novel.
The Quiet Comfort of Coming Home
What coming home taught me about the story I’m writing. After weeks in Portugal, France, Germany, and Belgium, Nancy Polk Hall reflects on homecoming — and what the Continent revealed about 1960s England.
What Makes a Book Club Book
What separates a book club book from a book you just enjoy? Nancy Polk Hall on the qualities that turn a novel into a conversation that goes deep
What the Lisbon Book Fair Taught Me About the Language Books Actually Speak
Nancy Polk Hall at the Lisbon Book Fair: on author camaraderie, the inspiration of being surrounded by stories, and what books communicate beyond words.
A Letter is Waiting for You
In an age of notifications and noise, Caroline writes letters.
Letters from Caroline is a subscription like no other — original stories from history’s margins, delivered the old-fashioned way: straight to your mailbox. No inbox. No algorithm. Just a envelope, a story, and a moment to slow down.