She was a disciple of John Keble, founder of Keble, a religious foundation. The society was formed in 1997 to promote the historical novel in all ways possible. The society publishes two issues of the magazine Solander eacy year, in May and October, featuring authoritative articles by historical novelists. They also publish quarterly The Historical Novels Review . This attempts to review all new historical novels published in the UK, each issue typically featuring between 50 and 100 recently published historical novels.
Members can become reviewers themselves by contacting the reviews editors.
They run short-story competititons, judged by writers within the genre with attractive prizes. We organise society reading weeks, run writing courses and collate information about book-signings. They also run society manuscript groups and provide research help-lists.