In this newsletter:

• Two Author Events Coming Up

• Christmas Presents

• Work in Progress Updates

Author Events

In the UK in November:

Wednesday 19 November 8pm

I’m giving a talk on my self-publishing in St Albans, Hertfordshire. £5 guest entry for non-members. You can find the venue details here:

https://www.verulamwriters.org/event-details/guest-speaker-tracey-warr

I started my own imprint, Meanda Books and reissued my backlist of five historical novels in 2023 and then published a new novel in 2024. It was a steep learning curve and a rewarding experience. If you are thinking of self-publishing yourself, I’m sharing my best tips and advice.

I was born in Hertfordshire, so this is a return to home territory. St Albans Cathedral features in my novel, The Drowned Court, where King Henry I spies on a potential new mistress from the monk’s spyloft. There is a real spyloft in the cathedral. The monk’s used it to make sure nobody made off with the cathedral’s silverware or other treasures.

In France in December:

Sunday 7 December 9.30am-12.30pm & 2-5pm

Salle des Fete, Rue de la Mairie, Laguepie 82250

I will be selling my books at the Christmas Salon du Livre.

Christmas Presents

You can now order direct from my printers for delivery in UK and US. Beautiful hardbacks and unputdownable paperbacks with Christmas discounts. Yo Ho Ho!

Details on the Meanda Books Christmas Bookshop.

Work in Progress Updates

Audio Book

I’m working on my first audiobook - it will be book 1 of the Trobairitz Sleuth series - Love’s Knife, set in late 11th-century Toulouse - and I’ll let you know soon when it’s available.

Biography

I’m hard at work on a biography of three 11th-century female lords - Almodis de la Marche, countess of Toulouse and Barcelona, and her sisters, Raingarde de la Marche, countess of Carcassonne, and Lucia de la Marche, countess of Pallars Sobira. You can read posts on some of my research here:

Trobairitz Sleuth

The Medieval Palace of the Counts of Toulouse

Chateau Narbonnais in Toulouse was the medieval, fortified palace of the counts of Toulouse, and most of my latest novel, Love’s Knife, is set there, in 1093. The remains of the palace, beneath the contemporary Palais de Justice, were explored in recent archaeological digs (Institute National de Recherces Archéologiques Préventives, 2016). Most of the s…

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2 years ago · 3 likes · 1 comment · Tracey Warr

Trobairitz Sleuth

Almodis de La Marche

Nine hundred and forty-two years ago, Almodis de La Marche, Countess of Barcelona and former Countess of Toulouse, was murdered by her stepson, Pere Ramon of Barcelona…

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2 years ago · 6 likes · 1 comment · Tracey Warr

Trobairitz Sleuth

A Journey with Lucia de la Marca

Novels can be a long time in the brewing. Nine years ago, I was on a month-long residency at the splendiferous Centre d’Art i Natura (CAN) in the tiny, high village of Farrera in the Catalan Pyrenees. Take a look at the luscious images and soundscapes on their website to get a sense of the place…

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3 years ago · Tracey Warr

Book 2 of the Trobairitz Sleuth medieval murder mystery series, Salt’s Wound, featuring Beatriz de Farrera, is progressing well through poisonings, revenants, and other grim happenings during a winter in the Pyrenees. It will be published next year.

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Thanks for reading.