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DECEMBER 1 – DECEMBER 15, 2024

Jump Start Your Writing in 2025

WITH EMILY EK MURDOCH

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DECEMBER 1 – DECEMBER 15, 2024

The Care and Feeding of Regency Horses – For Race Meets, Hunters, Riding, and Carriage Driving

WITH SHANNON DONNELLY

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JANUARY 3 – JANUARY 30, 2025

Living Religion in the Georgian and Regency Eras

WITH DR SAM HIRST

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JANUARY 11 – FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Self-Publish Your Regency Story THIS Year

WITH Melissa Addey

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FEBRUARY 1 – FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Food and Love in the Regency Era: Culinary Culture and Romantic Traditions

WITH DR ALESSANDRA PINO

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FEBRUARY 1 – FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Let’s Talk About Sex – Writing Intimacy into Your Regency Stories (Without Cringing)

WITH EMILY EK MURDOCH

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MARCH 1 – March 7, 2025

Editing and Grammar – How NOT to Turn Off Agents, Editors, and Readers

WITH Merry Bond and Briar Banerji

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MARCH 1 – March 28, 2025

Regency Basics PLUS!

WITH Allison Lane

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MARCH 15 – March 30, 2025

How to Have Success with FB Ads and The Secrets of BookBub

WITH Kathy L Wheeler

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APRIL 1 – APRIL 28, 2025

Conflict and Tension – Increasing the Stakes in Your Regency Stories

WITH Emily EK Murdoch

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APRIL 1 – APRIL 28, 2025

How the Rich Made, Kept, or Lost Their Money

WITH Louisa Cornell

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MAY 1 – MAY 28, 2025

Regency Foods and Seasons

WITH Shannon Donnelly

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May 1 – May 28, 2025

Regency
World Building

WITH Kim Lambert w/a ARIETTA RICHMOND

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JULY 1 – JULY 28, 2025

Georgian
Dublin – From Castle to Hell

WITH CORA LEE

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JULY 1 – JULY 28, 2025

Character Driven Plotting

WITH Kim Lambert w/a ARIETTA RICHMOND

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August 1 – August 15, 2025

End of the Season and Start of Summer – From Regency Britain to Romantic Italy

WITH Dr Alessandra Pino

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Month 1 – Month 28, 2026

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Month 1 – Month 28, 2026

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SEPTEMBER 1 – SEPTEMBER 28, 2025

Regency Wales

WITH Louisa Cornell

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September 15 – SeptemBER 30, 2025

How to Find and Work with Freelancers

WITH Emily EK Murdoch

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OCTOBER 1 – OCTOBER 28, 2025

Carriages and Travel in Regency England

WITH Allison Lane

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NOVEMBER 1 – NOVEMBER 15, 2025

A Day in the Life at a London Posting Inn

WITH Shannon Donnelly

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NOVEMBER 1 – NOVEMBER 28, 2025

Having a Ball! The Refined Regency Lady’s Guide to Hosting the Event of the Season

WITH Louisa Cornell

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DECEMBER 1 – DECEMBER 15, 2025

Beyond Mad George & Prinny – The Royal Family during the Regency

WITH Emily EK Murdoch

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January 3 – January 30, 2026

Regency Gardens and Conservatories

WITH Louisa Cornell

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January 2026 – December 2026

12 Books Your Regency Heroine Should Read

WITH Dr Sam Hirst

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February 1 – February 28, 2026

Painting the Regency – Art, Society, and Culture in a Changing World

WITH Dr Alessandra Pino

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February 15 – February 28, 2026

Regency Spa Towns

WITH Louisa Cornell

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March 1 – March 15, 2026

Entertainments for Disreputable Rakes & Hoydens

WITH shannon Donnelly

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March 1 – March 28, 2026

English Architecture – 16th to 19th Centuries

WITH Allison Lane

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April 1 – April 28, 2026

Keeping Up with the Cavendishes – Regency Interiors

WITH Louisa Cornell

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saturdays,
April 4 – APRIL 25, 2026

How to Publish Your Regency Novel

WITH Melissa Addey

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May 1 – May 15, 2026

Death & Mourning – Traditions and Oddities

WITH Shannon Donnelly

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May 15 – May 30, 2026

A Day in A Life of Leisure – The Titled and Entitled

WITH Emily EK Murdoch

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June 1 – June 28, 2026

The Economics of Running a Regency Home

WITH Louisa Cornell

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saturdays,
June 7 – June 28, 2026

The Wedding Cake Approach to Marketing Your Regency Novel

WITH Melissa Addey

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July 1 – July 28, 2026

Villages and Rural Life – Farmers and Villagers

WITH Kim Lambert w/a Arietta Richmond

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August 15 – August 30, 2026

A Day in the Life of Those We Can’t Do Without

WITH Emily EK Murdoch

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August 1 – August 15, 2026

Beyond Almack’s – Entertainments for Respectable People

WITH Shannon Donnelly

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September 1 – SSeptember 28, 2026

An Overview of World Events 1790-1830

WITH Kim Lambert w/a Arietta Richmond

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September 9 – September 30, 2026

Domestic Servants – From Butlers to Boot Boys

WITH Emily EK Murdoch

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October 15 – October 30, 2026

Paris – From Terror to Restoration

with Cerise DeLand

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November 1 – November 15, 2026

Are We There Yet? Tourism During the Regency

WITH Louisa Cornell

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November 1 – November 28, 2026

The Wicked, Weird, and Wild Side of Setting

with Tracy Forgie Koppel w/a Llewella Forgie

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December 1 – December 15, 2026

Regency Gift-Giving Traditions – Social Etiquette, Romance, and Cultural Practices

with Dr Alessandra Pino

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Killing Your Darlings – Herbs to Cause Sickness or Death

WITH Serita Stevens, R.N.

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A Day in the Life of Regency Entertainers

WITH Margaret Evans Porter

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