Thursday, July 22, 2021

Caroline Lawrence Membercast Objects

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In July 2021 I was interviewed by fellow children's author Iszi Lawrence (left) for the British Museum Membercast. We talked about artef...
Monday, March 15, 2021

Up Yours, Brutus!

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by Caroline Lawrence (author of the Roman Mysteries) One of the first things that greeted visitors to the Life and Death in Pompeii and Herc...
Monday, February 01, 2021

Pliny's Laurentine Villa?

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A Visit to Laurentum and  the possible villa of Pliny the Younger Set of Pliny's Laurentum villa by Jason Carlin My name is Caroline Law...
Saturday, January 09, 2021

How Audiobooks Helped Me Find a Voice

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by Caroline Lawrence... When I was a teacher, I discovered that students prefer one of three learning modes. They are either predominantly v...
Monday, July 13, 2020

Crossing the Threshold

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by Caroline Lawrence When I first started writing, I didn’t know how to write plot. Then I discovered story structure principles used b...
Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Ancient History Quiz (hard)

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Molossian Hound, British Museum Recently I was asked to write a quiz for a kids ’  book site based on my first two Time Travel Diaries ...
Thursday, March 26, 2020

Historical Fiction for Kids

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Historical fiction can do much more than bring dull names and dates alive; it can spark a lifelong passion. What got me into history and Cl...
Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Mule vs Volcano

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When I go into schools and stay on to do a writing workshop, I almost always set a task of writing a story called ‘Escape from Vesuvius’....
Friday, January 24, 2020

Tabula Rasa

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The lower leaf is a 'tabula rasa' or blank tablet The Latin Programme has just announced a competition for kids to write a stor...