History Stories

In this episode of History Stories, Dr. Megan Easley-Walsh talks about personal family history and wider global history related to quilts. She also discusses why she has a couple of quilted teddy bears on her bookshelves, orientating a life, the importance of reading for writers, her novel North Star Home, and her new contemporary release The Rancher's Secret.

In this episode, Dr. Megan Easley-Walsh discusses VE Day, illuminated manuscripts, the Book of Kells, her novel Vow of Gold, and holding onto hope of the light.

In this fifth episode of History Stories, Dr. Megan Easley-Walsh discusses classic monster movies, Budapest, the 1930s, a handmade find at the antiques fair, and how they all connect to her novel Painted Faces. In addition, she speaks to a historical understanding of the meaning behind the movies and suggests a re-evaluation of the monsters.

In episode three of History Stories, Dr. Megan Easley-Walsh shares a look behind the scenes at her connections to the year 1884. This year, and one international event in particular, proved so interesting that she wrote both her novel, Meridian, as well as her doctoral thesis about it. She also examines why it's important to not only look at history and International Relations through wars. She also discusses a recent find at an antiques fair and how it relates to Meridian.

In this second episode of History Stories, Dr. Megan Easley-Walsh speaks about a vase with an interesting origin story and how it relates to her second novel What Edward Heard. She speaks about her visit to the Maginot Line, the battlefield of Verdun, and the transforming power of art.

In this first episode, Dr. Megan Easley-Walsh explains the goals behind her new podcast History Stories. She dives into an interesting piece of history connected to the French Resistance and how it relates to her first novel: Flight Before Dawn. Then she gives a behind the scenes look at some of her own history and how it relates to World War Two France.