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Ordinary people.
Extraordinary circumstances.
The cost of history.

Across Down Under Interviews, History Bards, and Meet the Author, we explore what happens when lives are shaped by forces beyond their control.

Not just events—but consequences.

Not just stories—but what they leave behind.

These are conversations that go beyond the surface—
into pressure, decision, and the human cost carried long after history moves on.

Four platforms. One purpose.

To understand what history asks of people…
and what it takes in return.

YouTube channel page titled “The Human Cost of History” featuring author and interviewer Paul Rushworth-Brown. Banner shows a warm-toned landscape with sunset and the phrase “The human cost of history.” Channel highlights long-form author interviews, including historical fiction discussions and storytelling focused on identity, consequence, and lived experience.
YouTube channel “The Historical Fiction Company” displaying a collection of author interviews, book trailers, and literary discussions. Channel branding includes a crest-style logo and features multiple video thumbnails of interviews with historical fiction authors and storytelling-focused content.
YouTube channel “Indie Book Source – Meet the Author Podcast” showcasing interviews with independent authors. Page features a mix of book covers, interview thumbnails, and a highlighted video introducing the podcast as a platform where readers connect directly with storytellers.
YouTube channel page titled “The Human Cost of History” featuring author and interviewer Paul Rushworth-Brown. Banner shows a warm-toned landscape with sunset and the phrase “The human cost of history.” Channel highlights long-form author interviews, including historical fiction discussions and storytelling focused on identity, consequence, and lived experience.

Recent Conversations

Long-form conversations with historical fiction authors exploring memory, migration, identity, and consequence.

→ Watch Conversations

 

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Following his recent PSI TV appearance, Paul Rushworth-Brown is featured here discussing how interviews can extend far beyond the broadcast—and how meaningful visibility is built over time.

Power protects itself. Truth pays the price.

A new land. An uncertain future.

History is written by the powerful. Lived by everyone else.

Ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.

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A  Brother's Fight for Redemption in a World that Offers None.

A father's love
for his son.

When a nation tears itself apart, survival becomes the greatest act of courage.

Some dreams demand sacrifice.

Against impossible odds, courage becomes the only path forward.

In a world of corruption and deception, one young man risks everything to expose the truth.

One migrant's search for belonging in a country built on silence.

One Yorkshire family struggles to survive in an age of fear, faith, and authority.

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Author Identity

Paul Rushworth-Brown
Internationally acclaimed historical fiction author

Outback Odyssey · Red Winter Journey · Dream of Courage · Skulduggery

Stories of grit, land, and belonging.


 

What History Does to Ordinary People.

IMAGE OF AUTHOR PAUL RUSHWORTH BROWN AND RON FROM THE ITS A WRAP WITH RON INTERVIEW ABOUT NOVEL RED WINTER JOURNEY

A  Father’s Fight to Save his Son— in a War he Wanted no Part of.

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As seen on PSI TV, Paul Rushworth-Brown is the host of:
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Meet the Author Podcast logo with turquoise headphones and microphone icon on a black background, featuring the tagline “Hear
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