by Megan Leigh | April 11, 2019 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSometimes it is fun to call the shots on this show – and this week (while Lucy was away on holiday!), I decided to indulge a personal favourite subject of mine: time travel. My love of time travelling tales has been...
by Megan Leigh | April 4, 2019 | 5 Q's, Blog
I love stories with skilled women who use their brains and hard-won know-how to solve problems. Jaine Fenn’s Shadowlands duology does just that, with a scientist as the protagonist. We spoke to Jaine about skilled female characters, what ‘science...
by Megan Leigh | March 26, 2019 | Blog
We are almost at the end of Women’s History Month. We hope you have enjoyed getting an insight into our favourite women of genre fiction, but this is our final instalment. Some may say that sidekicks are less interesting than the protagonist or somehow have less...
by Megan Leigh | March 21, 2019 | 5 Q's, Blog
Science fiction is incredibly versatile as a genre. It can be used to explore all sorts of different concepts and comment on the world around us. Author K Chess, in her debut novel Famous Men Who Never Lived, uses science fiction to delve into ideas of identity with...
by Megan Leigh | March 19, 2019 | Blog
We opened this series of blog posts for Women’s History Month with our favourite villainous women. It’s time to flip the switch and take a look at the good girls. Women can – and should – be the protagonists, the heroes of their own stories. But who are...
by Megan Leigh | March 12, 2019 | Blog
In the second of our round-up blogs for Women’s History Month, we turn our attention to princesses. We are sick and tired of princesses who need to be rescued by a far more competent prince. What we want are princesses with personality, drive, and their own...
