by Megan Leigh | February 22, 2018 | Uncategorised
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSDo science fiction, fantasy, and horror narratives require violence? Are there other ways of creating conflict and tension in genre stories? This week, Charlotte, Lucy, and Megan look at how violence is used in genre...
by Megan Leigh | February 15, 2018 | 5 Q's, Blog
If the cover art for Jasmine Gower’s new novel Moonshine doesn’t catch your breath, I don’t know what will. Fantasy stories are rarely set in new and different faux-historical settings, but Moonshine has an art-deco, prohibition-era aesthetic...
by Megan Leigh | February 8, 2018 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBack in 1985, Alison Bechdel had the characters of her cartoon strip, Dykes to Watch Out For, jokingly make a gender equality ‘test’ for films. 33 years later, the Bechdel (or Bechdel-Wallace, to give...
by Megan Leigh | February 8, 2018 | Uncategorised
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSFor over 30 years we have used the Bechdel-Wallace test to push for gender equality in film. But does it go far enough? The Bechdel-Wallace test should be applauded for getting the conversation started, but we...
by Megan Leigh | January 25, 2018 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSCharlotte takes the lead in this episode, where we chat to Jeannette Ng about her use of Christian mythology in her debut novel, Under the Pendulum Sun. From using relatively unknown elements of Christianity to...
by Megan Leigh | January 25, 2018 | Uncategorised
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe chat to fantasy writer Jeannette Ng about her use of Christian mythology in her debut novel, Under the Pendulum Sun. Full episode notes are available here:...
