by Megan Leigh | January 28, 2021 | 5 Q's, Blog
At Breaking the Glass Slipper, we want to promote diverse voices in fiction. Thankfully, the SFF community seems to be opening up and we are seeing more and more texts written by and about more than the traditional white, male medieval European narratives. Ownvoices...
by Charlotte Bond | January 14, 2021 | Blog
Various parts of the UK are facing snow right now. If you’re a snow-lover but haven’t had any yet, then fear not! Charlotte has made a list of the top books you can read to evoke the silence, majesty, and purity of the snow – combined with something...
by Charlotte Bond | December 10, 2020 | 5 Q's, Blog
‘Tis the season to be scared! With her Christmas ghost story, Mistletoe, now available in paperback, December seemed the perfect month to talk to Alison Littlewood about why we have such a love of ghost stories at this time of year. What was the inspiration...
by Megan Leigh | November 26, 2020 | 5 Q's, Blog
With the sequel to The Empress of Salt and Fortune, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain, out next month, we took the opportunity to sit down with Nghi Vo! The Empress of Salt and Fortune is described as being about ‘the anger of women’. What does that...
by Lucy Hounsom | October 29, 2020 | 5 Q's, Blog
Aliya is a firm favourite here at BtGS headquarters. We recorded a wonderful episode about layers and landscapes in her writing and now we’re delighted to have her back to introduce her recently-published novel Greensmith to you all. Greensmith follows the...
by Sarah Deeming | October 15, 2020 | Blog, Reviews
Every four years, two children from the village of Gavaldon are stolen and forced to attend the School for Good and the School for Evil. Sophie is determined to go to the School for Good and become a princess; she is beautiful, after all, so where else would she go?...
