by Megan Leigh | October 10, 2019 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSI have been thoroughly enjoying JY Yang’s Tensorate series of novellas so wanted to chat to them about blending science fiction and fantasy, non-binary representation in SFF, and using different structures and forms...
by Lucy Hounsom | September 26, 2019 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPreviously on Breaking the Glass Slipper we have covered Disney princesses. This time we thought we would turn our attention to the men. But we’re a podcast about women! So why spend an entire episode focusing on...
by Megan Leigh | September 12, 2019 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSAlternate history narratives – regardless of whether they have overt fantasy or sci-fi elements – are ultimately ‘what if’ narratives. This is the same basic principle underlying all speculative fiction, so it is no...
by Megan Leigh | August 29, 2019 | Discussion, Episodes, Live
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSMuch of W. B. Yeats’ poetry is inspired by the rich mythological fabric of Ireland. This is the land of the Sidhe, the banshee, the merrow. But the island itself has a character, an identity, in the geographical,...
by Lucy Hounsom | August 15, 2019 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSFrom ancient mythology and religious texts to Star Trek and Harry Potter, trinities – or trios – have always been a common motif. Why is the power of three so potent and what tropes do we tend to see? To help us...
by Megan Leigh | August 1, 2019 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn 1979, one of the most seminal sci-fi films ever made was shown for the first time on the big screen. Ridley Scott’s Alien is a dark, disturbing and downright terrifying addition to the Hollywood Hall of Fame. 2019...
