by Megan Leigh | July 18, 2019 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSToday’s episode was inspired by an article that appeared on The Guardian with the headline ‘Picture book bias worsens as female characters stay silent.’ The piece was based on research into books...
by Lucy Hounsom | July 4, 2019 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSI don’t want the future to be female. I want it to be for everyone.Lisa Yaszek In a fascinating episode that covers everything from telepathic matriarchies to lesbian vampire fiction, academic Lisa Yaszek chats...
by Megan Leigh | June 20, 2019 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn our last episode, we had author Aliette de Bodard on to discuss the absence of mothers in speculative fiction. One explanation put forward was the focus of chosen one narratives – these stories rely on the...
by Megan Leigh | June 6, 2019 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe were inspired to speak to Aliette about representations of motherhood in speculative fiction after reading her excellent essay ‘On Motherhood and Erasure’. There’s no denying that mothers are...
by Megan Leigh | May 23, 2019 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS There is more to mastering writing than sentences, plots, and character. Writers must also think about the genre they are writing in, the audience they are writing for, and what medium their final piece...
by Megan Leigh | May 9, 2019 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWith a new film adaptation of We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House, and the upcoming 60th anniversary of the publication of The Haunting of Hill House, we thought it was high...
