by Megan Leigh | July 6, 2017 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIt is common for feminist writers to feel the need to focus only on stories that preoccupy themselves with the marginalisation of women. Other writers don’t necessarily dwell on the representation of their own...
by Megan Leigh | June 22, 2017 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSOne of my earliest loves and the series that prompted my eternal love for the science fiction genre was Star Trek: The Next Generation. It was hopeful while exploring deep philosophical questions. I was absolutely...
by Megan Leigh | June 8, 2017 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSToday is a big day in the UK: the general election. After we mark our ballots (because, of course, all BtGS listeners will get out there and vote today, right?!) and while we all bite our nails in nervous...
by Megan Leigh | May 25, 2017 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThis week, Charlotte interviews Victorian steampunk/alternate history/comedy/gothic/romance/surrealist/urban fantasy writer Gail Carriger. This is one writer you cannot easily slot into a neat classification. Her...
by Megan Leigh | May 11, 2017 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSGenre fiction explores different possibilities of all kinds – what life might be like with the invention of new technologies, other worlds completely divorced from what we know, and more. But why, then, do we still...
by Megan Leigh | April 27, 2017 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWanting to see equal representation in genre fiction doesn’t stop at gender. We want to see all kinds of people represented across gender, creed, sexuality, race, age, physical ability, taste in films, dog...
