by Megan Leigh | December 7, 2023 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSModern fantasy owes much to J.R.R. Tolkien, including his problematic colonialist views and othering of cultures and races different from his medieval European-inspired setting. Many authors since then have used...
by Lucy Hounsom | November 23, 2023 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe love our folk horror. The genre has been growing in popularity these past years, and it’s not hard to see why. Writers take pastoral settings such as windswept hills or rugged sea coasts and imbue them with a...
by Lucy Hounsom | November 2, 2023 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWelcome to our Halloween episode! Romance has always been big business and these days there are plenty of subgenres. Despite its popularity, however, some snobbery still exists, often dismissing romance as...
by Lucy Hounsom | October 5, 2023 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIt’s October, so we’re officially allowed to talk about Christmas. Sure, we’ve got Halloween first, and that’s a celebration we should all be enthusiastic about, but take a look at what books are being pushed...
by Lucy Hounsom | September 21, 2023 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe often take for granted the role language plays in communicating our favourite stories. And here in the west, there exists an unspoken expectation to be able to consume those favourite stories in English. The...
by Lucy Hounsom | September 7, 2023 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe’re honoured to have Isabel Cañas join us on the show as she talks us through not only her fabulous new novel, Vampires of El Norte, but also her experience of breaking into publishing as a Mexican-American...
