by Lucy Hounsom | October 22, 2020 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSJust in time for Halloween, we spoke to author Vivian Shaw about everyone’s favourite “monster” – the vampire! Immortal vampires have occupied the human imagination for centuries. Whether you...
by Lucy Hounsom | December 12, 2019 | 5 Q's, Blog
This week we’re joined by author and archaeologist V. S. Holmes, who discusses writing in different genres, the ins and outs of collaboration and whether spec fic is making any real progress in representing its full and diverse readership. You seem equally...
by Lucy Hounsom | March 15, 2018 | 5 Q's, Blog
This week we’re delighted to host Emma Newman: author, narrator and LARPer. Here she talks about science fiction, her writing routine and the lessons she’s learned from penning a multi-book series. In your Planetfall series, you have gone for quite hard SF...
by Megan Leigh | June 15, 2017 | 5 Q's, Blog
Here at Breaking the Glass Slipper, we are all about celebrating writers. In the hopes of helping readers find new and exciting writers, we aim to introduce our listeners to writers they may not have come across before. In the first of a new series of ‘five...
by Lucy Hounsom | May 19, 2017 | Blog
Women write genre books. Publishers publish those books. Readers read those books. So why are women still underrepresented in the adult SFF market? Why do they not feature on more recommended lists? Why does the community not discuss their books with as great a...