Unravelling mysteries (Live from FantasyCon 2018)

Unravelling mysteries (Live from FantasyCon 2018)

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSAlternate episode title: Magic goat sword (it will make sense if you listen!) If you’re planning a murder, always have a koala with you! Works of fiction are rarely confined to a single genre, especially when...
John Gwynne on traditional fantasy tropes

John Gwynne on traditional fantasy tropes

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe spend a lot of time on this podcast talking about how authors are subverting or downright overturning classic SFF tropes. But there are still merits of entrenched tropes, after all, tropes became such because they...
Revisiting The Dark Crystal

Revisiting The Dark Crystal

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSA Lucy and Charlotte Special! After the success of our Labyrinth episode, we thought we’d have a bit of fun and take another look at one of our favourite films: The Dark Crystal. If you haven’t seen this cult...
Five questions with Joanne Hall

Five questions with Joanne Hall

In this week’s 5 Questions, we chat to author Joanne Hall about short stories vs novels, how gaming inspires her worldbuilding and why it’s still so important to be talking about women’s fiction! What drew you to write speculative fiction? Do you...
Magic, Wealth and Power with Vic James

Magic, Wealth and Power with Vic James

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSToday, the blunt reality of inequality and unequal distribution of wealth is more prevalent than ever. Our society is split into the haves and the have nots – the 1% and the 99%. A few individuals tend whole...
Women’s jobs in fantasy

Women’s jobs in fantasy

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWhile Charlotte and Megan geeked out about Star Trek (sparing poor Lucy who puts up with enough of that) when discussing women’s jobs in science fiction, in this episode, all three of us shine a light on female...