by Lucy Hounsom | August 24, 2023 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn the preface to Les Fleurs du mal, Baudelaire indicated that boredom is the truest suffering, andthis idea later became central to the fin de siècle movement, an era of decadence in which artificemasqueraded as, or...
by Lucy Hounsom | July 27, 2023 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSFolklore and fairy tales can sometimes be inextricably bound up with religion. In the Grimms’ own collection of fairy tales, the Devil turns up and so do angels. ‘The Peasant in Heaven’ as well as...
by Lucy Hounsom | July 13, 2023 | Discussion, Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSFor this week’s episode, Lucy and Charlotte thought they’d take the opportunity to talk about something they have a passion for: folklore. In particular, the ballad of the Singing Bone, which is Aarne...
by Megan Leigh | June 1, 2023 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn this episode, I am really excited to talk about a book I was invited to read last year. The premise drew me in immediately – the last of humanity fighting to exist above an inhospitable earth – the only thing...
by Lucy Hounsom | May 18, 2023 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSpeculative fiction is no stranger to exploring issues of colonialism, particularly in science fiction, from first contact stories to wars over territories. While many such stories are extremely black and white, the...
by Megan Leigh | May 11, 2023 | 5 Q's, Blog
For longtime readers, you may notice something different about this author interview. The five questions slot is usually reserved for female-identifying authors, but with a book featuring a female Native American protagonist, I thought we could make an exception! I am...
