by Megan Leigh | October 26, 2017 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThis week, we are taking a slight detour from our usual subject matter and taking a look at witchcraft and ritual in the real world from writers who identify as witches and explore these ideas in their non-fiction...
by Megan Leigh | September 28, 2017 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSMermaids, Harpies, Valkyries, Succubae, Sirens, Banshees, Nymphs – We’ve been encountering the mythical female in literature and folklore for thousands of years. She appears in numerous religions, sometimes as...
by Lucy Hounsom | September 21, 2017 | 5 Q's, Blog
Paige’s debut fantasy Draigon Weather is a tightly-woven, trope-flipping tale of two people caught in the gendered expectations of their regressive society. I found it original, compelling and can’t wait to see where she takes the story next. Here is Paige...
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 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...
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...