by Megan Leigh | January 31, 2019 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWhile we were all winding down from Christmas, Charlie Brooker and the Black Mirror gang were getting ready to mess with our minds yet again. December 28th saw the release of the one-off interactive Netflix special...
by Megan Leigh | November 1, 2018 | Episodes, Live
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...
by Megan Leigh | September 27, 2018 | 5 Q's, Blog
Freelance writer and journalist Jacqui Castle decided to turn her writing talents to fiction, giving us the debut YA dystopian novel The Seclusion. The novel, released in September, has been garnering great reviews. We asked Jacqui about her inspirations and why she...
by Megan Leigh | July 19, 2018 | 5 Q's, Blog
I have been obsessed with Mary Robinette Kowal ever since I read Ghost Talkers (you can read my review here). I was blown away by the originality within a historical fantasy setting. Her characters grabbed hold of me immediately and would not let go. When I saw Mary...
by Megan Leigh | July 5, 2018 | 5 Q's, Blog
My favourite part of science fiction is the philosophical quandary at the root. After all, science fiction simply asks ‘What if?’ In Rachel Heng’s new novel from Hodder, Suicide Club, she asks ‘What if we actually achieved immortality?’...
by Megan Leigh | June 28, 2018 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWith equality of pay and the drive to get more women in top executive jobs reaching the headlines in our current era, does the world of the future have women in the same roles they occupy now, or do they have them in...
