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 | December 5, 2019 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIf you love a story, you love reading it over and over again. But you can also get joy out of reading someone’s reinterpretation of it. When authors decide to take old stories that we know and love and turn them into...
by Lucy Hounsom | October 17, 2019 | 5 Q's, Blog
We talked to Heather Rose Jones about the eternal popularity of Regency novels, what magic can bring to a historical narrative and how class, gender and sexual identity intersect in women’s stories. The Regency is a popular historical setting for writers. What...
by Lucy Hounsom | March 28, 2019 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe like to think that fantasy is a limitless exploration of our imaginations, but in reality, fantasy fiction is limited by the cultural experiences of the author. As a result, what most of us are exposed to are a...
by Lucy Hounsom | November 15, 2018 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWhat is speculative fiction and what can it offer the world? Aliya Whiteley’s work has been described as “stark, poetic and forthright”, and certainly not easily classified. We talk to her about how...
by Lucy Hounsom | August 30, 2018 | 5 Q's, Blog
Why has the story of Tristan and Iseult endured for more than a thousand years? Kristina Pérez introduces her own brilliant retelling, Sweet Black Waves, a fantasy built on the foundations of history, and in the process shows us why romance is still so popular....
