by Megan Leigh | March 2, 2023 | 5 Q's, Blog
YA books are my comfort reads. And I mean no disrespect with this *at all* – I’m so sick of people looking down on those who read or write YA as though it were somehow lesser. So why are they my comfort reads? I just freaking love teen drama, romance, and angst....
by Megan Leigh | February 2, 2023 | 5 Q's, Blog
It’s been a while since our last five questions feature! Life has a way of taking over and we prioritised getting out new episodes for you all to enjoy. But we are SO EXCITED to be able to bring it back with a YA debut! We don’t tend to feature too many YA...
by Lucy Hounsom | May 12, 2022 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSHave you ever wandered into a bookstore and found yourself baffled by the shelving of some books? Have you ever read a review that labeled a book written for adults as YA only to bemoan the amount of adult content?...
by Megan Leigh | September 16, 2021 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSComing of age stories have long been a staple within speculative fiction genres, but in the last decade, we have seen an explosion of popularity in what publishers and booksellers refer to as YA – young adult –...
by Megan Leigh | November 28, 2019 | 5 Q's, Blog
We asked Helena to come on the blog today to discuss YA fiction in all its guises – does it suffer from mostly being written by adults? Why are women so central to YA? Why does YA tend to gravitate toward dystopian narratives? All this and more… What do you...
by Megan Leigh | September 13, 2018 | 5 Q's, Blog
I was back home in Western Australia recently and, as always, made a point to visit the local speculative fiction specialist bookshop (Stefen’s Books, if anyone is interested – I highly recommend a visit if you’re in the area!). While there, I was...
