by Megan Leigh | June 6, 2019 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe were inspired to speak to Aliette about representations of motherhood in speculative fiction after reading her excellent essay ‘On Motherhood and Erasure’. There’s no denying that mothers are...
by Megan Leigh | May 30, 2019 | 5 Q's, Blog
I love Star Trek and Star Wars, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. People would constantly tell me that I had to like one or the other. Nonsense. I could – and do – simply like what I like. So while some people may baulk at TJ Berry’s mixing of genres tropes...
by Megan Leigh | May 23, 2019 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS There is more to mastering writing than sentences, plots, and character. Writers must also think about the genre they are writing in, the audience they are writing for, and what medium their final piece...
by Megan Leigh | May 16, 2019 | 5 Q's, Blog
At Breaking the Glass Slipper, we love YA with a speculative twist. We have previously had Frances Hardinge on the show to discuss the merits of the genre, in an attempt to shake off all the genre haters. Today on the blog we have a debut YA fantasy author, Alyssa...
by Megan Leigh | May 9, 2019 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWith a new film adaptation of We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House, and the upcoming 60th anniversary of the publication of The Haunting of Hill House, we thought it was high...
by Megan Leigh | May 2, 2019 | 5 Q's, Blog
I like to keep an eye on the ‘best new’ lists that do the rounds at the beginning of every month, highlighting some of the titles hitting shelves. One book, in particular, caught my eyes recently, A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. A space opera...
