by Megan Leigh | November 26, 2020 | 5 Q's, Blog
With the sequel to The Empress of Salt and Fortune, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain, out next month, we took the opportunity to sit down with Nghi Vo! The Empress of Salt and Fortune is described as being about ‘the anger of women’. What does that...
by Lucy Hounsom | October 29, 2020 | 5 Q's, Blog
Aliya is a firm favourite here at BtGS headquarters. We recorded a wonderful episode about layers and landscapes in her writing and now we’re delighted to have her back to introduce her recently-published novel Greensmith to you all. Greensmith follows the...
by Sarah Deeming | October 15, 2020 | Blog, Reviews
Every four years, two children from the village of Gavaldon are stolen and forced to attend the School for Good and the School for Evil. Sophie is determined to go to the School for Good and become a princess; she is beautiful, after all, so where else would she go?...
by Megan Leigh | October 1, 2020 | 5 Q's, Blog
What do we want?Equal pay!When do we want it?NOW! We spoke to C. S. Malerich about her novella, The Factory Witches of Lowell, publishing with Tor next month. In summary – go pre-order this now! now! now! It is a popular trope to reclaim witchcraft for the feminist...
by Sarah Deeming | September 17, 2020 | Blog, Reviews
We are not alone. There are other Earths in other dimensions where the dominant intelligent species of the planet rises before humanity, shaping their world to suit their needs, making it both similar and different to their own. Cracks are beginning to appear in the...
by Lucy Hounsom | September 3, 2020 | 5 Q's, Blog
Wild Time by Rose Biggin and Keir Cooper is a bold and often outrageous reimagining of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. There’s so much to explore in this book that we invited one of the authors along to introduce it! Read on as we reclaim...
