by Megan Leigh | March 21, 2019 | 5 Q's, Blog
Science fiction is incredibly versatile as a genre. It can be used to explore all sorts of different concepts and comment on the world around us. Author K Chess, in her debut novel Famous Men Who Never Lived, uses science fiction to delve into ideas of identity with...
by Megan Leigh | March 7, 2019 | 5 Q's, Blog
Mythology has always been close to my heart and I love fantasy that explores traditional mythology in new ways. Jordanna Max Brodsky first set sights on the tales of Ancient Greece with her Olympus Bound trilogy. But her latest novel, The Wolf in the Whale, covers...
by Lucy Hounsom | February 21, 2019 | 5 Q's, Blog
With her debut fantasy The Ruin of Kings just hitting the shelves, we caught up with author Jenn Lyons and asked her a few searching questions about one of our favourite topics – dragons!* *may also contain kraken Dragons! What made you fall in love with...
by Megan Leigh | February 7, 2019 | 5 Q's, Blog
After the exquisite science fiction film Arrival, along with Ann Leckie’s breakout Ancillary Justice, I’ve been on a bit of a linguistics-inspired scifi journey. Like Leckie’s groundbreaking novel, Sue Burke’s debut is equally trailblazing....
by Lucy Hounsom | December 6, 2018 | 5 Q's, Blog
On the blog this week is author Genevieve Cogman, whose Invisible Library series centres around the eternal struggle between the forces of chaos and order, represented respectively by the Fae and the Dragons. The fifth and latest instalment, The Mortal Word, continues...
by Megan Leigh | November 22, 2018 | 5 Q's, Blog, Uncategorised
In niche genres, independent publishers are more important than ever before. And one of the best speculative fiction presses currently out there is Luna Press. If you’ve never had the opportunity to speak to Francesca, I can’t recommend it highly enough –...
