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...
by Megan Leigh | April 25, 2019 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSHere at Breaking the Glass Slipper, we love the 1987 film The Princess Bride. I mean, who doesn’t? It is endlessly quotable, tongue-in-cheek, and full of great characters. Unfortunately, only a couple of those...
by Megan Leigh | April 18, 2019 | 5 Q's, Blog
Most of us have read our fair share of classics, be it at school or later in life. While these texts in the literary canon are well worth reading, they don’t always live up to our modern morality or ideas of equality. A common problem with classic texts is the...
by Megan Leigh | April 11, 2019 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSometimes it is fun to call the shots on this show – and this week (while Lucy was away on holiday!), I decided to indulge a personal favourite subject of mine: time travel. My love of time travelling tales has been...
by Megan Leigh | April 4, 2019 | 5 Q's, Blog
I love stories with skilled women who use their brains and hard-won know-how to solve problems. Jaine Fenn’s Shadowlands duology does just that, with a scientist as the protagonist. We spoke to Jaine about skilled female characters, what ‘science...
by Megan Leigh | March 26, 2019 | Blog
We are almost at the end of Women’s History Month. We hope you have enjoyed getting an insight into our favourite women of genre fiction, but this is our final instalment. Some may say that sidekicks are less interesting than the protagonist or somehow have less...
