Five questions
Five questions with Ava Reid
This summer, a fascinating novel evoking imagery from fairy tales likes Little Red Riding Hood arrived – but this one was a little different. Ava Reid's The Wolf and the Woodsman explores Jewish mythology while leaning into Hungarian history. If you enjoyed Gabriela...
Five questions with S. Qiouyi Lu
If I've said it once, I've said it 1,000 times: novellas are where it is *AT* for groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy these days. And I'm not sorry to see it. They are a playground for fascinating ideas. Short enough for authors and publishers to take risks,...
Five questions with Cari Thomas
We are loving the feminist stories that are reclaiming witchcraft as a positive force! As Cari Thomas discusses in the interview below, witchcraft has long been used to punish and control women. It is time for change! Cari Thomas' brilliant debut novel Threadneedle...
Five questions with A.C. Wise
I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing A.C. Wise live on Instagram recently. We had great fun, or perhaps I should say *I* had a great time... I can't speak for Alison! Don't worry, you can still enjoy watching us be silly, talk about our literary crushes,...
Five questions with Shelley Parker Chan
She Who Became the Sun has been described as Mulan meets The Song of Achilles, but it's better to drop all expectations these comparisons conjure up and go in expecting to be dazzled. I couldn't wait to get Shelley on the blog to talk about this fascinating novel and...
Five questions with Hannah Whitten
It doesn't look like the plethora of fairytale-inspired fantasy novels is going away any time soon and we at Breaking the Glass Slipper are enormously grateful! After all, I first met Charlotte at a convention where she was on a panel discussing fairytales – and with...
Five questions with C.L. Clark
The Unbroken by C.L. Clark has been one of my favourite reads this year. It was one of those novels that manages to be so different from everything else you've read while simultaneously capturing everything you've loved in the books you have read. This is...
Five questions with Heather Walter
Anyone else hate the idea of 'love at first sight' in fairytales? Heather Walter is very much in agreement. At Breaking the Glass Slipper, we are absolute suckers for a gorgeous love story, but we are SO HERE for the trend of creating healthier and more interesting...
Five questions with Caroline Hardaker
Yes, we know we only just featured Caroline on the podcast (great episodes by the way...), but we loved her so much we were happy to feature her again on the blog as part of the Composite Creatures blog tour. Get your copy of Caroline's exquisite novel, Composite...