Five questions

Five questions with Devin Madson

We are very lucky to have Devin Madson answering our questions on the blog today – on the UK publication day for We Ride the Storm, no less! Stories where a character can hear or see things others can't are often metaphors for mental health and feelings of isolation....

Five questions with Sian Carry

Sian is a northern-based producer and director. She works as Head of Production at Oxygen Films, a non-profit community-interest film production company. Oxygen Films creates provocative and thought-provoking content on such challenging topics as mental health,...

Five questions with Tiffani Angus

We're thrilled to welcome Tiffani back to BtGS - this time to introduce her debut novel! Threading the Labyrinth is your debut novel – congratulations! – but you also have a PhD in Creative Writing. Was Labyrinth your PhD project? Can you tell us a little about your...

Five questions with Eeleen Lee

There has been a wealth of excellent science fiction by female writers of late. Personally, I love experimental Scifi – and Ann Leckie's success would suggest other readers do too! Which is good news for Eeleen Lee's new novel, Liquid Crystal Nightingale, a stylistic...

Five questions with Stark Holborn

We are long-time fans of Stark's Nunslinger so we're thrilled that Stark is publishing another western with an equally punny title: Triggernometry. We asked about the roles of women in westerns, where the genre is going and the experience of self-publishing a novella....

Five questions with Corry L. Lee

I've been thoroughly enjoying reading fantasy novels inspired by Russian mythology with books like The Bear and the Nightingale and Deathless. But there is a lot more to explore of Russian culture and history through an SFF lense! Corry L. Lee uses Russian political...

Five questions with Thana Niveau

If there’s one person who lives horror as much as writes it, then it’s Thana Niveau. And her most recent project is to offer up a dyslexia-friendly horror book, Ultrasound Shadow, for Books on the Hill. So, we invited her over to BtGS to tell us a bit about her...

Five questions with Rym Kechacha

We love this novel's premise - two women separated by 8000 years, united in the fight to protect their families - so we invited Rym onto the blog to tell us all about Dark River! Dark River is your debut novel. Was it also the first full length fiction you wrote, and...

Five questions with K.A. Doore

We love verbose interviewees! When people are excited about a topic, their enthusiasm lights up the metaphorical room. This week we are delighted to have K.A. Doore on the blog with more than enough enthusiasm to go around! On your website, you call out what queer...