by Megan Leigh | November 30, 2023 | 5 Q's, Blog
I know, I know, you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover… but LOOK! It is gorgeous! 😍 Let me be shallow this time, alright?! Ever since Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children series, I’ve loved reading stories about what happens after the supposed...
by Lucy Hounsom | September 30, 2021 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSFemale friendships tend to take a back seat in our narratives, so that when they are given the space to exist, they exist almost solely to discuss a man. Virginia Woolf once commented that “all the great women...
by Megan Leigh | June 3, 2021 | 5 Q's, Blog
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...
by Megan Leigh | May 6, 2021 | 5 Q's, Blog
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...
by Megan Leigh | March 11, 2021 | 5 Q's, Blog
Are mermaids having a comeback? Last year we featured Beth Cartwright on the show for Feathertide and this year we’ve already featured Aimee Ogden and her retelling of The Little Mermaid. Now we have the extraordinary Angela Slatter to weigh in on the subject!...