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 8, 2018 | 5 Q's, Blog
At Breaking the Glass Slipper, we love innovative genre fiction. Rowenna Miller’s debut novel, Torn, uses the traditionally feminine art of sewing as the basis for its magic system. We asked Rowenna how she fit so many different elements into the one novel, the...
by Megan Leigh | November 1, 2018 | Episodes, Live
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSAlternate episode title: Magic goat sword (it will make sense if you listen!) If you’re planning a murder, always have a koala with you! Works of fiction are rarely confined to a single genre, especially when...
by Megan Leigh | October 18, 2018 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe spend a lot of time on this podcast talking about how authors are subverting or downright overturning classic SFF tropes. But there are still merits of entrenched tropes, after all, tropes became such because they...
by Lucy Hounsom | August 23, 2018 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSA Lucy and Charlotte Special! After the success of our Labyrinth episode, we thought we’d have a bit of fun and take another look at one of our favourite films: The Dark Crystal. If you haven’t seen this cult...
by Lucy Hounsom | August 16, 2018 | 5 Q's, Blog
In this week’s 5 Questions, we chat to author Joanne Hall about short stories vs novels, how gaming inspires her worldbuilding and why it’s still so important to be talking about women’s fiction! What drew you to write speculative fiction? Do you...
