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 | November 2, 2023 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWelcome to our Halloween episode! Romance has always been big business and these days there are plenty of subgenres. Despite its popularity, however, some snobbery still exists, often dismissing romance as...
by Lucy Hounsom | September 21, 2023 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe often take for granted the role language plays in communicating our favourite stories. And here in the west, there exists an unspoken expectation to be able to consume those favourite stories in English. The...
by Lucy Hounsom | July 27, 2023 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSFolklore and fairy tales can sometimes be inextricably bound up with religion. In the Grimms’ own collection of fairy tales, the Devil turns up and so do angels. ‘The Peasant in Heaven’ as well as...
by Lucy Hounsom | July 13, 2023 | Discussion, Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSFor this week’s episode, Lucy and Charlotte thought they’d take the opportunity to talk about something they have a passion for: folklore. In particular, the ballad of the Singing Bone, which is Aarne...
by Megan Leigh | June 15, 2023 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSI went a little bit left-field with the introduction to this episode, but I was weirdly excited by the fact that there was a major event in politics on the day I’d planned to discuss politics on the podcast! So...
