Romance and fantasy have been companions for a long time, popularised by Jacqueline Carey’s Kushiel series and Interview with a Vampire. Romantasy is their love child, playing with fantastical elements while placing heavy emphasis on the love story between the two main characters. Here are a few of my favourites: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett is a wildly entertaining historical romantasy told through the research notes of Emily Wilde, notorious grouch and scholar of faeries, as she …
Category: Teen & Young Adult
Courtney Smyth has written a lovely blog for their new read, The Undetectables. I have always loved two things: reading, and forensic science. In the case of the latter, I …
Helen Corcoran shares how she came about to write Daughter of Winter and Twilight, the sequel to 2020’s exciting YA debut – Queen of Coin and Whispers. When I wrote …
A Million to One takes place on board the Titanic, as the four protagonists of the book band together in an attempt to steal a rare jewel-encrusted copy of the …
Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz: A Dissection of Horror, Dark Academia, Murder and Graveyards
Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz is our Teen Recommended Read for October, but an enjoyable read for anyone interested in gothic tales of horror, mystery and dark academia. …
Here at Dubray we have been spending Pride month celebrating all the LGBTQ+ authors whose books we carry, and all the books we have with queer characters. We believe it …
It has taken the world by storm. Whether you are a long-time ‘before-the-Heartstopper-Netflix-adaptation’ fan or a newbie to the world of Alice Oseman, her writing is bringing joy to so …
We love books. We fall in love with characters. We celebrate LGBTQ+ romance. We hope that love won’t go unrequited. We route for the underdog. We get involved in love …
As a bookseller, I try to be aware of all the new books coming out; as a reader, it is a huge delight to see how many of them are …
The idea for this book came about during the debate around Ireland’s gay marriage referendum. I was sitting in the pub with my friend Colin, who was decrying the state …
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