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: Science Fiction & Fantasy
The invention of the science fiction genre is often accredited to Mary Shelley’s classic, Frankenstein. While there is no shortage of women writers in sci-fi, they are often overshadowed by …
Valentine’s Day has come again. Cherubs are careening through the air, plucking their bows like single-stringed lyres of love. While there are those who live for love stories of all …
I can’t say for certain when I began writing In Ascension. It was in 2020, when I found myself locked-down and isolated in a remote coastal village. It was in …
What is more delightful than sitting inside on a cold, bleak winter’s day and reading a good, cosy book? How about one that embraces the magic of the season as …
That’s just what translation is, I think. That’s all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they’re trying to say. …
We are over half way through the Read Irish Women Challenge 2022 and it has been wonderful to behold the enthusiasm and response on social media. Thank you to everyone …
#ReadIrishWomenChallenge22 #RIWC22 It’s April so I’m back once again with the Read Irish Women Challenge – the month where we celebrate outstanding books by Irish women. Starting on April 1st, …
For over 100 years, International Women’s Day (IWD) has been a global celebration of women’s achievements held annually on March 8th. To mark the occasion this year, the Dubray Liffey …
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 …
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