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John Gwynne on traditional fantasy tropes
We spend a lot of time on this podcast talking about how authors are subverting or downright overturning classic SFF tropes. But there are still meri…
8 years ago
Writing (female) characters
Writing better female characters is covered in a lot of writing advice. Many of these pieces will preface their comments with sarcastic comments like…
8 years, 1 month ago
Disposable characters
Redshirts. No sooner are they introduced than they are killed. The tension rises, there are beads of sweat on Kirk’s brow… now the audience knows the…
8 years, 1 month ago
Catriona Ward & ‘the liminal space between certainties’
Award-winning horror writer Catriona Ward joins us to discuss this most exciting and compelling of genres. Why are we so moved by horror? Why do we w…
8 years, 2 months ago
S03, E18: Catriona Ward & ‘the liminal space between certainties’
Lucy and Charlotte talk to horror writer Catriona Ward about the art of the horror novel and her books Rawblood and Little Eve. For full episode note…
8 years, 2 months ago
Revisiting The Dark Crystal
A 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 favou…
8 years, 2 months ago
S03, E17: Revisiting The Dark Crystal
A Charlotte and Lucy 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 favou…
8 years, 2 months ago
Magic, Wealth and Power with Vic James
Today, the blunt reality of inequality and unequal distribution of wealth is more prevalent than ever. Our society is split into the haves and the ha…
8 years, 3 months ago
S03, E16: Magic, Wealth and Power with Vic James
Social inequality and the unequal distribution of wealth is more prevalent than ever and it's a subject that sits at the heart of Dr Vic James' fanta…
8 years, 3 months ago
Women’s jobs in fantasy
While Charlotte and Megan geeked out about Star Trek (sparing poor Lucy who puts up with enough of that) when discussing women’s jobs in science fict…
8 years, 3 months ago