Book Thingo

Australian academic Lisa Fletcher talks about genre fiction in Australia, cross-dressing in historical romance, and the university course she teaches on popular romance.

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Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 1/11/2015 GenreCon

Australian author Shona Husk talks about why she loves to write romances set in other worlds, and why she decided to branch out into new adult romance.

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Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 8/3/2015 ARRC

Part 2 of our conversation with Jodi McAlister & Ainslie Paton. Jodi also reveals how Edward Cullen spent his time while everyone around him was busy not being virgins -- it's a shocker! We also talk about teen and new adult romance, including Twilight and its erotic descendants, and they spend some time talking about fan fiction and some of the trends and changes they're seeing in romance.

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Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 17/8/13 RWAus

Ainslie Paton (contemporary romance author) & Jodi McAlister (literary historian) chat about on various aspects of the romance genre, including a brief history of Mills & Boon, virgin heroines, young adult fiction, and different versions of 'normal'. Jodi explains the concept of 'compulsory demisexuality', which sounds really intimidating, but which was the inspiration for our show title. So, you know, it's fun and a little bit naughty! This is part 1 of our conversation.

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Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 17/8/13 RWAus

Historical romance author Julia Quinn talks about Tim Tams, the Bridgertons, the challenges of writing books with overlapping timelines, the appeal of epilogues, The Sum of All Kisses and the Smythe-Smith characters, humour in romance, and historical accuracy in a romance novel.

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Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 17/8/13 RWAus

Part 2 of our conversation with Kate Cuthbert (Escape Publishing) & Sarah Wendell (Smart Bitches, Trashy Books). We talk about Georgette Heyer’s books, heroines who shoot heroes, whether or not blogging or editing has changed the way we read books, tentacle porn, the blurry line between shapeshifter sexy times and bestiality, how much porn informs erotic romance, and sooo many books and authors.

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Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 4/11/12 GenreCon

Sarah Wendell (Smart Bitches, Trashy Books) & Kate Cuthbert (Escape Publishing) pop our podcasting cherry with a lively discussion of some of their Tim Tams and Vegemite, and their favourite books and authors. This is part 1 of our conversation.

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Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 4/11/12 GenreCon