Award-winning intersectional #feminist #podcast celebrating #women in #scifi, #fantasy & #horror. Hosted by @m_leigh_g, @silvanhistorian & @offred85. #BtGS
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If you're missing us, we are mostly on Insta these days, so catch us there! At breaking_the_glass_slipper 😃
We are back for 2025 baby! Episodes monthly. Delighted that our first guest is a returning fav of ours @grady_hendrix who spoke to us very eloquently about women, pregnancy & witchcraft. UK folks, don't miss his upcoming tour.
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Listen to Gianni Washington, author of Flowers From the Void, chat the art of the short story 💀🖤
Now live on Breaking the Glass Slipper podcast 👠
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Want to hear our Charlotte talk through her Worldbuilding techniques and research? Still some tickets left for tomorrow’s workshop! Also workshops by Georgina Bruce, Alex Davis, and Anna Stephens to follow!
What does a Phoenix eat? Does your town have a market in a graveyard? What festivals does your world have, and what kind of gods? I’ll be discussing all this and more tomorrow on my Worldbuilding course! Tickets still available (just!)
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Latest bonus material featuring Andrew Knighton is now available for all paying Patreon supporters!
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For any of our Yorkshire-based listeners, you can see Charlotte doing a *live* interview in Leeds tonight!
Got nothing to do on a Friday night? Come see me interview @PVBrett at Waterstones in Leeds at 6.30pm: waterstones.com/events/an-ev… @WstonesLeeds
It’s early enough you can come out, be sociable, then back in time for cocoa, bed, and a good book 😉
Happy International Women’s Day! We’ve had so many amazing women on the podcast that we couldn’t possibly pick a favourite, so here are some of our favourite female characters instead. Would love to know who the artist is!
New episode means new Patreon exclusive! Want to hear even more from @arden_katherine? Become a patron!
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Our new episode with the brilliant @arden_katherine is live! We loved The Warm Hands of Ghosts, which is out in the UK next week ❤️ @PenguinUKBooks breakingtheglassslipper.com/…
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First episode of 2024 and it's a killer. We talked* to @nicolaz about character, language and landscape in her phenomenal novels Hild and Menewood. breakingtheglassslipper.com/…
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First episode of 2024 and it's a killer. We talked* to @nicolaz about character, language and landscape in her phenomenal novels Hild and Menewood. breakingtheglassslipper.com/…
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Loved it. Thanks @penguinrandom for a proof of this brilliant and moving book.
@BtGS_pod fans, look out for our episode with @arden_katherine next month - it's something special.
Going live for our Patreon supporters on Friday is @offred85's review of @mossmontmomery's new book Christmas Dinner of Souls (spoiler: she really loved it and read it all in one go). To see if this book is for you, become a Patreon supporter today! patreon.com/BtGS
New interview with @kellinthewoods on her story of what happens after 'happily ever after' in the tale of Hansel and Gretel.
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We just released some bonus content from our last episode with @ToniWindsor!
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If you enjoyed our episode with @rosebiggin a few months ago and haven't yet read her brilliant book about gothic poison salons, The Belladonna Invitation is only 99p on kindle right now so this is YOUR SIGN.
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🎃HALLOWEEN EPISODE🎃 Romancing the necromancer with Alice James @ToniWindsor! We asked Alice about necromancy (obvs), vampires, damsels *not* in distress and the place of feminism in paranormal romance! breakingtheglassslipper.com/…
Just watched Hitchcock’s version of Rebecca. And honestly, Daphne du Maurier was an absolute f*ing genius, wasn’t she? – at Bagni di Lucca, Toscana
If you enjoyed the film Dark Harvest, and want to know what the book is like - or if you're looking for a short but fun Halloween read, then check out @offred85's review of Norman Partridge’s original book, available to our Patreons this weekend! patreon.com/BtGS
We spoke to @clpolk about noir fiction last year. "Sometimes it's just so, Oh My God, did you really say that? It's terrible and magnificent." Hear this and more! #FlashbackFriday #WomenInSFF breakingtheglassslipper.com/…