This episode follows on from Kat's chat with Ainslie Paton and Jodi McAlister at the 2013 Romance Writers of Australia Conference. They 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. For show notes, go to bookthingo.com.au/podcast.

Kat interviews Julia Quinn at the Romance Writers of Australia conference in 2013. They talk 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. For show notes, go to bookthingo.com.au/podcast.

Kat chats with author Ainslie Paton and academic Jodi McAlister at the 2013 Romance Writers of Australia Conference. They touch on various aspects of the romance genre, including a brief history of Mills and Boon, virgin heroines, young adult fiction, and different versions of 'normal'. For show notes, go to bookthingo.com.au/podcast.

This episode follows on from Kat's chat with Sarah Wendell and Kate Cuthbert at GenreCon 2012. They 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. For show notes, go to bookthingo.com.au/podcast.

It seems fitting that we're popping our podcasting cherry with an interview with two of the most awesome romance readers, like, ever -- Sarah Wendell, from Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, and Kate Cuthbert, managing editor of Escape Publishing. This interview was recorded in 2012 but great books are timeless, and we could be having this same conversation today. For show notes, go to bookthingo.com.au/podcast.