Princess discusses memoir writing and the importance of book clubs with author and founder of the Well Read Black Girl book club and podcast, Glory Edim.

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Author and academic Sarah Raughley joins the podcast to chat with Princess about young adult literature and the importance of celebrating Black authors.

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Astrophysicist, folklorist, & science communicator Dr. Moiya McTier joins Princess in a discussion about the ins and outs of world-building in science fiction and fantasy - when it works best and why - and how it affects readers in the real world.

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Australian novelist and podcaster Freya Marske joins Princess to talk about queer romance, fan fiction & fantasy, and the positioning of the romance genre within modern literature.

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In this episode, we’re diving into how young adult literature, once criticized for not being diverse enough, has now become the place where representation and diversity are (mostly) thriving.

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Speaking about how comics and other visual/text mediums like comics have allowed people to see themselves in stories. Also, how it can be a useful tool for people who have a harder time reading traditional books.

Writer V.E. Schwab joins the podcast to talk with Princess about the impact of graphic novels and other illustrated texts.

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Breaking down the fantasy genre and how its roots in an often Western vision of “the past” has been slowly changing with Afro-Futurism and more mainstream BIPOC actors.

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Since performance was a thing, crafting adaptations of beloved and epic stories has been a part of storytelling. The highest grossing film of all time, Gone with the Wind is an adaptation and the amount of Jane Austen adaptations could fill a whole textbook (and probably has). Today we are gonna talk about book adaptations. What makes a good one, a bad one, and what impact the big screen has had on the novel itself. Especially when only certain kinds of books get adapted.

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