publishing
I Got a Lesson in Gender Equality at a Romance Writers' Conference
I'd promised my editor a funny piece about the people who write and read romantic fiction, but what I found wasn't a joke.
On Planning a Book Tour
The struggles of being a first-time author trying to stitch together a publicity tour for a book published by a small press.
Meeting the People Behind the Grim Headlines of Women's Weekly Magazines
"I Breastfeed My Dad", "Lover Paid Thugs £50 to Burn Me Alive", "SOS! Psycho in Our Flowerbed!"
'Cum For Bigfoot': The Rise, Fall and Future of Monster Erotica
Following 2014's "EroticaGate", sex-with-monsters books are still going strong.
'One Beat Zines' Are a Self-Publishing Feminist Powerhouse
We talked to founders Julia Scheele and Sarah Broadman about their Riot Grrrl revival zine, Double Dare Ya, and took a look at some of its artwork.
Farewell, 'Bizarre' Magazine, You Fucking Weirdo
As the mag announces its closure after 18 years, an ex-staffer remembers her time there in all its perverse glory.
Can Super Thursday Save the UK's Bookshops?
Or is it just an excuse to flog more trashy celeb autobiographies at Christmas?