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Radio 4,11 Feb 2024,28 mins

Madeleine Grey

Open Book

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Madeleine Grey speaks to Johny Pitts about her humorous and heart breaking debut novel, Green Dot, about a young millennial woman's ill-fated affair. Plus 'romantasy' - combining fantasy and racy romance, it's the hot new genre sought after by publishers and readers alike, and dominated by female authors and readers. To discuss its huge growth in popularity, Johny is joined by: Saara El-Arifi – bestselling author of Faebound, the first in a three part trilogy, which went straight to number one on release last month; Natasha Bardon – publisher of Science Fiction and Fantasy for Harper Voyager, of romantasy-focussed imprint Magpie Books, and of the upcoming ‘spicy’ romantasy list, the Midnight Collection; and by Katie Fraser – journalist for The Bookseller who writes about SFF. And romance author Freya North shares her Book I Would Never Lend - Crusoe's Daughter by Jane Gardam. Presenter: Johny Pitts Producer: Emma Wallace Book List- Sunday 11 February and Thursday 15 February House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J Maas A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas Faebound by Saara El-Arifi Games of Thrones by George R. R. Martin Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Iron Wing by Rebecca Yarros Green Dot by Madeleine Grey Luster by Raven Leilani Crusoe’s Daughter by Jane Gardam Chloe by Freya North The Unfinished Business of Eadie Brown by Freya North

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