The author of the “brilliant” (Library Journal) An Academic Affair proves that the best love stories start with a pop with this sizzling romance ab...

Rivals prioritises the female gaze when it comes to the bonkbuster sex scenes, explaining its enduring popularity among women.

Rivals prioritises the female gaze when it comes to the bonkbuster sex scenes, explaining its enduring popularity among women.

The April talks (and most of the book groups) were dedicated to folklore, folk music and folk tales from a range of traditions: from Indo-Carribean folklore and horror to British and Irish traditio…

Trope n. A named, recognizable plot device or feature that raises expectations about the direction of the plot or character interactions. A tag that references a recognizable plot device and serves as...

This new BBC drama is an enjoyable retelling of Austen’s most popular novel from the perspective of one of its least regarded characters.

Call for Proposals Fan Studies Network North America Conference 2026 (virtual) October 22-25, 2026 The Boundaries of Fan Studies and Fandom Boundaries have always been a part of fandom, as producers ...

Scream@30 An in-person academic conference hosted by The Centre for Film, Television and Screen Studies, Bangor University, UK 16th December 2026 Wes Craven’s Scream (1996) changed the face of horror…

Seeking original, high-quality analysis of Brontë poems, especially those with little to no critical attention

This article examines the rise of dark romance from the fringes of self-publishing to a bestselling genre. After surveying definitions of dark romance, the article provides a detailed chronology of...

More Terrors than her Reason Could Justify A 200th Anniversary Celebration of Ann Radcliffe’s Posthumous Publications 2026 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Ann Radcliffe’s final po…

JPRS publishes special issues on a range of topics relating to the study of romantic love and its representations. These issues contain at least 3 articles on their shared topic, as well as an introdu...

Failure is ordinary. From technological failures and computational obsolescence to rejected applications and challenging collaborations, failure is an unavoidable part of any scholarly endeavour. This...

Romance Fandom in 21st-century Pakistan offers the first major study of English-speaking romance fandom in South Asia, providing a new reader-centric model that engages with romance readers as genre e...

JPRS publishes special issues on a range of topics relating to the study of romantic love and its representations. These issues contain at least 3 articles on their shared topic, as well as an introdu...

Survey of romance authors' and readers' attitudes toward generative AI

Barbie (2023) garnered enormous international box office success, stirring arguments about women's empowerment in popular media and academic circles. This ...

[End Page 1] This paper investigates two popular historical novels, Marina Fiorato’s The Glassblower of Murano (2008) and Anne Fortier’s Juliet (2010), in order to shed light on a discourse of pure or...

The Love Hypothesis meets The Hating Game in a new standalone rom-com from New York Times acclaimed author and romance academic Jodi McAlister.   S...