As has become a Women in SF&F Month tradition, Renay is the first guest of this year’s series! She’s one of three bloggers who run the excellent site Lady Business, which is a great place for book reviews, discussion of television and movies, and insightful commentary on subjects related to speculative fiction and fandom.  Renay also writes columns for Strange Horizons, is one of the editors of Speculative Fiction 2014, and co-hosts the podcast Fangirl Happy Hour. And she began […]

Tomorrow marks the beginning of the fourth annual Women in SF&F Month at Fantasy Cafe! For the last few years, I’ve set aside reviews and other book coverage during the month of April and instead held a month-long series of guest posts highlighting some of the women doing amazing work in speculative fiction. Throughout the month, guests will discuss a variety of topics—many of which will be related to women in science fiction and fantasy but not necessarily all since […]

The Leaning Pile of Books is a feature where I talk about books I got over the last week – old or new, bought or received for review consideration (often unsolicited). Since I hope you will find new books you’re interested in reading in these posts, I try to be as informative as possible. If I can find them, links to excerpts, author’s websites, and places where you can find more information on the book are included. This week there […]

Today I am delighted to welcome fantasy, science fiction, and alternate history author Beth Bernobich to the site! She is the author of the River of Souls trilogy, The Time Roads, A Handful of Pearls & Other Stories, and more. (I especially liked her short story “River of Souls”—you can read it by clicking the artwork for this story at the end of this post.) The entire River of Souls trilogy has been released, but there is currently a Kickstarter […]

The Leaning Pile of Books is a feature where I talk about books I got over the last week – old or new, bought or received for review consideration (often unsolicited). Since I hope you will find new books you’re interested in reading in these posts, I try to be as informative as possible. If I can find them, links to excerpts, author’s websites, and places where you can find more information on the book are included. I’m doing some […]