Rivals prioritises the female gaze when it comes to the bonkbuster sex scenes, explaining its enduring popularity among women.
- Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University
Semakin banyak adaptasi kisah romantis bermunculan—tetapi apa yang membuat terjemahan dari halaman buku ke layar benar-benar berhasil?
More and more romance adaptations are starting to appear – but what makes the translation from page to screen really sing?
Heathcliff sneeringly rejected the idea he was ‘a hero of romance’ – though the new film claims Wuthering Heights as the greatest love story of all time. Is it?
Summer reading can mean anything you want it to – from a crime or romance novel to a fat classic you didn’t have time for during the year. What will you read?
Many of Cooper’s depictions of sex are very funny. However, there is a clear message throughout.
Australian romance readers are propping up a flatlining book market, say some. Romance sales have grown by 49% for 3 years. And romance bookstores are booming, too.
Cult classic Flowers in the Attic was a rite of reading passage for many teenagers – and sold nearly 3 million copies in its first year of publication. 45 years later, Jodi McAlister tells its story.
There’s plenty of new shows and films to stream as we near the end of 2024.
Even those unfamiliar with the genre will no doubt enjoy the adaption of Jilly Cooper’s frothy novel. But how will the TV version approach the less savoury attitudes that were prevalent in the 1980s?
As an ex-Bachelor contestant framed as an ‘undercover spy’, and an author who has written a novel on the subject, the two of us are intimately familiar with reality TV ‘villains’.
Cleo Watson, former co-deputy chief of staff to Boris Johnson, was fined in the infamous “PartyGate” scandal involving gatherings held at government buildings while the United Kingdom was under a pandemic…
Romance and fantasy have long been bedfellows. But thanks to BookTok, ‘romantasy’ is trending – online, in bookshops and on bestseller lists.
Love is in the air with three of this month’s picks. But if you’re looking for something colder and darker, we’ve got that covered too.
Are romance novels all the same? Are their readers all bored housewives and BookTok girlies? Of course not! Romance experts Jodi McAlister and Jayashree Kamble debunk the myths and deliver the facts.
While there is nothing particularly surprising in Five Blind Dates, it is nevertheless a really refreshing film.
Kiley Reid’s follow-up to her Booker longlisted debut is a novel about money. But it’s most interesting when it explores the gap between our imagined selves and what our actions reveal.
What do professional readers choose to read on holiday? The answers include romance fiction, science-fiction classics, a French detective, Japanese assassins … and War and Peace.
The twist in this season of The Bachelors? One is a virgin. What does this say about how society – and reality television – frames virginity?
Erotica and pornography are huge in the audio space, with stories about intimate, emotionally-charged sexual encounters designed to create a sense of closeness between speakers and listeners.
Our experts bring you the best new shows, films and seasons. From comedy to reality television to crime drama, we hope you’ll find your new streaming favourite here.
An introduction to the sexy, scandalous world of bonkbusters – and why the 1980s phenomenon is enjoying a resurgence.
A UK university has attached a trigger warning to Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen’s biting satire, for ‘toxic relationships’. Ironically, Jodi McAlister loves it for the gentle romance at its centre.
The new season of the Bachelor franchise has changed the formula, in a bid to combat audience fatigue and dropping ratings.
Persuasion is a distinctly romantic modern comedy in tone – but how much does historical accuracy matter?
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