Today’s guest is editor, reviewer, and translator Rachel Cordasco! She runs the wonderful site Speculative Fiction in Translation, which is dedicated to providing information on speculative fiction works that have been (or are being) translated into English—from reviews, to interviews, to The Big SFT Spreadsheet, to compilations by year and indexes by language, and more! I’m thrilled she’s here today to discuss speculative fiction in translation by women, and if you want to read more with this particular focus, you […]

Today’s guest is urban fantasy and science fiction romance writer Jessie Mihalik! She’s the author of The Queen’s Gambit, a science fiction romance novella in the Rogue Queen series, and she is currently releasing the sequel, The Queen’s Advantage, as a serial on her website (with several chapters available to read now!). Her latest book, Polaris Rising, is the first novel in a new romantic space opera trilogy, the Consortium Rebellion. The second book in this series, Aurora Blazing, is scheduled […]

I am delighted to welcome Somaiya Daud today! Her YA science fiction novel, Mirage, centers on a young woman who is torn from her family and home moon because of her remarkable similarity to a princess in need of a body double. It’s one of my new favorite books; it’s powerful, emotionally intense, and character driven with beautiful writing and realistically drawn relationships. Mirage also introduced me to a new favorite main protagonist: Amani, whose empathy, bravery, and wisdom come […]

Keeping with Women in SF&F Month tradition since she first started the recommendation list project in 2013, Renay is once again kicking off this year’s series of guest posts! Renay contributes to the wonderful site Lady Business, the 2017 Hugo Award winner for Best Fanzine, where she writes enthusiastic, thoughtful coverage of science fiction and fantasy (and provides excellent recommendations!). She also co-hosts the Hugo-nominated Fangirl Happy Hour podcast. Hello, friends! Welcome to Women in Science Fiction & Fantasy Month—2019 edition! […]

Since 2012, every April at Fantasy Cafe has been dedicated to showcasing the wonderful work that women are doing in fantasy and science fiction—and I’m excited to announce that the eighth annual Women in SF&F Month starts today! The first week’s schedule is below, but first, here is some background on Women in SF&F Month in case you’re not familiar with it: For the last few years, I’ve set aside reviews and other book coverage during the month of April and […]

Thank you very much to last week’s guests for their essays! Here are links to the final pieces in this year’s series in case you missed either of them: Mary Fan (Jane Colt, Starswept) discussed writing female secondary characters who are not sidekicks to the male protagonist—and how she avoided this in her dark YA fantasy novel Flynn Nightsider and the Edge of Evil (coming out on May 15!). Ann Aguirre (Sirantha Jax, Razorland, Ars Numina) shared some of her […]