SFFRomCast

Welcome to the third episode of our Series Season! In the first half of the season, we'll be dedicating one episode per week to the first three books in the Blood Moon, Texas Shifters series by ⁠⁠Kat Kinney⁠⁠ - aiming to explore how the plot and characters progress over the beginning of the seven book series. In the first two weeks, we covered Dark - Ethan and Hayden's story & Crave, f...

Welcome to the second episode of our Series Season! In the first half of the season, we'll be dedicating one episode per week to the first three books in the Blood Moon, Texas Shifters series by ⁠Kat Kinney⁠ - aiming to explore how the plot and characters progress over the beginning of the seven book series. Last week we covered Dark - Ethan and Hayden's story; this week we are moving on t...

Welcome to the first episode of our Series Season! In the first half of the season, we'll be dedicating one episode per week to the first three books in the Blood Moon, Texas Shifters series by Kat Kinney - aiming to explore how the plot and characters progress over the beginning of the seven book series. First up is Dark - Ethan and Hayden's story! We'd love you to read along and let...

Welcome to the final episode of season twelve! We were delighted to talk to author Lucy Mitchell about her speculative romance, Every Time We Touch, which is out on the 23rd May. We'll be back at the end of the month with Season Thirteen, where we'll be deep-diving into the first three books of two series. First up will be Dark from the Blood Moon, Texas Shifters series by Kat Kinney! Subs...

In this episode we are discussing word usage as our Topic of the Month. As writers why do we choose certain words? As readers which do we hate reading and why? Join us next week for our final episode of Season Twelve when we'll have author Lucy Mitchell with us to discuss her latest book, Every Time We Touch! If you'd like to watch this episode with captions, you can find links to You Tube...

Welcome to episode ten - our monthly book chat about what new releases are happening in April, news that's been buzzing in SFF romance publishing and reader communities and the results of our polls for the series' we'll be deep diving into for Season 13. Next week we'll be back with our Topic of the Month for May: Word Usage. If you'd like to watch this episode with captions, y...

Welcome to episode nine of season twelve and our second "In Defence of Unpopular Tropes" episode, where we invite guests to join us and defend an unpopular trope they love and give recs for those who might be swayed! We were joined by fantasy and monster romance author, Vicky Walklate ! Recommendations included: Pestilence by Laura Thalassa Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell Heart of...

In this episode we are discussing reading slumps as our Topic of the Month. Why do they happen? How do we get out of them? Join us next week for our second "In Defense of Unpopular Tropes" when we'll have author Vicky Walklate with us! If you'd like to watch this episode with captions, you can find links to You Tube and Spotify here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/SFFRomCast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ alo...

Welcome to episode seven of season twelve! We were delighted to talk to author Katherine Dyson about her cosy paranormal romance, Love at First Bite. Next week we'll be back with our Topic of the Month for April, when we'll be discussing reading slumps! If you'd like to watch this episode with captions, you can find links to You Tube and Spotify. Don't forget to vote for the two bo...

Welcome to episode six - our monthly book chat about what new releases are happening in March, news that's been buzzing in SFF romance publishing and reader communities and, of course, the big announcement for romantasy fans. Next week we'll be back interviewing Katherine Dyson, about her paranormal romance, Love at First Bite. If you'd like to watch this episode with captions, you can...

Thank you for joining us! This week's episode is all about considering which two book series we'll be doing deep dives into for Season Thirteen. We'll do three episodes dedicated to the first three books in each series, so we can explore how the story, world-building and characters progress! Vote for which two you'd most like us to talk about - whether that's because you've...

Welcome to episode four of season twelve and our very first "In Defence of Unpopular Tropes" episode, where we invite guests to join us and defend an unpopular trope they love and give recs for those who might be swayed! We were joined by fellow podcasters - The Cosy Cup Book Club! Recommendations included: I'm Not Your Pet by Fae Quin Games with the Orc by Katherine Moon Vexed by M...

In our third episode of season twelve we're tackling our first Topic of the Month, with a discussion about spice in romance novels. Open doors, closed doors, too much information, how it's changed over the years and whether authors feel pressure to include it these days are just some of the points we cover! Join us next week for our first "In Defense of Unpopular Tropes" when we&...

Welcome to episode two of season twelve! We were delighted to talk to author ⁠Venetia Constantine about her debut novel, The Last Starborn Seer. Next week we'll be back with our Topic of the Month for February, when we'll be discussing all things Spice within romance! If you'd like to watch this episode with captions, you can find links to You Tube and Spotify here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://link...

Welcome to the first episode of a brand new season! In this episode we're talking about what new releases are happening in February and the book chat buzzing in SFF romance publishing and reader communities over the last month. Next week we'll be back interviewing our first guest author for of the season, Venetia Constantine, about her debut romantic fantasy, The Last Starborn Seer. If you...

Welcome to our very first episode of 2026! Join us as we see how we did with the reading goals we set for ourselves back in our Special, Special of 2025 , set some new goals, chat about our plans for 2026 and - of course - go off on some random tangents! If you are a SFF romance author with a book out in this spring, and you'd like to come on the podcast to talk about it - give us a shout! We&...

Welcome to our final panel of Season 11, when we are talking about Sci-Fi Romance! In this episode we spoke to Brendan Deneen , Lisa Edmonds , JM Frey and Jessie Mihalik about what they think is so awesome about all the different flavours of sci-fi romance! We'd love to hear from you, whether you have comments about the episode or ideas about what other kinds of panels you'd love to see! Y...

Welcome to our second episode of Season 11, when we will be hosting monthly author panels! In this episode we spoke to ⁠Angela J Ford , CM Rosens and Jennifer Kennedy ⁠ about why they think the gothic endures with new audiences century after century, their favourite gothic tropes and of course, their fantastic books! We'd love to hear from you, whether you have comments about the episode or id...

We are interrupting our regularly scheduled entertainment to bring you news! As of today, the recipes for all the cocktails we have discussed during our six degrees of separation seasons are now available in a fun little book! This bitesize recipe book matches delicious cocktails with sci-fi and fantasy romance titles as featured on the SFFRomCast - a podcast dedicated to celebrating SFF romance!...

Welcome to our very first episode of Season 11, when we will be hosting monthly author panels! In this episode we spoke to Brigid Kemmerer , Kalynn Bayron , Ruth Frances Long and Sarah Raughley about how the romantasy boom has (or has not) changed the YA fantasy landscape, as well as how they tackle themes and world-building for either audience and of course, their fantastic books! We'd love t...

This year the SFFRomCast attended the Meet Cute Romance Festival to record flash interviews for a special summer season! This is the final of the bite-size chats we've released throughout July and August and we're ending with author E S Drake who was also running the archery on the day. You can find out more about Acts of Cupidity on E S Drake's website here . We'd love to hear from you, whether y...

This year the SFFRomCast attended the Meet Cute Romance Festival to record flash interviews for a special summer season! These bite-size chats will release each week through July and August and this week we have author Jacqueline Silvester who co-writes paranormal romance with N J Simmonds, under the pen name Caedis Knight. You can find out more about Jacqueline's books⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ here ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

This year the SFFRomCast attended the Meet Cute Romance Festival to record flash interviews for a special summer season! These bite-size chats will release each week through July and August and this week we have author Jennifer Page. You can find out more about Jennifers's books⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . And remember to stay tuned until the end for the answers to last week's quiz! How ma...

This year the SFFRomCast attended the Meet Cute Romance Festival to record flash interviews for a special summer season! These bite-size chats will release each week through July and August and this week we have author Claire McCauley who also kindly put together a special SFF Romance quiz for us! (Tune in next week for the answers!) You can find out more about Claire's books⁠ ⁠here ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠...

This year the SFFRomCast attended the Meet Cute Romance Festival to record flash interviews for a special summer season! These bite-size chats will release each week through July and August and this week we have author Adi Denner! You can find more about Adi's work ⁠here ⁠⁠⁠⁠ along with links to buy her romantasy Kiss of the Nightingale ⁠⁠⁠ . Did you attend? We'd love to hear from you whether you...