Romance in the Media A-I

This page is for items which have appeared in the press or online news sources.

For items written about romance by romance authors but not published in academic journals or books see the Writers on Romance page.

For a bibliography of academic articles and books about romance see the Romance Scholarship page.

For romance-related resources which may be of interest to academics see the Romance Resources for Academics page.

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Author not given, 2002. 'Mills & boom boom', The Observer, Sunday December 15, 2002. [1] 'Every two seconds, somebody somewhere in the world buys a Mills & Boon title. Readers, it seems, can't get enough of romance, happy endings and, these days, rock-hard nipples, bondage sex and lesbian fantasies. Geraldine Bedell slips between the covers of modern romantic fiction to see for herself how the 94-year-old publishing house keeps it up'. [The article quotes from Radway (though it's spelled 'Rodway') and mentions differences between UK and US romance trends.]

Alberge, Dalya, 2006. 'Romance loses allure after book lovers turn to crime', The Times, February 10, 2006. [2] 'Thrillers have beaten bodice-rippers as library favourites but a children’s writer reigns supreme', about the most-borrowed books in UK libraries.

Brown, Janelle, 1999. 'Forbidden Romance?', Salon, Sept. 29, 1999. [3] [This item is about romance and epublishing.]

Craig, Amanda, 2006. 'The Language of Love', The Telegraph, 13 February 2006. [4] 'Literary snobs have always been rude about romantic fiction, but the genre is one of the oldest and most distinguished in literature and the writing has never been more interesting, says Amanda Craig.

Cuthbert, Kate, 2006. 'In Love With Love', The Courier Mail, April 22, 2006 [5] 'Erotica may be the new buzzword in women's publishing but romance novels have been breaking sexual barriers from the start.'

Fitzgerald, Sara, 2006. 'Romance, Writ Large', The Washington Post, Sunday, April 30, 2006. [6] 'A Tried-and-True Genre Of Novels Expands, And Business Is Booming.'

Gracen, Julia, 1999. 'Too darn hot', Salon, Oct. 5, 1999. [7] 'Romance fans clash over a new breed of explicit, kinky love story.'

Hawtree, Christopher, 2000. 'Obituary: Alan Boon', The Guardian, Friday August 11, 2000. [8] 'The man who made a million bosoms heave with passion'.

Kean, Danuta, 2005. 'Let's hear it for romance', The Guardian, Thursday April 14, 2005. [9] 'Danuta Kean on the real, shameful reasons we're so snooty about romantic fiction.'

Kennedy, Maev, 2000. 'An era swoons away as Mills and Boon goes photographic', The Guardian, Thursday July 13, 2000. [10] 'The most shattering literary news of the new millennium broke yesterday, the announcement that Mills and Boon is to abandon its cover drawings in favour of "modern imagery which shows empowered women" - ie, cover photographs.'

Sandler, Lauren, 'Throbbing hearts and thumping Bibles', Salon, July 12, 2001. [11] 'Christian authors are staking their claim on pop culture's steamiest preserve: Romance novels.'

Williams, Zoe, 2005. ‘Get Real’, The Guardian, G2 section, Thursday 11 August 2005. [12] 'Mills & Boon is to get a makeover, ditching the requisite fairytale ending. Surely that's missing the point, says Zoe Williams.'

Wolff, Isabel, 2004. 'In defence of romance', The Guardian, Tuesday March 2, 2004. [13] 'Isabel Wolff is proud to be part of the romantic fiction tradition that includes the Brontës, Tolstoy and Austen.'

Zaitchik, Alexander, 2003. ‘The Romance Writers of America convention is just super’, New York Press, Vol 16: 30, 22 July 2003. [14]