Romance in the Media A-I

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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.


Brown, Janelle, 1999. 'Forbidden Romance?', Salon, Sept. 29, 1999. [1] [This item is about romance and epublishing.]

Craig, Amanda, 2006. 'The Language of Love', The Telegraph, 13 February 2006. [2] '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 [3] '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. [4] 'A Tried-and-True Genre Of Novels Expands, And Business Is Booming.'

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

Kean, Danuta, 2005. 'Let's hear it for romance', The Guardian, Thursday April 14, 2005. [6] 'Danuta Kean on the real, shameful reasons we're so snooty about romantic fiction.'

Sandler, Lauren, 'Throbbing hearts and thumping Bibles', Salon, July 12, 2001. [7] '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. [8] 'Mills & Boon is to get a makeover, ditching the requisite fairytale ending. Surely that's missing the point, says Zoe Williams.'

Zaitchik, Alexander, 2003. ‘The Romance Writers of America convention is just super’, New York Press, Vol 16: 30, 22 July 2003. [9]