Georgette Heyer’s Unruly Eighteenth Century

Dr Stephanie Russo (Macquarie University, Australia) Session 5.1: History and Romance Abstract:  Georgette Heyer’s fame, both in her own time and in ours, is inextricably connected to her representation of Regency England.  However before Heyer wrote about the Regency, she was writing about the eighteenth century, setting her first novels in both England and France… […]

Think Globally, Love Locally? – Popular Romance Studies comes to Sydney

Recently I was fortunate to attend some sessions the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance (aka IASPR) Conference with the theme ‘Think Globally, Love Locally?’ held in Sydney. Due to a combination of illness and other commitments I was unable to attend all the sessions.  I also apologise profusely to all those who […]