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Madeleine Grey speaks to Johny Pitts about her humorous and heart breaking debut novel, Green Dot, about a young millennial woman's ill-fated affair.

Plus 'romantasy' - combining fantasy and racy romance, it's the hot new genre sought after by publishers and readers alike, and dominated by female authors and readers. To discuss its huge growth in popularity, Johny is joined by: Saara El-Arifi – bestselling author of Faebound, the first in a three part trilogy, which went straight to number one on release last month; Natasha Bardon – publisher of Science Fiction and Fantasy for Harper Voyager, of romantasy-focussed imprint Magpie Books, and of the upcoming ‘spicy’ romantasy list, the Midnight Collection; and by Katie Fraser – journalist for The Bookseller who writes about SFF.

And romance author Freya North shares her Book I Would Never Lend - Crusoe's Daughter by Jane Gardam.

Presenter: Johny Pitts
Producer: Emma Wallace

Book List- Sunday 11 February and Thursday 15 February

House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J Maas
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
Faebound by Saara El-Arifi
Games of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Iron Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Green Dot by Madeleine Grey
Luster by Raven Leilani
Crusoe’s Daughter by Jane Gardam
Chloe by Freya North
The Unfinished Business of Eadie Brown by Freya North