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SIM Ep 343 Chops 150: The truth about romantic fiction with the RNA's Alison May

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

From Marian Keyes to Jilly Cooper, Joanne Harris to Toni Morrison, Barbara Cartland to Gabriel Garcia Marquez: romantic novels are a broad church able to tackle a lot of big topics and hot potatoes. And yet a lot of people still get sniffy when it comes to romance. 

We chatted to the bloody smashing Alison May, Chair of the Romantic Novelists’ Association – this year celebrating its 60th anniversary – about changing hearts and minds, inclusivity, literary love stories, that time Cliff Richard played Heathcliff, why Same Girl by Usher and R Kelly would make a terrible romantic novel, and the intriguing sounding “banging” line of Mills & Boon books called Dare. Crikey Moses.

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0:00.0

This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats.

0:11.0

So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.

0:15.0

Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. Standard Issue for all women.

0:35.0

Hello and welcome to, you guessed it, another double chop Sunday, like ski Sunday, but warmer.

0:42.0

Actually that's not strictly true. like ski Sunday but warmer.

0:42.6

Actually that's not strictly true.

0:44.4

As over on the other chops Jen is chatting to the charity

0:47.1

Pregnant then screwed about women being left out in the cold when they get pregnant

0:51.2

go on maternity leave or return to work after having

0:53.9

kids I don't have kids I'm never going to have kids but I have found Gen's

0:57.8

series on pregnancy absolutely fascinating not least because it's provided some really useful information for me in how I can be more there for my pals who are having children.

1:08.0

Anyway, things are a bit hotter over on this chops as we catch up with the bloody smashing Allison May,

1:14.4

chair of the Romantic novelist Association which is celebrating its 60th anniversary.

1:19.4

From Marion Keys to Jillie Cooper Joanne Harris to Tony Morrison, Barbara

1:23.7

Cartland to Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Romantic novels are a broad church able to

1:28.5

tackle a lot of big topics and hot potatoes and yet a lot of people still get sniffy when it comes to romance.

1:34.7

We chatted to Allison about among many many other things changing hearts and minds

1:40.9

inclusivity, literary love stories that time Cliff Richard played Heathcliff, why

1:45.6

sane girl by Usher and R Kelly would make a terrible romantic novel and the intriguing

1:50.0

sounding banging line of Mills and Boone books called Dare.

1:53.6

Sweet Christmas.

1:55.6

Two notes, we talk about banging a lot and Hannah seems, I know, fine with it.

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