Undertaking archival research and interviews, t he project’s focus is specifically on readers in the Midlands and readers from diverse backgrounds who have historically not read Mills & Boon’s fiction.įounded in 1908, Mills & Boon sells a novel in the UK every ten seconds. This project will explore how the UK’s biggest publisher of popular romance fiction, Mills & Boon, engages with its readers. Here are more details, from the description of the research project ( available here): Would you like to do a *funded* PhD on romance fiction with me & I'm delighted our Collaborative Doctoral Award secured funding from Applications open on Monday, for UK & international students: Contact me w/ queries!- Dr Amy Burge October 15, 2021

45-61.įor those not on Twitter, who or are but missed it: 'Repeated Pleasure: Reading the Threesome Ménage Romance as Digital Literature.' Powerful Prose: How Textual Features Impact Readers. Master of Arts Dissertation at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee embargoed until 2023.Ĭome Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are: Sexuality and Gender Exploration in Contemporary Slash Fanfiction. That 90's Kind of Love: the Rise of AfricanĪmerican Romance Novels in Traditional Romance Publishing.

“ Independent Authors’ Dependence on Big Tech: Categorization and Governance of Authors Of Color on Amazon.” AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. ' How Damsels Love: The Transgressive Pleasure of Romance.' New Horizons in English Studies 6: 146-159. Sur l’exemple des motifs de la communication verbale et non verbale.' Kalbotyra ' Les motifs phraséologiques pour distinguer les genres littéraires. Post-Digital Book Cultures: Australian Perspectives. ' The Australian Digital Publishing Bubble, 2012-2016: An Insider Perspective.' Please note that Jodi McAlister's book on New Adult Fiction is available for free (to read online and/or download as a pdf) only until 8 November 2021.

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