NPR story: Romance Writers of America Conference in Washington, D.C.

National Public Radio (NPR): A Love Affair with the Romance Novel
July 18, 2009

I'm a little late in posting this story - sorry! The Romance Writers of America Conference was a week and a half ago and NPR aired a story about it on it's Saturday Weekend Edition. They interviewed Nora Roberts and Carrie Feron, who is vice-president and executive editor of Harper Collins.

I personally have never read a Nora Roberts or Danielle Steel book, though I know they are very popular. Still, why can't they ever interview Lisa Kleypas or Sabrina Jeffires or Suzanne Enoch?

Either way, I'm very happy to announce that: what genre is selling better than any other form of adult fiction? That's right! The romance novel!!! :-)

UPDATE (July 31): I listened to this story again and I have to say I 100% completely agree with what Nora Roberts says about this genre being overlooked and unfairly disregarded!

Great NPR story - a male professor who loves historical romances!

A wonderful story on NPR that features the rare and elusive creature: a male fan of historical romance novels!! Enjoy ;-)

(I've posted the whole thing below for your reading pleasure - sorry for the iffy image quality).

Romance Writers of America, 2009 Conference

This Wednesday, July 15 from 5:30-7:30pm in Washington, D.C. there will be an autographing session during the Romance Writers of America conference. It's called the 2009 "Readers for Life" Literacy Autographing and will be taking place at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, in the Exhibit Hall. The event is open to the public and free! Proceeds from the event go to charity, so they're asking that people buy books there instead of bringing their own.

A lot of great authors are going to be there: Jacquie D'Alessandro, Gayle Callen, Julia Quinn, Jenna Petersen, Mary Jo Putney, Jayne Ann Krentz (aka Amanda Quick), Lorraine Heath, Sabrina Jeffries, Suzanne Enoch, Gaelen Foley, and more!

Eloisa James B&N article, "Foreign Affairs"

Barnes & Noble Review features an article entitled "Foreign Affairs" by Eloisa James. Basically, it talks about the clash of cultures that can occur when a couple comes from two very different cultures and backgrounds. She uses her own life as an example - James is married to an Italian man whom she met while he was in the US for graduate school.

James highlights four historical romance books (new and old) that deal with this issue. The first one, Mary Jo Putney's Loving a Lost Lord, I hated (my review can be found on this blog); the second, Samantha James's One Moonlit Night, was absolutely fantastic and I gave five stars; the third and fourth I hadn't heard of before - Jade Lee's The Dragon Earl and Beverly Jenkins's Night Song.