Open call for guests who would like to share their research on popular romance fiction, or on a related topic that would be of interest to romance novel readers and scholars.

AREAS OF INTEREST:

• Social science explorations of romance readers, or cross-genre reading (including romance)

• Examinations of romance novels across cultures (especially outside the US)

• How romance novels have changed over time

• Cross-disciplinary approaches

• Business of romance novels: emerging business models, formats, and reader trends

FORMAT:

Typical recording is 60-75 minutes long; 50-60-minute final edited episode.

Who this is for:

This call is open to scholars and nerds of all kinds - no formal qualifications required. But, please note this is not a call for authors of fiction to discuss their own work.

I encourage you to listen to a few episodes of Shelf Love if you haven't already. Here are a few episodes that were a result of this open call:

• Queer Romance: A History with Lucy Hargrave

• The Hunger Games & Extraordinary Girl Romance Narratives

Here are a few episodes that were not a result of the open call but are good examples of what this open call is looking for:

• Rare book dealer Rebecca Romney on her Romance Collection

• Julie Moody Freeman on Teaching Black Romance in the Classroom with Cultural Studies Framework

• Eric Selinger on Major Waves of Romance Scholarship

• Diana Filar on White American Immigrants, Assimilation, Romance Adaptations

• Only Tingles Before Marriage: Junior Novels in Post-War America with Dr. Amanda K. Allen

• What Books Do, Empirically Speaking with Dr. Andrew Piper

• Time Travel Romance: A Fantasy Escape to a Glorious Space

Shelf Love podcast interviews are conducted remotely via Skype.