Young adult fantasy (YA fantasy) brings together two established genres-young adult fiction
and fantasy fiction-and in so doing amplifies, energises, and leverages the textual, social …

The term'new adult'was coined in 2009 by St Martin's Press, when they sought submissions
for a contest for'fiction similar to YA that can be published and marketed as adult–a sort …

As we write this introduction, we are watching a viral moment of a girl's resistance–made
even more powerful because of her personal record of persistence–unfold in real time. We …

The article offers the author's insights regarding the development of new adult (NA) fiction.
Topics discussed include the definition of NA fiction as a generic category from its formation …

Subterranean environments are stock settings in popular fiction, and they are especially
prevalent in thrillers. As “extreme” environments—profoundly non-human and deeply …

Over the last twenty years, museums, zoos and aquaria have been developing live theatre
programs to present performances to their visitors. In general, these performances are …

Urban fantasy, the genre of fantastic literature in which magic and monsters meet modern
society, is fairly young but has old roots. Stefan Ekman's book, Urban Fantasy: Exploring …

Genre is used and defined in different ways depending on different social and cultural
contexts. For writers, genre is often thought of as a system of labelling works designed to …

This thesis asks how transgender young adult literature can function as a lens to observe the
ways that publishing attitudes towards trans-ness, and laterally young adult literature, have …

Zombies have long been understood by critical theorists as representing social anxieties
and problems-including colonialism, war and capitalism. A stable identifiable figure since …