Fane Productions | Samantha Shannon | Violence Against Women in Fantasy @faneproductions | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
“There’s this idea that fantasy has to be faithful to history, and that therefore we have to replicate certain types of real world oppression, even in fantasy novels, and I disagree with that.”

Internationally best-selling author Samantha Shannon discusses the problems associated with traditional fantasy novels and looks back on how writing The Priory of the Orange Tree helped her to explore her own sexuality.

A Night In with Samantha Shannon was originally broadcast on Wed 26 Jul 2023.

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