Subgenre: Vacation Romance

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Kathleen, Georgia, and Amy are sitting back and relaxing into this week’s episode as they discuss the forever escapist subgenre of Vacation Romance. The Lovers define the subgenre, discuss its fantastical and immersive qualities, and the industry trends (from beach holidays to cottage core escape). And of course, this episode serves as nothing less than eternal praise of the Vacation Romance queen: Emily Henry.

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Love on Campus – a podcast on popular romance

Join Dr Amy Matthews, Kathleen Stanley, and Georgia Nicholls, three romance readers, writers, and scholars from three different generational perspectives, to talk all things popular romance.

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Georgia Nicholls

Academic | PhD Candidate | Romance Lover

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Kathleen Stanley

Academic | PhD Candidate | Book Lover

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Dr Amy Matthews

Award-winning Novelist | Author | Teacher

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