{"id":1947,"date":"2022-05-06T17:34:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T16:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/?p=1947"},"modified":"2022-05-06T17:37:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T16:37:50","slug":"romance-reading-group-posthumanism-paranormal-romance-affinities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/2022\/05\/06\/romance-reading-group-posthumanism-paranormal-romance-affinities\/","title":{"rendered":"Romance Reading Group: Posthumanism &amp; Paranormal Romance Affinities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our next&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/regular-events\/romance-reading-group\/\">Romance Reading Group<\/a>&nbsp;online session is based on&nbsp;<strong>Paranormal Romances. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will be on&nbsp;<strong>Monday 16th May<\/strong> <strong>at 6pm GMT<\/strong>&nbsp;via&nbsp;<strong>Zoom<\/strong>, so save the date in your calendars! RSVP via:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/romancegroup.wixsite.com\/home\/event-details\/regency-romances-bridgerton-special\">https:\/\/romancegroup.wixsite.com\/home\/event-details\/posthumanism-paranormal-romance-affinities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next genre on the list for the Romance Reading Group is Paranormal: a legit genre or merely a publisher&#8217;s category? If you have an opinion (or you would like to hear others&#8217;) please join us for a lively discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RRG&#8217;s Evvie will open the discussion with a few notes from her research on paranormal romance and posthumanism (nothing too fancy!), so if you&#8217;re interested in bodies, hybrids, cyborgs or networks, don&#8217;t miss this session.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We&#8217;ll be discussing topics like:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do posthumanism and paranormal romance have in common?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you read paranormal romance? Is it even a thing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And more! No need to read anything in advance, if you&#8217;ve read a paranormal romance (or even if you haven&#8217;t) feel free to come along and add something to the conversation! People welcome from any university and\/or country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Optional pre-reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/romancegroup.wixsite.com\/home\/post\/posthumanism-paranormal-romance-affinities-session-pre-reading\">https:\/\/romancegroup.wixsite.com\/home\/post\/posthumanism-paranormal-romance-affinities-session-pre-reading<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hope to see you there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41vxrkdzqaL._SY346_.jpg\" alt=\"Slave to Sensation: Book 1 (PSY-CHANGELING SERIES) by [Nalini Singh]\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our next&nbsp;Romance Reading Group&nbsp;online session is based on&nbsp;Paranormal Romances. This will be on&nbsp;Monday 16th May at 6pm GMT&nbsp;via&nbsp;Zoom, so save the date in your calendars! RSVP via:&nbsp;https:\/\/romancegroup.wixsite.com\/home\/event-details\/posthumanism-paranormal-romance-affinities The next genre on the list for the Romance Reading Group is Paranormal: a legit genre or merely a publisher&#8217;s category? 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