{"id":2448,"date":"2024-10-18T15:34:20","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T14:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/?p=2448"},"modified":"2024-10-18T15:34:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T14:34:21","slug":"romance-reading-group-october-2024-session-bolu-babalolas-love-in-colour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/2024\/10\/18\/romance-reading-group-october-2024-session-bolu-babalolas-love-in-colour\/","title":{"rendered":"Romance Reading Group \u2013 October 2024 Session: Bolu Babalola&#8217;s Love in Colour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Monday 28th October 2024, 6-7pm GMT, Zoom<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sign up via: <a href=\"https:\/\/romancegroup.wixsite.com\/home\/event-details\/bolu-babalolas-love-in-colour\">https:\/\/romancegroup.wixsite.com\/home\/event-details\/bolu-babalolas-love-in-colour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s that time of the year when excited students fill every available space, IKEA becomes a legit&nbsp;destination, everything comes out in &#8220;pumpkin spice&#8221; flavor, and the first Christmas ad pops up (it&#8217;s too early!). If only we could move beyond cliches, you muse&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, have no fear: the Romance Reading Group is back with its first session on romance that pushes the boundaries of the genre, or, at least, leans casually against them.&nbsp;Our first pick of the season is the intriguing and much acclaimed&nbsp;<em>Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold<\/em>&nbsp;short stories anthology by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolubabalola.com\/\">Bolu Babalola<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please join us on Monday 28th Oct, at 6pm London time to discuss the anthology with a focus on the following stories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Psyche (retelling of Eros and Psyche)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nefertiti (the sapphic retelling of the Egyptian queen)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tiara (a new tale)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As always, we welcome everyone. Don&#8217;t worry if you haven&#8217;t had time to read the stories; join us for a chat anyway. We&#8217;re so looking forward to seeing you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday 28th October 2024, 6-7pm GMT, Zoom Sign up via: https:\/\/romancegroup.wixsite.com\/home\/event-details\/bolu-babalolas-love-in-colour It&#8217;s that time of the year when excited students fill every available space, IKEA becomes a legit&nbsp;destination, everything comes out in &#8220;pumpkin spice&#8221; flavor, and the first Christmas ad pops up (it&#8217;s too early!). If only we could move beyond cliches, you muse&#8230; Well, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/2024\/10\/18\/romance-reading-group-october-2024-session-bolu-babalolas-love-in-colour\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Romance Reading Group \u2013 October 2024 Session: Bolu Babalola&#8217;s Love in Colour&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":597,"featured_media":2449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[210],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-romance-reading-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/597"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2450,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448\/revisions\/2450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}