A Workshop with Matthew J. Trafford From the unlikely endurance of titles like Dracula and Frankenstein, to the global popularity of fantasy series like Game of Thrones, to the recent craze over romance novels like Heated Rivalry, it’s clear that genre fiction is at the forefront of contemporary reading and writing. But what does genre [...]

“As train crashes went, technically the Montparnasse Derailment of October 22, 1895, was a minor one.” So writes Emma Donoghue about the catastrophe at the heart of her latest novel, The Paris Express. Technically minor, but in the hands of a brilliant novelist, a major event. Set on a single day in 19th-century France, The Paris Express fits [...]