Jodi McAlister

Persuasion is a distinctly romantic modern comedy in tone – but how much does historical accuracy matter?

Finding a Valentine via a dating app is a lot more likely than running into them on the street or getting trapped in a lift with them — even if it lacks a Hollywood moment.

The new season of the Bachelor franchise has changed the formula, in a bid to combat audience fatigue and dropping ratings.

A UK university has attached a trigger warning to Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen’s biting satire, for ‘toxic relationships’. Ironically, Jodi McAlister loves it for the gentle romance at its centre.

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The twist in this season of The Bachelors? One is a virgin. What does this say about how society – and reality television – frames virginity?

Kiley Reid’s follow-up to her Booker longlisted debut is a novel about money. But it’s most interesting when it explores the gap between our imagined selves and what our actions reveal.

Romance and fantasy have long been bedfellows. But thanks to BookTok, ‘romantasy’ is trending – online, in bookshops and on bestseller lists.