Like Heated Rivalry? Maybe want to talk about it at the next MAPACA conference in 5-7 November in Baltimore? Consider submitting a proposal! 🏑 popmediaprof.com/2026/05/26/c...

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Romance While Disabled: Writing Disabled Love Interests will feature moderator Jade Benjamin + panelists @caitgauthor.bsky.social, @aebrossbooks.bsky.social, @jayeviner.bsky.social, and @flynnbulwinter.bsky.social talking about the ways love can look different when you’re disabled 5/?

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🆕 Amy Duong has reviewed the volume Conflict and Colonialism in 21st Century Romantic Historical Fiction: Repairing the Past, Repurposing History (2025), edited by Hsu-Ming Teo and Paloma Fresno Calleja, for JPRS. Follow the link to read the full early access review: doi.org/10.70138/VPK...

My article on masculinity for the forthcoming special issue of @jprstudies.bsky.social on African romance novels has been published online! This one has been in the works for some time - I'm so pleased it is officially out in the world :) www.jprstudies.org/2026/05/a-de...

Hot off the press! An Early Access article on @JPRStudies by Nafees Alam, addressing the bias against SOPO VEE OPP polyamory in the US reality TV show "Sister Wives" www.jprstudies.org/2026/04/addr...

⌛ Just a bit over a month left to send in your proposals for JPRS Special Issue on Sport Romance. Don't miss out on this opportunity! #RomanceResearch

Hot off the press! An Early Access article on @JPRStudies by Nafees Alam, addressing the bias against SOPO VEE OPP polyamory in the US reality TV show "Sister Wives" www.jprstudies.org/2026/04/addr...

Erotic romance writers in northern Nigeria bypass censors and strict religious authorities by sharing their stories on WhatsApp. NB: story not universally paywalled(?)🎉 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/w...

Adding these to our TBRs!

Excited to be a co-author on this discussion of defining "the trope" in #romance fiction, over at @jprstudies.bsky.social - many thanks to @heatherschell.bsky.social for organizing and synthesizing all our ideas and notes! @iaspr.bsky.social #BookSky www.jprstudies.org/2026/03/defi...

My central argument is that "romance authors have assumed pastoral roles, offering hope to their readers through novels which propagate faith in the goodness and durability of love." Anyway, it's free to download from here:

Every reader has a favorite romance trope but they are rarely studied by scholars... Or at least it was so. Our new multi-authored Note, "Defining the Trope in Romance Fiction", synthesizes ideas and discussions on this topic. Follow the link to read: doi.org/10.70138/ECM... #RomanceResearch

In the mood for a short read about romance? Then you cannot miss JPRS' newest publication: "Literary Fiction from the Perspective of Romance Scholarship: André Aciman’s Room on the Sea", by Francesca Pierini. Find this Note following the link: doi.org/10.70138/MZI...

A good few days for publications by long-time romance scholars @profromance.bsky.social , @jessicatripler.bsky.social and @emselinger.bsky.social: Kamblé, Jayashree (2026). "Recolouring the romcom: humor, respectability, and race in a 1986 American category romance novel." Comedy Studies.

🚨 Our first article of the year is out now! "Romancing the Darkness: Understanding Trauma in the Romance Genre", by Alicia Leigh, is published as an Early Access Piece in JPRS. Follow the link to read about the three trauma-themed romance subgenres proposed by the author: doi.org/10.70138/ZOG...

The Journal of Popular Romance Studies (@jprstudies.bsky.social) did a special issue on Black Romance novels in 2022. It includes scholarly articles and interviews with Black Romance authors. www.jprstudies.org/issues/volum... #Romancelandia #RomanceBookSky #BlackBookSky

More and more romance adaptations are starting to appear – but what makes the translation from page to screen really sing?

CfP 🚨 Are you interested in #RomanceResearch and Sports? JPRS is calling for papers for its special issue on Sport Romance! 📆 300-word abstracts to be submitted by 31st May 2026 to Atlanta Tsiaoukkas ([email protected]). 🔗 Find all the information on our website: www.jprstudies.org/submissions/...

Do you listen to podcasts about romance novels? One of the romance scholars (Dr. Precie A. Schroyer) is inviting you to take part in a research study: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

February is Black History Month, so we wanted to highlight an article from our 2022 Special Issue "Black Romance". Follow the link to read "Against Odds: Beverly Jenkins’ Indigo and Black Historical Romance" by Margo Hendricks (@elysabethgrace.bsky.social): doi.org/10.70138/DZP... #RomanceResearch

It was an absolute privilege to work with these wonderful scholars. I hope that people enjoy this special issue on YA and series and romance!

The start of 2026 in JPRS is marked by the publication of Amy Burge's (@dramyburge.bsky.social) Editor's Note for Volume 14 ✨. Follow the link to read our Executive Editor's review of last year's publications: doi.org/10.70138/ZFX... #RomanceResearch

I'm running a popular romance course at the University of Liverpool... but only if enough people sign up! Come and join us! www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...

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JPRS 2025 Wrapped! 🎆 Today marks the end of an exciting year for the Journal of Popular Romance Studies: we've published 5 articles, 1 Special Issue, 4 pieces in the Notes and Queries section, and 6 book reviews. Thank you to all authors and readers! We'll see you in 2026 for more #RomanceResearch.

To accompany this Special Issue, three new book reviews about YA literature have been published in JPRS. Keep reading to find out more about them:

🚨 A new Special Issue has been published today! The volume "(Un)defined YA / Series / Romance" features an introduction by Amanda K. Allen (@amandaallenphd.bsky.social) and six research articles. Follow the link and keep reading to discover them: www.jprstudies.org/special-issu... #RomanceResearch

🚨 A new book review has been published in JPRS! Qurratulaen Liaqat reviews Javaria Farooqui's (@javariafarooqui.bsky.social) book "Romance Fandom in 21st-Century Pakistan: Reading the Regency". Follow the link to read it: doi.org/10.70138/FRC... #RomanceResearch

🚨 New article alert! Follow the link to read "The Debasement of Love and its Cure in Romance: Psychoanalysis and Healing Through Feminization in Loretta Chase’s Lord of Scoundrels", an article by Noam Raveh: doi.org/10.70138/XLC... #RomanceResearch

Question for any romance novel history people out there: does anyone know who might have been the first romance author to write/publish strict dual POV, ie: in equally distributed, alternating chapters? (Or, first-ish, I know tracking firstness in literature is complicated) Feel free to RT/boost

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🚨 Just one week left to send in abstracts for the Special Issue "Romancing the Posthuman". Don't miss the chance!

What is the relationship between #Twilight and Fifty Shades? What do these texts reveal about the relationship between published fiction and fanfiction when studied computationally? Find out in our new article (with Barbara Bordalejo and @jorisvanzundert.bsky.social) doi.org/10.16995/dsc...

Is heterosexual romantic love positive or regressive for women? Follow the link to read "Feminist Researcher Wishes to Meet Romantic Subject: The “Case” of Mrs. F.", an article by Susan Ostrov Weisser addressing this debate within Love Studies: www.jprstudies.org/2017/04/femi... #RomanceResearch

For those interested in romance teaching:

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New article alert 🚨 A new article by Emily Fuller has just been published on JPRS. Follow the link to read "Breaking Boundaries through the Body: Love, Monogamy, and Heteropessimism in Fredrik Backman’s Fiction": doi.org/10.70138/LXC... #RomanceResearch

📣 Important update regarding this CfP: the submission deadline for our Special Issue "Romancing the Posthuman" has been extended until 30 November 2025! 🔗 Find all the relevant information through the JPRS website: www.jprstudies.org/submissions/... #RomanceResearch

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Stephenie Meyer's novel "Twilight" is turning 20 this year! 🍎 Follow the link to read "Safe Sex with Defanged Vampires: New Vampire Heroes in Twilight and the Southern Vampire Mysteries", a JPRS article by Chiho Nakagawa: www.jprstudies.org/2011/10/%E2%...

This compilation of new publications about romance may be of interest to our readers!

JPRS Archive Dive! We are joining the commemoration of the Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15) by highlighting Nadia Lie’s article “From Latin to Latino Lover: Hispanicity and Female Desire in Popular Culture”. Follow the link to read: www.jprstudies.org/2014/02/from...

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Quick note! We are aware that our Google search results contain some bogus information. The issue is being dealt with, but for now, use another search engine to find our articles, or go straight to www.jprstudies.org and use our search box there! The site itself is not impacted.

Coolest call for book proposals! #romance #power #desire #AcademicSky #booksky #academicwriting #books

There's been a bit of discussion after Just Like That, Sex and the City's spin-off, ended, so we wanted to highlight a JPRS' article analyzing romance in the original series: "'Just Say Yes': the Romanticisation of Love in Sex and the City", by Beatriz Oria. Link: www.jprstudies.org/2012/10/just...

I am very excited to announce the CfP for our Special Issue "Romancing the Posthuman" for JPRS! Please share widely 😀

🚨 This CfP may be of interest to some of our readers! 🗓️ 250-word proposal by November 30, 2025.