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Two romance bookstores opened in Lawrenceville in early 2026. A psychologist explains why readers want community beyond their screens.
Shannon and Arran’s romance, for all its visual electricity, is paper-thin.
The eight-part remake attempts to revive the glossy melodrama of the 1980s bonkbuster while reframing its heroine for a contemporary audience.
Today’s romance novels spotlight women in control in the bedroom and in their relationships.
The speed and structure of AI relationship advice often consolidates one narrative and trains us for unrealistic expectations, shaping how we interpret conflict and intimacy.
Count Dracula was originally a rank-breathed predator. His transformation into a tragic romantic mirrors a century of shifting attitudes about sex, gender and desire.
From first dates to sleeping lovers, these are the paintings that have touched the hearts of our experts.
Ever since medieval Christians smooshed their mouths together during worship, the kiss has remained a hot topic.
Love can be exposing but is it worth it to find someone? Sartre thought so.
From clingy to distant, attachment theory explains how childhood bonds shape adult love.
What psychology says about whether these questions could make you fall in love.
Heathcliff sneeringly rejected the idea he was ‘a hero of romance’ – though the new film claims Wuthering Heights as the greatest love story of all time. Is it?
When you outsource romance, there’s a hidden emotional cost.
Rachel Reid’s Heated Rivalry doesn’t quite capture all of the nuances of a gay male relationship. Jacob Tierney’s adaptation does.
Heated Rivalry depicts a sporting world where queer joy, acceptance and belonging is not only possible, but is enthusiastically embraced.
In the second episode of Jane Austen’s Paper Trail, we speak to Austen experts about her views on love, and the role of romance in Pride & Prejudice.
Elaine Goodale and Charles Eastman’s 19th-century interracial marriage made them a media sensation. But tensions over gender, race and identity ultimately proved too hard to overcome.
These Booker nominations respond in part to society’s emphasis on youth – which is commonly reflected in publishing.
The strong bonds that users are forming with their AI chatbots rest on the human imagination at work.
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Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University
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Professor of Psychology, Monmouth University
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British Academy postdoctoral fellow, University of Warwick
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Professor of Social Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Senior lecturer, School of Psychology, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology of Relationships, University of South Wales
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PhD, Paratexts in Genre Fiction, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor of Journalism, University of Colorado Boulder
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Scientia Professor of Evolution, UNSW
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Post Doctoral Researcher, The University of Texas at Austin
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Associate Professor of Digital Rhetoric and Writing Studies, University of Washington
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Tasmania
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Professor in Social Psychology / Relationship Science, Deakin University
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