The first week of Romance Reading Month will also see the announcement of the shortlists for the Romantic Novel Awards for books published during 2019 ( see below). I recently delivered copies of #SummerInACornishCove and #CottageOnACornishCliff to resulting in #booksignings not only there but also and #TuesNews #writerslife #Romance /mwHqLEoMZ7 The RNA invites readers to tweet pictures of themselves and their library books to and share on social media using the hashtags #LoveMyLibraryWeek and #RNA60. Despite recent pressure and library closures, libraries continue to provide a lifeline for many readers and a valuable income for authors. The focus is on libraries, and encouraging readers to support romance authors and their local libraries by borrowing a romantic novel. The audience don’t mind the subtitles at all. The majority of this came from romance, especially romance comedy. According to the Korea Creative Content Agency, the exports of South Korea broadcast content sector was worth $2.02 billion in 2016. The late adopters were Generation X, Millennials and Generation Z. The early adopters in 2003 were Boomer professionals and housewives.

They don’t want to see raunchy sex scenes or explosions on telly. How did they know we need cheering up? They announced earlier this month that February 2020 is to be a Romance Reading Month to encourage “everyone to pick up a romance novel and fall in love with a love story”.īy the way, do you know why Korean drama series, or K-drama – some of which are adapted from novels, manwha and manga – are so popular in Asia? Because stressed out professional women who have to deal with family and career cope by following soap operas. Love, love, loveīless the Romantic Novelists’ Association (RNA). Gabriel Garcia Marquez gets away with cholera. Even the author of Tokyo Ghoul, Ishida Sui, confesses to being a fan of romance books and dramas. What better way to pick yourself out of this rut of self-assessment tax trauma, post-election fatigue and coronavirus hysteria than to indulge in romance? It’s hopeful. It’s National Romance Reading Month, folks.

A Royal Wedding by Jeevani Charika