“Romance fiction has boomed during the pandemic because people are wanting to read books that make them feel good,” says Cheryl Akle of Australia’s biggest online book reading community, Better Reading. “It is a billion-dollar industry, that’s something that should be taken seriously.”

Cheryl was recently interviewed in the Sydney Weekend. She sat down with journalist Mercedes Maguire to discuss how social media is turning more of us into romance addicts than ever before. Also interviewed are some familiar faces to our readers. Check out the full article here.

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