Press, Interviews & Reviews

BOOK DNA · AUTHOR FEATURE

The Family Stories We Inherit

Five novels about family secrets, memory, and the stories we are taught to believe. Discover Svetlana Rodina's literary selections and the themes behind Red Riding Hood.

Author Interview · EN · October 16, 2026

My Random Musings

The Author Interview Featuring Svetlana Rodina

An interview about why finishing a first draft matters more than waiting to feel fully ready, and about future adult versions of Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty.

Reviews · EN · October 12, 2026

Rite of Fancy

Red Riding Hood: The Letter From the Wolf — A Short Summary and Review

a.d. elliott highlights the novel’s understated humor and Rose’s grounded, deeply human portrayal.

Interview + Review · EN · October 3, 2026

Writing to be Read · Chatting with New Blood

Chatting with New Blood: Svetlana Rodina

Kaye Lynne Booth interviews Svetlana Rodina about fairy tales for adult readers and gives the novel a five-quill rating in the same post.

Article · RU · 27 September 2026

В море книг · Дзен

How Long Can We Keep Putting Life Off?

An article in the Russian-language book channel «В море книг» about the habit of repeatedly putting one’s life off.

Interviews · EN · 19 September 2026

Reading Nook

Author Interview

On why familiar fairy-tale structures become stories about adult women, how Buenos Aires entered the novel, and what changes when, at 53, a heroine has to rethink the story she has been telling herself about her own life.

Reviews · EN · 31 August 2026

Read and Reviewed · Goodreads

★ 5/5

A five-star review of a novel in which photographs, letters and archival records gradually undo a convenient family version of the past, turning the search for answers into a story about memory, guilt and an adult daughter’s right to know the truth.

Reviews · RU · 31 August 2026

Tatti Knizhnaya · Knizhnye Chertogi

“interesting, deep and… ambiguous”

After reading the full novel, Tatti highlights its central strength: it is difficult to assign one person the role of right or wrong. The same family conflict changes depending on whose eyes we see it through.

Reviews · ES · 18 September 2026

Mirada Lectora

Rating: Excellent

A review of a family secret that unfolds not through one twist but gradually, through an archive box, Rose’s memory and new fragments of the past. Anna Lectora also praises the warm, realistic style, strong pacing and the atmosphere of Buenos Aires.

Feature · ES · 11 September 2026

Los Viajes de Colibrí · Autores Indie

Caperucita Roja: El Archivo de las ausencias

A Spanish-language feature with the novel’s synopsis and an author profile.