| Category: | Romance, literary criticism |
| Founder: | Kathryn Falk |
| Finaldate: | 2018 |
| Country: | United States |
| Based: | Brooklyn, New York |
| Language: | English |
| Issn: | 1557-3397 |
Romantic Times was an American genre magazine specializing in romance novels. It was founded as a newsletter in 1981 by Kathryn Falk.[1] The initial publication took nine months to create and was distributed to 3,000 subscribers.[2] In 2004, the magazine reportedly had 150,000 subscribers, and had built a reputation as "Romance's premiere genre magazine".[3]
From 1982 to 2018, the magazine organized the "Romantic Times Booklover's Convention."[3] Several thousand people attended the annual convention, which featured author signings, a costume ball, and a male beauty pageant.[4]
In May 2018, Kathryn Falk and her co-owner, husband Kenneth Rubin announced the closure of the magazine.[5] [6] The last RT Booklovers Convention ended with the one held May 15–20, 2018 in Reno NV.[5] Falk stated "After 38 years, I am retiring and ending my participation in publishing...".[5]