''Romantic Times'' was an American genre magazine specializing in

romance novel A romance novel or romantic novel generally refers to a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary focus on the relationship and Romance (love), romantic love between two people, and usually has an "emotionally satisfying and optimis ...

s. It was founded as a newsletter in 1981 by Kathryn Falk. The initial publication took nine months to create and was distributed to 3,000 subscribers. In 2004, the magazine reportedly had 150,000 subscribers, and had built a reputation as "Romance's premiere genre magazine". From 1982 to 2018, the magazine organized the "Romantic Times Booklover's Convention." Several thousand people attended the annual convention, which featured author signings, a costume ball, and a male beauty pageant. In May 2018, Kathryn Falk and her co-owner, husband Kenneth Rubin announced the closure of the magazine. The last RT Booklovers Convention ended with the one held May 15–20, 2018 in Reno NV. Falk stated "After 38 years, I am retiring and ending my participation in publishing...".

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1981 establishments in the United States 2018 disestablishments in New York (state) Book review magazines Defunct literary magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1981 Magazines disestablished in 2018 Magazines published in New York City Romantic fiction {{Lit-mag-stub