reviews, releases and recommendations of LGBT media
Out next week is F. T. Lukens’ latest, Otherworldly, so to whet your appetite for what is bound to be the best kind of combination of paranormal adventure and romance, F. T. wrote a guest post for us about some of what inspired their worldbuilding!
Before you dive in (or even after!), you can still preorder Otherworldly so that it’ll arrive on your doorstep (or ereader-step) for you to sink your teeth into right away!
We have a little treat today for any of you who have energy to participate in NaNoWriMo! A delicious and insightful look at creating worlds, which frankly is the first to writing any type of story, not only fantasy. So for any writers out there, enjoy and learn! And for readers, maybe see why some books work better for you than others?
Don’t forget, you can keep up with Lisa’s work on instagram too!
Today’s post comes courtesy of Katryn Bury, author of the middle grade mystery series Drew Leclair. We featured Katryn a little while back during the release of her first book and we’re delighted to have her return, this time with a post about freedom to read. We’re in the midst of a proliferation of book challenges and bans, and Katryn brings us her perspective both as an author and a librarian. So, get yourself seated and have a read!
Don’t forget, you can keep up with Katryn’s work on twitter and instagram too!
Today we’re joined on the blog by the wonderful folks at Nonchalant Magazine, an indie magazine for queer women, who have very kindly written up a piece for us on their must read books! Here, you’ll find 9 books that you should be putting on your TBRs asap. So, dive in here, and then check out what other articles Nonchalant Magazine has for you to read!
The end of May is approaching, which means Pride month is up next! So, what better way to start the celebrations early than by giving you a guest post from a poet whose collection releases right at the beginning of June! You won’t want to miss out on Willie Carver’s poetry and he oh-so-kindly wrote a guest post for us which illustrates exactly why!
Of course, that means there’s still time to preorder Gay Poems for Red States, but first, give Willie’s post a read!
Monica Robinson’s new novella, to rule the desert, a sapphic adaptation (loosely) of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, comes out in just two more days, and we’re delighted to be able to feature her on the blog in the lead up to that. This piece looks at how the idea for the novella grew and how her own experiences growing up inform her works.
Before you dive in, don’t forget you can still preorder to rule the desert here!
Today’s guest post is the very first one on the blog written by a musician! And it marks a sort of first for the artist as well, since in the post he talks about a brand new single: new in the way of just being releases today and in the way of it being completely different from his previous work. But don’t let me spoil you Jxckson’s own explanation!
Read and then listen to DROWING!
After weeks of voting, the time has finally come to announce our award winners! From the very start, all the way through to this point, these have been voted for by you guys! These are your favourite 2022 releases. And, in the interests of not keeping you any longer, let’s get going!
Nominations collected, we come to you with the shortlists now! These were the top 10 books from each category that ended up being nominated, and it’s from these that our winners will be selected. Voting doesn’t open until 10AM GMT tomorrow, but we thought we’d give you a chance to look at what there is to vote for a little earlier than that. You will be able to vote on this site from tomorrow! So, without further ado, let’s have a look at what’s made it through.
The Goodreads Choice Awards have come and gone and if, perchance, you thought to yourself huh, where are the Reads Rainbow Awards, well here will be your answer! This being the fourth year of the awards, we decided now is the time to break away from the tyranny of the Goodreads Choice Awards and timing ours alongside, and we’ll do it a different way. So, this is a post to explain just that!
The Goodreads Choice Awards are back and so is this post! Anna being busy this afternoon, I’ve taken over writing it. Which will explain the discussion part of this at least… As with last year’s post, the books are sorted into those which have LGBT main characters and side characters alone. Particularly with side characters, it’s possible we have missed a few.
And, if you’re looking out for our awards, don’t worry if you don’t see them for a while yet! We’re working on a little something…
If you haven’t heard about Extra Pages Press’s new Kickstarter, Sharp Wit and the Company of Women—link here because you will want it to hand when you finish reading this post, then we are here to change that today! If you like to see women wielding swords, if you like to see lesbians wielding swords, then this is the anthology for you. But don’t just take our word for it: the creators themselves are on our blog today to tell you exactly why you want this one (followed up by a few examples of the gorgeous art you can expect!). If you’re going to back this, however, please be aware the Kickstarter ends on 27th October at 5pm GMT.
Today’s essay is for all enjoyers of achillean fiction. (And for the writers of it.) It’s an honest look at the state of publishing today from a perspective of an older, gay writer. So a perspective we don’t get a lot of, but definitely need!
We’re just under two weeks out from the release of Naseem Jamnia’s The Bruising of Qilwa, a book I’m sure you’ve all been highly anticipating. Today, you’re all in luck, because we have a small taste of what’s to come with this guest post that Naseem kindly wrote for us, part of which looks at how they approached their own worldbuilding in the book. So sit yourself down, and let’s get started!
Today’s guest post is actually an interview, and it’s unlike any we have ever conducted ourselves. First of all, it’s a conversation with twelve (12!) authors, second of all, it has a very clear-cut focus, unlike our more general chats, and finally thirdly: because it’s over fifteen thousand words long. Fair to say, you should prepare yourself an excellent cup of your beverage of choice, before you sit down to read it!
Read the Room is a project created by Arina, and originally posted on the blog she co-ran: Wyrm’s World. You can follow her on Goodreads to stay up to date with all her reading.
