Save the Date! On Wednesday May 13th at 7:00 pm EST, ALAN Picks will be hosting a webinar with author Jonny Garza Villa with an executive board meeting to follow! Sign up here: tinyurl.com/ALANWebMay26

dnd day ❤️💪🏽

looking for your next Kindle ebook read? wanting something new adult, spicy, very bisexual, sporty, and philosophic? FUTBOLISTA is just $1.99 right now!

It’s Bidi Bidi Book Pod Day! @sonidoreyes.bsky.social and I had an incredible time chatting with @v-e-tirado.com about their newest novel, YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN NICER TO MY MOM, and all things horror! Stream and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!

“If you want more nuanced explorations of masculinity and bisexuality in your sports romances, Jonny Garza Villa’s Futbolista is a must-read […] An adaptation of this endearing coming-of-age story and swoon-worthy romance could be a real banger.” 💙⚽️ bookriot.com/sports-roman...

Happy Friday! Your assignment for the weekend: Tell a favorite author how much they mean to you. Find 'em on socials, hit up the contact form on their website, email their agent. It's rough out there & these little moments of connection & validation help us keep our heads up. Thank you!

WNDB firmly stands against the nationwide book banning bill H.R. 7661. Trans+ books and creators need our support now more than ever, which is why we’re hosting an educator giveaway to provide curated trans+ book bundles for students who need them most. 🏳️‍⚧️ bit.ly/TransBookBundle

Had the BEST time chatting with @alechiadow.bsky.social and @jgv.bsky.social for our latest Bidi Bidi Book Pod episode! We talked about staying cozy in a harsh industry, the magic of whimsy, and held some much needed space for celebrating our wins.

My new book ONE WORD, SIX LETTERS is out today!! Grab it wherever you get your books. Better yet, grab an extra copy and give it to a young person in your life and then talk about it with them.

the Trans Rights Readathon is here! if you need more books for your stack or want to get in on the fun, mind if an enby author shows off a couple recs— 🤎 Ander & Santi Were Here / enby, aries, muralist mc; set in Texas; very Mexican; art and tacos; big FUCK ICE energy; you’re gonna cry [1/2]

Today started with the excitement about TTMH and book sales... Then I needed a good ol' bag of blood transfused because I'm still in the thick of this recovery. And we still need help. Please. Every cent helps.

okay but what if I wrote a modern AU vampire/rocker romance inspired by this tav whAT IF

Bidi Bidi Bring Yourself Over To Whatever You Use To Listen To Podcasts Because We’ve Got Another Episode For Y’all! 💜💃🏽

We're live!!!! @jgv.bsky.social and I started a podcast! You can search "bidi bidi book pod" wherever you listen to podcasts or find the full ep and transcript here: bidibidibookpod.com/episodes/jon...

I wrote a new adult romance about an incredibly bisexual, chicano, Crocs-wearing soccer goalkeeper who falls for his philosophy classmate after kissing him at his first college party and finds the courage to fight for himself, his dreams, his greatness, and the guy he’s falling in love with 💙🍍⚽️

Soooo uh hypothetically, for absolutely no reason whatsoever, if @jgv.bsky.social and I were to, idk, start a podcast to interview QTBIPOC authors and maybe talk some shit….. would yall be into that? 👀

Another day of spreading the gospel (Futbolista by @jgv.bsky.social)

And I would never want to get between Ted and a trip to Cancun when there’s an emergency in Texas

barely on here but anyways most of my free time lately has been spent 💨🥬🤪-ing and playing Baldur’s Gate 3, so have some screenshots of my half-elf College of Swords Bard named Lindelin 🖤 in my head, pre-worm-thing he invented rock music and had a band named The Booming Blades

Here are some excerpts from their interview, where they discuss what readers can expect from FUTBOLISTA, what it was like writing about a soccer player, wanting to impart expressions of positive masculinity, and how readers can show up for authors affected by book bans.

Stonewall Award Winning author, Jonny Garza Villa, was kind enough to stop by the WNDB newsletter to “spill the tea” on their new release, FUTBOLISTA — a classmates-to-friends-to-lovers new adult romance that’s equal parts raunchy, heartfelt, queer, and abundantly Mexican-American!

June 21 at 2 p.m. I'm moderating a talk with Lillie Lainoff, Jonny Garza Villa and Robbie Couch! We're going to talk about grief in young adult fiction. It'd be awesome if you came! docs.google.com/forms/d/10li...

Pride was a riot we're running that shit back Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

the people in LA putting their safety on the line right now to try and stop ICE are the bravest people we have got

Hell of a photo

Hot Girl Summer is OUT Abolish ICE Summer is IN

“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”

This is How We Roll is my forthcoming anthology of queer D&D themed stories! Editing this anthology was such a dream come true and I love every single one! It comes out this fall, so a preorder for the fam perhaps??

some futbolistas 💙⚽️

COME AS YOU ARE hits shelves today! I don't like to pick favorites, but Evie and Salem have lived in my heart for *so long*, and I can't wait for everyone to meet them <3 If you like boarding school settings and banter-y rom-coms, I hope you'll pick it up! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Hi! I'll be leaving KBP at the end of May, but I'll still be there for the summer series! The first panel has @lillielainoff.bsky.social, @jgv.bsky.social, & @robbiecouch.bsky.social talking about grief in YA, moderated by @shes-allison.bsky.social. Join us! kneebracepress.com/summer-series/

love seeing the firstborn continue to get shoutouts 💛 bookriot.com/must-read-qu...

wanna see something funny bc uh

Check out the Q&A @jgv.bsky.social did with The Nerd Daily about their new book, Futbolista!

the audiobook for FUTBOLISTA is out now! 💙✌🏽 🔗: libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

In truth, I haven’t been this invested in a Romance since RWRB; I was kicking & screaming, laughing AND crying—trust me when I say you’re gonna wanna put FUTBOLISTA by @jgv.bsky.social at the very top of your TBR pile. Or buy it from your local indie asap! (Shoutout to @libby.app for having it!) 1/2

✨Todat at 5pm!✨ Don't miss our event with @jgv.bsky.social, celebrating their adult romance, FUTBOLISTA ⚽, in conversation with Torie Jean. Event attendees & those who preorder will receive amazing vinyl stickers, courtesy of the publisher! Details: buff.ly/XbNYlyn

✨Tomorrow!✨ Don't miss our event with @jgv.bsky.social, celebrating their adult romance, FUTBOLISTA ⚽, in conversation with Torie Jean. Event attendees & those who preorder will receive amazing vinyl stickers, courtesy of the publisher! Details: buff.ly/iwFcS2b

guess what is out today? FUTB⚽️LISTA by Jonny Garza Villa! College sports, bi awakenings, and tender coming of age — Futbolista has it all! 🍍

FUTBOLISTA—my first new adult, college romance with all the bisexual, soccer, philosophy, South Texas, horny vibes—is out TOMORROW ‼️💙 if you’re in San Antonio, Austin, Brownsville/the RGV, or Houston, come hang out this week! we’re taking Texas for the queers ✌🏽and we’ll have stickers!

on Futbolista: “I’m sat, and I’m ready to cry. Bring it.” 💙 bookriot.com/new-queer-bo...

We're SO excited to welcome @jgv.bsky.social to the bookshop to celebrate their adult romance, FUTBOLISTA! ⚽ They will appear in conversation with Torie Jean. Event attendees & those who preorder will receive amazing vinyl stickers, courtesy of the publisher! buff.ly/6IGgul2

We're SO excited to welcome @jgv.bsky.social to the bookshop to celebrate their adult romance, FUTBOLISTA! ⚽ They will appear in conversation with Torie Jean. Event attendees & those who preorder will receive amazing vinyl stickers, courtesy of the publisher! buff.ly/vdBZuNx

Canto Contigo by @jgv.bsky.social is an MM rivals to lovers YA novel that beautifully captures the deep emotions of longing, love, and loss through a world of music. Check out my #queerbookreview: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

it’s been so much fun getting to be a part of this anthology 🪕🗡️ cant wait for y’all to meet Uani and Toro—a noble, half-elf bard and minotaur paladin—and follow them as they fall in love (and try to save the world along the way). but until then, thIS COVER, Y’ALL.

my entire legacy will be built on pushing the insta-lust agenda

happy aries season to my non-binary gremlin aries sun Ander Martinez 🤎 I’m sure wherever they are they’re making it everyone’s problem and so much gratitude to everyone who’s read ANDER & SANTI WERE HERE, who keeps them and Santi alive in your heart and on your shelves. read queer, Latine lit ✌🏽🏳️‍⚧️

★ YA author Jonny Garza Villa scores big with his irresistible adult debut. There’s plenty of heartfelt wisdom and thrilling soccer matches, but it’s the sweetly sexy romance that really makes this shine.

I completely made all this shit up in my head and that's how I became a writer

"Romance writers and readers are mighty, and with the increased censorship of romance books at every level, it’s up to us to use that might to fight back," says @adibkhorram.bsky.social in our new Shelf Love interview in collaboration with @authorsabb.bsky.social. Read more: pen.org/adib-khorram...