We've had an incredible 2025 with you all - here's to all of our brilliant authors an contributors, but also to all of you wonderful readers.

Dancing in Heaven by the amazing @suzannewriter.bsky.social is out TODAY! Filled with women's voices from the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and with a donation being made to @switchboard.bsky.social for each copy sold, we're proud to bring this to readers on #WorldAIDSDay. reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/book/dih/

Join us on #worldaidsday to celebrate the launch of Suzanne Elvidge's new book 'Dancing In Heaven' and hear the stories of the women affected by the AIDs crisis, who cared, cried and campaigned. A powerful tribute to the women whose stories continue to inspire. www.outsavvy.com/event/31655/...

Pre-orders for @suzannewriter.bsky.social's incredible upcoming book 'Dancing in Heaven' are now live! Find out all about the book, the launch events, and how to order on our website. reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/book/dih/

Join us and Bea Wohl today for the launch of their debut poetry collection, 'Motorway Service Station Blues'. Enjoy a snippet from 'Transition Blues' and get your (free) tickets now! www.outsavvy.com/event/31352/... #MotorwayServiceStationBlues #poetrybook

Bea Wohl‘s debut poetry collection, Motorway Service Station Blues, launches this Friday, exploring themes of sorrow, transition, and becoming. Book your tickets for the launch! In the meantime, enjoy this preview of Make-Up Room (created in partnership with @mxdarren_)

#Scarborough launch details for #DancingInHeaven Sat 6 Dec at the Shakespeare Gallery and Studios (part of The Scarborough Fair Fringe Winter Edition) www.thehouseofcorrection.com/news/dancing... London launch info to follow... #HIV #AIDS #WomensVoices @reconnectingrainbo.ws

#DancingInHeaven, celebrating #womensvoices from the 1980s #HIV & #AIDS pandemic, launches on 1 December - #WorldAIDSDAY - at Battersea Arts Centre in London at 7 pm. Meet the author and hear some of the monologues performed live. reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/events/

Coming February 2026, The Boy From Elsewhere by @kestr.al is a book filled with queer joy, Strong role models, and a gripping story that transcends reality itself. You can find Kestral this weekend at #YALC #YALCuk to find out more!

Today's proud moment - running the very first session of the very first Whitby Literary Festival and reading from my first solo monologue collection, Dancing in Heaven #Whitby #WhitbyLitFest #Literary

This week's Tubelines launch event in Glasgow has been postponed due to illness - but never fear! The book is available to buy in all good (and mediocre) book shops now, and we hope you'll join us for our rescheduled event on Thursday 13th November! www.reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/book/tubelines

Ever seen someone scribbling in a notebook on the train? Check out this new collection of poems by Kestral Gaian, out now. Who knows, perhaps they wrote a poem about YOU?

Happy #NationalPoetryDay! Today we're celebrating all of our incredible poets. You're amazing! This year's poetry day theme is play, so in that spirit we encourage you to pick up a pen and just see what comes to mind! Poetry is for EVERYONE, always.

Join @kestr.al for the launch of Tubelines, their incredible new poetry collection, at events in both London and Glasgow. Accessible venues, free tickets, and loads of fantastic poetry. reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/events/

Pre-order @kestr.al's new book of incredible poetry and see why @suddenlyjoseph.bsky.social described it as "gorgeously queer." Grab a copy ahead of the launch at www.reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/books/tubelines

We're going to be at #SouthamptonPride all weekend representing queer storytellers and the incredible things they create! If you're there, or are local to Southampton UK, come say hi to us and some of our authors in the Guildhall and walk away with some fantastically LGBTQ+ stories!

We're wishing @linuskarp.bsky.social and @suddenlyjoseph.bsky.social a very happy WEDDING DAY today! We published Linus' playscript for Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story back in 2023 and totally think you should pick up a copy today as a wedding gift to them. Best wishes to you both!

We're pleased to announce that pre-orders for @kestr.al's upcoming poetry book - Tubelines - will go live on September 1st! Please enjoy this preview of a poem from the book. It was written on the underground after Trans Pride two years ago. More info at reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/tubelines-pr...

The book that started it all, with an all new cover! The anniversary edition of our original Trans*(Verse) anthology launches tomorrow. Still full of incredible poems and lyrics, now with a new look! Full details on our website.

🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS EXTENDED TAG 2025 have extended their call for papers for all sessions until August 18th. This includes our session on Queer Archaeology! We are looking for any papers which engage with the legacy of Queer Archaeology 25 years after it was first proposed! More details below!

"If you’re somewhere in the middle, between griefs, between plans, between what was and what might be, consider this your gentle reminder: it’s okay to breathe." I wrote some thoughts on... well, I'm not sure really. Life? Beauty? Crumpets? news.kestr.al/breathe/

Just signed my first ever book contract - Dancing in Heaven has a target publication date of 1 December 2025 with the wonderful LGBTQ+ publisher Reconnecting Rainbows @reconnectingrainbo.ws #DancingInHeaven #WomensVoices #HIV

Proud to have contributed to this article written by @onqueerstreet.bsky.social about the new RSE guidance for UK schools and how it feels a lot like Section 28 all over again... magazine.gaytimes.com/uk-governmen...

If you think the de-listing scandal is limited to video games, think again. If they come for LGBTQIA+ content on one platform, they'll come for it all eventually. We must protect queer narratives and stories however they're told.

Huge congrats to @suzannewriter.bsky.social for running an excellent workshop recently! Please do give her a follow, we're excited to be publishing her work later this year!

Pride month is about reaching everyone. Today felt special. Poetry, activism, and talking with a Q and A.

This looks incredible! Congrats, @owenexiehurcum.bsky.social!

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH. Our logo is a rainbow all year round, as we exist to support marginalised queer voices. If you've just added a rainbow to your logo today, please note that you need to cram 365 days worth of allyship and amplification of queer narratives into the next 30. Y'know, fair's fair.

It breaks our hearts to see marginalised authors treated like this - like the income they’re owed is somehow unimportant. If you’ve been impacted by the situation with unbound, we are sending you so much love. Don’t give up. Your worth as a writer isn’t tied to any shady corporate platform.

Was a pleasure to be interviewed for this episode! Thank you so much @kickasswomenof.bsky.social for having me on and letting me talk about gender, archaeology, and a very interesting burial! Be sure to check it out on all good podcasting platforms!!

The Stories for the Trans Rights Readathon Bundle ends at the end of the month! itch.io/b/2914/stori...

When we say we're telling stories by and about marginalised people, we want to be clear that we don't include Generative AI in that list. Solidarity, beautiful humans ✊ 🌹

We're so proud to see what @linuskarp.bsky.social and @suddenlyjoseph.bsky.social are doing next! Excited to see this on stage. You can still grab a copy of the #UntrueDiana playscript in bookstores or online, and be sure to give @awkwardprods.co.uk a follow to hear more from this dynamic duo.

Sad to hear about Unbound's administration. Not because of their model - we're not a fan of crowdfund-to-publish - but because so many authors are due royalties that they may now never get. If you are a queer writer / telling queer stories and now can't share your work, please do reach out. <3

Ever feel like you're slipping through the cracks? We're looking for advance readers for an upcoming Young Adult queer sci-fi fiction novel. You'll receive printed credit in the book & a signed copy. All we ask in return is you fill out a feedback form! Sign up here: form.typeform.com/to/BxztTQD2

🏳️‍⚧️trans rights are human rights - today and always🏳️‍⚧️

We're in Oxford today celebrating History Month with the NHS at an event celebrating poetry and literature as part of the healing journey! Excited to be sharing all of the great work our authors and contributors have published with us.

We're looking for some continuity & sensitivity readers for an upcoming young-adult fiction novel. If you (or a young person in your life) are into sci-fi, romance, and epic queer storytelling, then this will be perfect for you! This is a paid opportunity, with credit in book too. DM for details!

We're so proud to be working with Suzanne on this!

If you would like to learn more, why not check out Twenty-Eight: Stories from the Section 28 Generation, an anthology I co-authored of personal experiences from people who lived, learned & worked in impacted industries under Section 28. Published by @reconnectingrainbo.ws. Link to buy in my bio.

Writing for this book was such a privilege. The stories held in it are vital to our understanding of the impact Section 28 had on all those who lived, learned and worked through it.

Two years ago we published TWENTY-EIGHT, a collection of stories from the Section 28 generation. Edited by @kestr.al and containing works from 28 incredible contributors, this book is an important look at the impact of the UK's "don't say gay" law. www.reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/books/twenty...

Back in 2023 we published @linuskarp.bsky.social's original #UntrueDiana playscript. Their new show, #GwynethGoesSkiing, is about to start touring in the US! We wish them well.

If you're looking for some new writers to follow in 2025, we're building a list of all of the amazing people who've written or contributed to our books so far. It's a work in progress, and we'll keep adding new folk as we find them on Bluesky!

We've currently published ten major books from over 90 contributors - from poetry collections to young adult fiction and queer history. More on all of our books at www.reconnectingrainbows.co.uk. We'll be celebrating our incredible authors and contributors here, as well as their books.

We've just jumped from Twitter to Bluesky and can't wait to engage with the world without all the toxic smog. Hello! We're an independent publisher here in the UK with a focus on queer storytelling. 🌈