Happy Thanksgiving!

We are so thankful for our readers, who support our authors and our stories and our independent queer press all year long. This weekend, 15% all titles--ebook and paperback!!--in the webstore. www.boldstrokesbooks.com (Please remember, paperbacks can only be shipped to the US and Canada.)

If you read something, please say something! Authors thrive on reviews and word of mouth recommendations! 📝👩🏻‍💻🗣️

November, New Orleans Series Book 11, is OUT NOW! Pick up your copy or read on KU today! I hope you all enjoy India & Maisie’s love story! amazon.com/dp/B0D47ZTFJ7 #lesbianromance #sapphicromance #lesbianfiction #sapphicfiction

#MarketingMonday Remember Monsters soft launched Saturday. You can buy it at marinestjean.ca but you'll have to wait until January 31st to get it on KU. Pat seems to really have struck a chord with readers. If you dust off all the blood and death, it's really a lovely small town romance. #lesfic

If our stories weren’t powerful, they wouldn’t be banning them. Queer books save lives. #SapphicsWithTheBanned #BannedBooksWeek

At the GCLS, we uplift sapphic and women-loving-women voices so they’re seen, celebrated, and never erased. GCLS is excited to partner with SASS throughout this week to promote protecting Sapphic Stories. #SapphicsWithTheBanned #SapphicLit #BookBans #LGBTQAuthors #WLWStories #GCLS

🏳️‍🌈📚 They can ban all the books they want—but they’ll never silence our stories. #BannedBooksWeek #LetFreedomReadDay #LGBTQBookSky #SapphicBookSky #CensorshipIsSo1984 #BookSky

🏳️‍🌈 📚 At Bywater Books & Amble Press, we publish without apology—truth, courage & real lives on every page. Read the stories that matter & support the writers who bring them to you. 👊 📣 BywaterBooks.com #BookSky #LGBTQBookSky #SapphicBookSky #AuthorSky

I can’t believe October’s almost here! 9 books in the series out… 3 more to go… Pre-order October, New Orleans Series Book 10, today! amazon.com/dp/B0D47ZTFJ7 #lesbianromance #sapphicromance #lesbianfiction #sapphicfiction

The worlds may be niche, but the stories are BIG. Be part of the sapphic genre event of the year. Featuring K Aten, Lori L Lake, Milena McKay, Roslyn Sinclair, Sue Still & more. 27 Sept, online. Get your tickets at thelesbianreview.com/nice-genres-... #lesfic #lesbianbooks #mystery #scifi

We’re nearly at the end of the New Orleans Series with October coming up. Come for Molly & Finley’s story, meet India, one of the main characters in November, and yes, you should stick around for everyone’s favorite character, the psychic! amazon.com/dp/B0D47ZTFJ7 #sapphicromance #sapphicfiction

Join us in one month for conversations about sapphic fiction niche genres you don't want to miss 📚❤️

I loved writing Myra & Elisa’s story. It’s a story about starting over, feeling free for the first time, dealing with a soon-to-be empty nest, and finding forever love. You can pick up August, New Orleans Series Book 8, today! amazon.com/dp/B0D47ZTFJ7 #sapphicromance #sapphicfiction

Cassie and little Molly on their walk, or should I say Cassie is walking, Molly is just nuts and so happy 😆🐾 #doglife #dogparent

New Review Crash and Burn by KP Evans is a humorous, tense and sexy romance between a hot but traumatized firefighter and the free spirit business owner who sets up across the street from Station 2 @kp-writer.bsky.social @bellabooks.bsky.social thelesbianreview.com/crash-burn-k...

We’re only 3 days away from August, New Orleans Series Book 8! Pre-order Myra’s love story today! You’ll also get a glimpse at one of September’s main characters, Gwen. amazon.com/dp/B0D47ZTFJ7 #lesbianromance #sapphicromance #lesbianfiction #sapphicfiction

Take another look at our July releases. All are now available at BellaBooks.com

Don't forget! Pagewings and @tipsyelves.bsky.social have made special promo codes for us. Head to their sites to save 20% on their awesome apparel and goods you'll see some of the scavenger hunt winners sporting.

Good luck to all🤞

Happy International Non-Binary Day 🏳️‍⚧️

Can you believe GCLS 2025 is just over a week away? Take a look at this updated list of donors for the scavenger hunt. I'm impressed as I'm assembling the bags, and I don't even have everything in my possession yet. A huge thank you to all the donors! sapphic | wlw | sapphic books | wlw books

One hell of a debut novel, congratulations @kp-writer.bsky.social

Two days to go 😁 looking forward to reading the next in the Seal Cove Series, Windlass by @annaburkeauthor.bsky.social

Amazing offer from @bellabooks.bsky.social

@bellabooks.bsky.social @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social @butterworthbooks.bsky.social @bywaterbooks.bsky.social and Brisk Press You all rock🤘 Loving the support for the scavenger hunt at the GCLS conference this year ❤️🏳️‍🌈 #gcls #sapphic #wlw

Just finished reading Uncharted by @gwenhyver.bsky.social A sapphic fantasy, friends to lovers, short story which came free with the newsletter, what a lovely surprise.⚔️ #sapphicfantasy #sapphicfiction

Why not try out one of our 2024 debuts?

Molly and Cassie's adventure last week. Molly is such a little dynamo 🐾💜 #dogsofbluesky #dogparents #dogs

Always a go to author for me 📚🏳️‍🌈😊

@pshares.bsky.social's Emerging Writer’s Contest recognizes work by an emerging writer in each of three genres: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. One winner in each genre will receive $2,000, publication in Ploughshares, & a conversation with Aevitas Creative Management! DEADLINE 5/15!

My audiobook for this week is Hurricane Watch, the second in the Dar and Kerry Series by Melissa Good, narrated by Elisabeth Ashby. Takes me right back to the fanfic days and first edition books 🥰 #sapphicromance #queerlit #wlwbooks #melissagood #darandkerry

Heads-up that if you want to support a great queer indie bookstore, Under the Umbrella is currently running a 10% discount with code LGBTQREADS10! www.undertheumbrellabookstore.com/s/shop?utm_s...

Do you want to support queer authors in these times of anti-LGBTQIA waves? Then why not come listen to us talk about queer fiction and get to chat to us afterwards? And do so in Europe’s biggest queer bookshop QueerLit/Social Refuge in Manchester!

A very worthy finalist, brilliant writing and great narration.

The way to a woman’s heart is, of course, a sword. (Literally and figuratively.) A snippet from Book 1 this week! 🖤 For the #lesficfri theme, “promise.”

#LesFicFri *PROMISE* From Goldie winner Warm Pearls and Paper Cranes “All the hardships and obstacles she and Bea had overcome, to be thwarted now after she had promised Bea on her life that there would be no more separation.” #Sapphicromance #historicalromance #WW2 #wlw

We are excited to announce that our unsolicited manuscript submission window is now open (🗓️ May 1st-June 1st 2025)! You can submit works of the following genres: Romance, Science Fiction, and Fantasy. For more information, please have a look at our submission guidelines on our website 🐺

We’re so excited to announce Penny Mickelbury as our Trailblazer for 2025! GCLS will honor her at the 21st Annual Goldie Awards Ceremony in Albany, New York on July 19, 2025.

This week is the audiobook Tropical Storm by Melissa Good. At a whopping 27h 21m it's got to fall into a sapphic challenge! Loving the IT, nerdy, geeky side of this book. #sapphic #wlw #lesfic #booksky #books #audiobook

The great @natalienaudus.bsky.social joins me this week to talk about the re-release of Gay the Pray Away, coming May 20th on paperback, how her career in narrating started, travel, and more! www.buzzsprout.com/1935982/epis...

Pyg by Pip Landers-Letts will be released on 7 May 2025. Just had to share this sapphic mystery that comes with a dash of romance that is set in the UK 🙂🏳️‍🌈 #books #sapphic #wlw #lesfic #queerlit #sapphicfiction #sapphicbooks #wlwbooks

Out and about today in my local area. Came across a boardwalk and tidemill. #nature #walk #dogwalk

Just another day with Cassie and Molly zooming around and having fun in the sun🐾🐾 #dogs #dogsofbluesky #dogparent

Thank you to everyone who has shown love to this little misfit book of mine. You’ve made my indie heart extremely full. For those who signed up for the GCLS newsletter in order to vote for the incredible books on this year’s shortlist, emails went out this morning. So check your inboxes.

Can't wait for 'The Old Guard 2' coming to Netflix on 2 July 2025 😊 #film #charlizetheron #theoldguard

The last thing Kieran expects is to be implicated as a prime suspect in a cold case because of DNA evidence.... Brilliant book, will be interesting to hear the narration. #wlw #sapphic #books #lesfic #nicolepyland #booksofbluesky

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