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Always delighted to be in Haiku Canada's Members' Anthology. The 2025 issue is filled with beautiful, touching, and whimsical pieces, a true delight to read. Thank you to Editors Maxianne Berger and Mike Montreuil ❤️ #haiku #haikucanada

Truly enjoyed Gilles Fabre’s translation and adaptation of the Japanese Saijiki, the Japanese Poetic Almanac. This English-language saijiki features hundreds of kigo (season-words) and example haiku divided into five sections. A definite must-have resource! #bookrecommendations #haiku

Happy Bi Visibility Day 2025! It's Bi Visibility Day, and we're celebrating as we do with books starring bi main characters! For even more recs, check out past years' posts! Young Adult Wish You Weren’t Here by Erin Baldwin All’s fair in love and Color War. Juliette doesn’t hate Priya Pendley. At…

Join us this Saturday for @thelesbianreview.com’s Big Online Event: Nice Genres. Big Stories. 10-2pm Pacific Time, Four Panels. I’ll be discussing the Sloane West Mysteries during the 12pm and 1pm panels. Looking forward to talking with you live! Tickets: ticketstripe.com/events/30801... #BookEvent

#CoverReveal Thrilled with Swallow the Shadow's cover! The next installment of the Sloane West Mystery series is coming soon! #UrbanFantasy #urbanfantasybooks #crimefiction #mystery #lesfic #sapphicbooks #paranormalbooks

Join us in one more week! Get your tickets now! ticketstripe.com/events/30801...

Enter the thrilling world of suspense with our wide selection of mystery and crime books.

We're celebrating Women in the Arts and having an eBook sale now through this weekend! Don't miss out! bellabooks.com/category/artist-sale/

It’s the final read-through for book three of the Sloane West Mystery series! Then she’s off to my publisher, @bellabooks.bsky.social I’ve loved every minute I've spent in Sloane's worlds this year! #urbanfantasy #witches #paranormal #mystery #lesfic #slowburn #wlw #sapphic

My position: Violate expectations... Respectfully and authenticity. But what the hell does that mean? 👇find out👇

Many thanks to Julie and the rest of the editors at the Heron's Nest for including my haiku in this wonderful issue! It's a pleasure to read. Full access here: theheronsnest.com/September202... #haiku #smallpoems

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What makes sapphic Mystery, Fantasy & Sci-Fi different? C. Jean Downer, Sue Still, Ana K Wrenn & Milena McKay explore what readers gain from these stories. thelesbianreview.com/nice-genres-... #Lesfic @anakwrenn.bsky.social @cjeandowner.bsky.social @sue-still-author.bsky.social

Available in paperback, eBook, and audio. Support small presses and get your copy from @bellabooks.bsky.social ❤️ #romanticthriller #thrillerbooks #lesfic #sapphicbooks

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“Eleanor Watts had worked for the Maloney family for three years when it became clear to her that she might not leave the job alive.” @cjeandowner.bsky.social @bellabooks.bsky.social @tantoraudio.bsky.social

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Let’s take another look at our August releases.

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🏳️‍🌈📚 Representation isn’t optional—it’s resistance. Our authors. Our stories. Our power. Our lives. Coming September 2nd—preorder today to join the resistance & support queer writers. #LGBTQBookSky #QueerBookSky #QueerVoices #RepresentationMatters

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

Congratulations, Celia H.! You won an audiobook of Trailhead🎉❤️

Congratulations, Kathy N.! You won an audiobook of Trailhead! 🎉❤️

Looking to put a little romance in your life? Check out these recent releases!

Stonehenge has always captured my imagination, and I loved #writing this #scifi story about its true purpose. Just published in MetaStellar magazine (earlier version pub'd by the fab Owl Hollow Press)! #SciFiSat www.metastellar.com/fiction/the-...

Audiobook enthusiast? Romantic suspense devotee? Enter to win my new release, Trailhead, on audio! 📚🌈🎧 To enter: 📨Message me here with the last National Park you visited or want to visit. 🎟️Your name will be included in a drawing for a Trailhead audiobook. 🎉I’ll spin for two winners on August 16th!

Just finished reading @femku.mag Issue 39, Summer 2025. Such an incredible issue. Congratulations to the 2025 Marlene Mountain Contest winners and contributing poets! Special thanks to editors Rowan Beckett Minor and Carissa Coane for including my poem ❤️ #haiku #shortformpoetry

What a great read for summer, a murder mystery that takes place at the lake! Sparks weaves a touching story of found family, budding romance, and a twisty plot to give us a whodunnit you’ll love. I may never see a snapping turtle the same again… Highly recommend ❤️

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So incredibly grateful to esteemed editors Astrid Andreescu and Kristen Lindquist for selecting my ku for honorable mention in Autumn Moon Haiku Journal’s Best of Volume Eight. Thank you!! You can read the entire journal here: www.autumnmoonhaiku.com #haiku

I’m celebrating the release of TRAILHEAD on I Heart SapphFic Patreon as guest author of the week! Join me today and guess my three truths and a lie, and other fun daily tidbits until Friday. Don’t forget to enter to win a signed paperback of the book! www.patreon.com/c/IHeartSapp...

Thrilled to announce I've signed the contract for my fourth book with @bellabooks.bsky.social! Deep in revisions, and, ooh, I'm having fun with this one!

So thrilled to appear in @allyson.whipple’s Haiku Summer Girl this week! Many thanks to guest editor @katherineewinnick for including me in the theme: Edges with such wonderful poets. You can read the Summer 2025 poems here: haikugirlsummer.substack.com #haiku #haikujournal #summerpoetry

Looking forward to these compelling conversations! Come join us on September 27th 🌈📚

What a fantastic sapphic retelling of Romeo and Juliet! Loved Jules and Rowan’s story. Zimmer’s writing is compelling and immersive. Her handling of violence and the loss of life it often causes was extraordinary. Highly Recommend! #bookrecommendations #mafiaromance

Thrilled to debut in Australia’s first literary journal dedicated to tanka. Eucalypt: A Tanka Journal, Issue 38, 2025, is a sensorial experience. Deft images, rhythmic words, lovely illustrations, and the pages smell of eucalyptus! Many thanks to editor Julie Thorndyke for including my poem ❤️ #tanka

Take a peek at Kimberly J.M. Wilson's The Actress: The Curious Case of Cordelia Wainwright. This title is a Bella Books July release. For more info visit bellabooks.com/product/9781642476903e/

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@goldencrownls.bsky.social conference is next week! I'm looking forward to seeing friends and making new ones. #gcls2025 5m

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The audiobook for Trailhead, narrated by the amazing Ann Sprinkle, is out today! rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...

Who’s ready for an epic scavenger hunt? Follow @alainaerdell.bsky.social for more information. Whether you attend the 2025 #GCLS conference or not, you can win and win big! I’m happy to have donated to this super fun event!

Pick up Trailhead from Bella Books in paperback, eBook, or audio for a suspenseful summer read! Image: my pic @ North Cascades National Park #romanticsuspense #thrillerbook #sapphicfic #wlw

I’m a fan of Beary’s poetry and have a deep respect for their ability to convey intense, raw emotion through so few words. Crazy Bitches is extraordinary in this respect. I laughed, cried, and connected in profound ways to their words. Impossible to pick a favorite. Highly Recommended. #poetrybooks

We all need sweet Mocha’s level of gentle companionship in our lives right now ❤️ #caturday #mentalhealthsupport