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Announcement: due to personal problems I'm setting Bibliosapphic to an indefinite hiatus. I am so sorry for the sudden closing of my work here but I don't have the emotional capacity to keep it going. Thank you for the support in all this time!

#admin post #on hiatus

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A Beauty and the Beast retelling with dragons! I got the chance to interview the author Aliette de Bodard about her sapphic novella with some of my favorite themes in literature.

#aliette de bodard #in the vanishers' palace #author interview #on the blog

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#tell it to the bees #fiona shaw

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do you know any wlw ballerina books? i’ve read first position and the music and the mirror and i’m in need of more. thanks!!!

The ones you mentioned are the first that come to mind.

I think How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake and The Gallery of Unfinished Girls by Lauren Karcz both have dancers/ballerina LIs?

Maybe @biandlesbianliterature and @lgbtqreads can help on this answer?

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do you know any wlw ballerina books? i’ve read first position and the music and the mirror and i’m in need of more. thanks!!!

The ones you mentioned are the first that come to mind.

I think How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake and The Gallery of Unfinished Girls by Lauren Karcz both have dancers/ballerina LIs?

Maybe @biandlesbianliterature and @lgbtqreads can help on this answer?

#twelveclaras #ask

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Do you know any lesbian indigenous books?

I do! There’s only a few, but they’re all great reads!

First rec would be the  Renee LaRoche lesbian mystery series by Carole laFavor.

Along the Journey River (book one) and Evil Dead Center (book two)

 (you can get both in paperback pretty cheap via Amazon usually)

Follow the trail of sacred ceremonial objects stolen from the Minnesota Red Earth Reservation’s Ojibwa tribe in this first-of-its-genre Native-American lesbian mystery. The list of suspects grows - white racists from a town bordering the rez, a young Indian man struggling with problems at home, the county coroner and his cohorts - as Tribal Chairman Jed Morriseau, often disliked, always powerful, is found murdered. Renee LaRoche is caught up in these events, drawn by the traditions of her tribe and honor of her family into tracking the thieves and investigating the killing. As she struggles to sustain a new relationship with Samantha Salisbury, a visiting women’s studies professor at the white college in nearby Granite Rock, Renee finds herself torn between the ways of her people and helping her chimook lover come to terms with the differences in their cultures.  

Tahuri by Ngahuia Te Awekotuku is a Maori-focused coming of age story

‘Tahuri - The Runaway’ was the author’s 1st published story (New Zealand Women’s Fiction, 1986). It is joined here by more stories about Tahuri and other young girls as they grow up and move from the security of early childhood with their Kuia and Aunties, to all sorts of encounters with cousins, brothers, neighbours, and pakehas from school. There is love and joy, but harshness too, as Tahuri carves out her own way, not wanting to go with boys, however much they get at her, ever searching for someone else like her.

Songs That Sound Like Blood by Jared Thomas is Indigenous Australian - Nukunu with Maori love interest.

Roxy May Redding’s got music in her soul and songs in her blood. She lives in a hot dusty town and is dreaming big. She survives run-ins with the mean girls at high school, sings in her dad’s band and babysits for her wayward aunt. But Roxy wants a new start. When she gets the chance to study music in the big city, she takes it. Roxy’s new life, her new friends and her music collide in a way she could never have imagined. Being a poor student sucks… navigating her way through the pressure of a national music competition has knobs on it… singing for her dinner is soul destroying… but nothing prepares Roxy for her biggest challenge. Her crush on Ana, the local music journo, forces her to steer her way through a complex maze of emotions alien to this small town girl. Family and friends watch closely as Roxy takes a confronting journey to find out who the hell she is. 

And there’s a few lesbian-centered stories in the anthology Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time

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The Lesbrary is Looking for More Reviewers!

Do you love reading queer women books? Feel like talking about them at least once a month? Want to be buried in an insurmountable pile of free bi & lesbian ebooks? Join the Lesbrary!

Once again, I am looking for more reviewers at the Lesbrary! You just have to commit to one review a month of any queer women book and in return you get forwarded all of the les/bi/etc ebooks sent to the Lesbrary for possible review. You also get access to the Lesbrary Edelweiss and Netgalley accounts, where you can request not-yet-released queer titles.

If you’re interested in joining the Lesbrary, send me an email at danikaellis at gmail with a sample of your writing. We’d love to have you on board!

(Any reblogs would also be appreciated!)

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hi. do you know a really good book with wlw that is also within that fantasy genre (with a cool world-building)? (sorry if it's too specific but it would be even better if it included a trans or nb character! )

Sadly, I don't have something that fits all of this :( 

I don't read a lot of fantasy but my favorites are When Women Were Warriors by Catherine M. Wilson and Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust.

does anyone have good recs for books like this with trans/nb characters?

#Anonymous #ask

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Can you refer me to a list of wlw books that you recommend?

Sure! This is a list of some of my fav:

When Women Were Warriors by Catherine M. Wilson (Fantasy YA)

Far From You by Tess Sharpe (Mystery YA)

Flowers of Luna by Jennifer Linsky (SciFi NA)

Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera (Coming of Age YA/NA)

Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon (Romance NA)

Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee (SciFi YA)

Crush by S.R. Silcox (Romance YA)

Complementary and Acute (Romance YA)

Second Kiss by Chelsea M. Cameron (Romance NA)

Cinder Ella by S.T. Lynn (Fantasy)

Dating Sarah Cooper by Siera Maley (Romance YA)

Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman (Romance)

Cheerleaders From Planet X by Lyssa Chiavari (Scifi YA/NA)

Carolyn For Christmas by Lucy Carey (Romance)

The Love Song of Sawyer Bell by Avon Gale (Romance NA)

Don’t Tell my Mother by Brigitte Bautista (Romance NA)

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust (Fantasy YA)

Curved Horizon by Taylor Brooke (Romance NA)

#desensitized-entity #ask

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Sapphic Books Out In May!

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YA & Middle Grade:

The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta (Queer YA Fantasy)

How It Feels to Float by Helena Fox (YA, Questioning)

Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins (Lesbian YA)

Everything Grows by Aimee Herman (YA, Questioning)

Tinfoil Crowns by Erin Jones (Bisexual YA)

Hurricane Season by Nicole Melleby (Middle Grade, Questioning)

Adult Fiction:

Profound and Perfect Things by Maribel Garcia (Lesbian Literary Fiction)

The Lady and Her Secret Lover by Jenn LeBlanc (Lesbian Romance) [TW: rape]

Carmilla by Kim Turrisi (Lesbian Fantasy)

Comics & Graphic Novels:

Waves by Ingrid Chabbert (Lesbian Graphic Novel)

The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire Part One by Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Michelle Wong & Vivian Ng (Bisexual Middle Grade Comic)

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki (Lesbian YA Graphic Novel)

Nonfiction:

Queer X Design: 50 Years of Signs, Symbols, Banners, Logos, and Graphic Art of LGBTQ by Andy Campbell (LGBTQ+ Nonfiction)

The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World by Mason Funk (LGBTQ+ Nonfiction)

The Stonewall Riots by Gayle E. Pitman (LGBTQ+ YA/Middle Grade Nonfiction)

We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation by Matthew Riemer & Leighton Brown (LGBTQ+ Nonfiction) 

See more: New in May @ Lambda Literary, New Releases: May 1-7, 2019 and New Releases: May 14-20, 2019 @ LGBTQ Reads, and New Releases @ Women and Words.

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Im looking for a big f/f book preferebly 400+ pages and not too picky on genre( i have read priory of the orange tree and loved it) any suggestions?

I read ebooks most of the time so I’m not great at remembering page numbers but hopefully these will help!

When Women Were Warriors trilogy by Catherine M. Wilson

Huntress by Malinda Lo

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

Ice Massacre by Tiana Warner

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

Escape to Pirate Island by Niamh Murphy

#pen-park #ask

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I’m opening interviews and guest posts for authors again on the blog! And if you are a sapphic reader you can always write guest posts or book recommendations lists for bibliosapphic too since we are a collaborative space for lovers of sapphic literature.

If you are interested, send an email to [email protected] so we can chat about it :)

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Happy to have #romanceclass author Chi Yu Rodriguez on the blog to talk about her new book, No Two Ways!

Get No Two Ways on Amazon

#on the blog #chi yu rodriguez #no two ways #romanceclass #author interview

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Lesbrary Link Round Up

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This is the Lesbrary bi-weekly feature where we take a look at all the lesbian and bi women book news and reviews happening on the rest of the internet!

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Autostraddle posted 8 Crime Books Featuring Women Loving Women & Other Queer People.

LGBTQ Reads posted New Releases: May 1-7, 2019.

Xtra posted How social media–savvy youth became the unofficial keepers of queer history.

Ylva Publishing posted Wild Lesbians and Their Animal Companions.

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“Breakout queer Broadway musical The Prom to get YA novel adaptation” was posted at EW.com.

An article on soft censorship of LGBTQ+ middle grade authors was posted at Publisher’s Weekly.

“Wild Nights With Emily,” a queer Emily Dickinson movie, was reviewed at The Austin Chronicle.

“Gentleman Jack,” the Anne Lister HBO series, was written about at Dorothy Surrenders, Bella Books, The New Republic, Marie Claire, Autostraddle (twice), Mental Floss, and Oprah Magazine.

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The Stonewall Reader edited by Jason Baumann was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Once and Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy was reviewed Lambda Literary.

Frog Music by Emma Donoghue was reviewed by Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian.

The Archive of Alternate Endings by Lindsey Drager was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Sugar Run by Mesha Maren was reviewed at ALA GLBT Reviews.

Native Country of the Heart by Cherríe Moraga was reviewed at Autostraddle.

Greetings from Janeland: Women Write More About Leaving Men for Women edited by Candace Walsh and Barbara Straus Lodge was reviewed at ALA GLBT Reviews.

If you like what we do at the Lesbrary and Bi & Les Lit, support us on Patreon at $2 or more a month and be entered to win a queer women book every month!

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I’m opening interviews and guest posts for authors again on the blog! And if you are a sapphic reader you can always write guest posts or book recommendations lists for bibliosapphic too since we are a collaborative space for lovers of sapphic literature.

If you are interested, send an email to [email protected] so we can chat about it :)

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Naamah by Sarah Blake (Bisexual Fiction)

The A-Z of Gender and Sexuality: From Ace to Ze by Morgan Lev Edward Holleb (Queer Nonfiction)

The Stonewall Reader by the New York Public Library (Queer Nonfiction)

Lesbian Cinema after Queer Theory by Clara Bradbury-Rance (Lesbian Nonfiction)

Queer Times, Black Futures by Kara Keeling (Queer Nonfiction)

Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister by Anne Choma (Lesbian Nonfiction)

Maiden & Princess by Daniel Haack, Isabel Galupo, & Becca Human (Sapphic Picture Book)

Where the Heart Is by Jo Knowles (Questioning/Sapphic Middle Grade)

Belly Up by Eva Darrows (Bisexual YA)

Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan (Bisexual YA)

The Meaning of Birds by Jaye Robin Brown (Lesbian YA)

Starworld by Audrey Coulthurst & Paula Garner (Questioning/Sapphic YA)

Cannonball by Kelsey Wroten (Queer Graphic Novel)

Is This How You See Me? by Jaime Hernandez (Queer/Sapphic Graphic Novel)

A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities by Mady G. & J.R. Zuckerberg (Queer Graphic Nonfiction)

A Lover’s Mercy by Fiona Zedde (Lesbian Superhero Novel)

Soft Science by Franny Choi (Queer Poetry)

Tonguebreaker by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (Queer Poetry)

Queer Women Books Out This Month!

See more: New in April @ Lambda Literary, New Releases: April 2019 @ LGBTQ Reads, and New Releases @ Women and Words,