I had to make a lot of choices today (we had elections in my country), so as an evening treat I made even more choices and decided which songs should be highlighted in the post itself. Do not ask me what my criteria are for this, by the way: I have no clue. Apart from featuring my favourite songs of the month? And choosing the favouritest of the favourite? I also compiled a small playlists of LGBT Palestinian artists, if that’s something of interest for you. Mio Gladiatore by Zemmoa Life on the Moon by Kennen Get a Clue by Jack Scott #1 Crush by Jxckson Shapeshifter by Hooly J Chan Like No ..read more

Out next week is F. T. Lukens’ latest, Otherworldly, so to whet your appetite for what is bound to be the best kind of combination of paranormal adventure and romance, F. T. wrote a guest post for us about some of what inspired their worldbuilding! Before you dive in (or even after!), you can still preorder Otherworldly so that it’ll arrive on your doorstep (or ereader-step) for you to sink your teeth into right away! Otherworldly is a queer paranormal romance that blends elements of classical mythology and Faustian bargains within a contemporary setting. And while I could write pages about t ..read more

It’s been a while since we did one of these, right? What with our beginning of the year focus on releases lists, plus work taking up a lot of time (and energy!), rec lists have been sort of on the backburner. But not any longer! Since there’s been so much incredible sci fi being released in the past few years, what better time to do a part two to an adult sci fi rec list I first made, oh, only 4 years ago now. Part one of this rec list be found here. But before we start, I’m sure everyone is aware of the genocidal campaign that’s been conducted on Gaza for the past 6 months. If you have a bit ..read more

Better late than never, so here it is! The playlist (linked at the bottom of the post) I created with all the songs by LGBT artists released last month. All the songs I know about, of course. Surely, there are many many more, but at the end of the day I am just one person. That’s why I always ask people to submit their music via email! Anyway, hope you enjoy and find here some new faves. I also compiled a small playlists of LGBT Palestinian artists, if that’s something of interest for you. Ya Zafir Altul by Clarissa Bitar Heaven by Nikitaa Leave This All Behind by Dixon Dallas stay by LEADR ..read more

It’s The No-Girlfriend Rule‘s book birthday (in the US) today, so what better way to celebrate than with an interview with the author! And if you’re in the UK, you’re doubly in luck because there’s barely two days left to wait for its release here! Wins all around, we think. Quickly, before we start with the interview, remember you can also keep up with Christen on twitter! Have you always known you wanted to be a writer? How old were you when you wrote your first story? I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I knew I wanted to be a storyteller, at least. For as long as I can remember, that’s ..read more

It’s been years of this, so you already know: there are only books with major trans rep here, which is to say with main characters or love interests (or actually important side characters). I like to think that choice is self-explanatory. (And as always, if you catch any mistakes, please leave a comment!) Also, a lot of those titles are (or will be) available on Scribd, so if you want to check out that service but don’t have an account yet, use my invite code to get 2 months for free! (This also gives me one free month.) Related: trans books of 2023, trans books of 2022, trans books of 2021, t ..read more

Another interview today to grace your screens/emails/however you read these posts. Lindz Amer’s new picture book, illustrated by Kip Alizadeh, Hooray for She, He, Ze, and They! releases next week, and to celebrate, we have an interview for you with Lindz themself! If you’re looking for the perfect picture book purchase, look no further than this one. Before we start with the interview, remember you can also keep up with Lindz on instagram! Related: Middle grade & picture book releases of 2024. Have you always known you wanted to be a writer? How old were you when you wrote your first stor ..read more

It’s that time of the month! Today we’re bringing you a quick look at the 2024 middle grade and picture book releases we know about so far. Obviously, this will be updated as the year goes on, so it’s far from exhaustive, but! Something to look forward to nevertheless. And, if you’re looking, you can find the releases posts for 2023, 2022, and 2021 here, here, and here! MIDDLE GRADE Emma & the Love Spell by Meredith Ireland (sapphic mc) The Curse of Eelgrass Bog by Mary Averling (sapphic mc) Lulu Sinagtala and the City of Noble Warriors by Gail D. Villanueva (bi mc) Night of the Living Z ..read more

You will notice, upon opening the playlist linked at the bottom, that I’m changing the format of it a little bit. Which is to say I decided to be including all releases from any given month, so whole albums and such. A song I choose from an album might not be the one you will fall in love with, that’s why I’m doing it this way from now on. The playlists will be a lot longer, but I don’t imagine that’s a problem. I also compiled a small playlists of LGBT Palestinian artists, if that’s something of interest for you. The Day the World Blows Up by Lauren Jauregui All is well by Daisha McBride In ..read more

First stab at this post brings us 390 sapphic releases for the first half of 2024, which here are split into genres like last year to make your next read easier to find! This is all I really have to say about the post itself because it feels very strange to me to be going about business as usual in the midst of a genocide (which, by the by, several Western countries are now enabling even more than they already were by withholding aid to UNRWA, based on the dubious claims by the occupying state that 12 of its members (0.04%!) were involved in the events of 7th October. Collective punishment, an ..read more