Link Round Up: Sept 20 – Oct 12

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!

Orpheus Girl by Brynne Rebele-Henry   Fist of the Spider Woman edited by Amber Dawn  Soft Science by Franny Choi    When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Carroll  That Could Be Enough by Alyssa Cole

Autostraddle posted A Visual History of Batwoman’s Most Badass Moments and 8 Queer Halloween Reads for Your Gay Spooky Needs.

Book Riot posted

Letters from Tove by Tove Jansson  The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake  Hazel’s Theory of Evolution by Lisa Jenn Bigelow  The Athena Protocol by Shamim Sarif  Rebent Sinner by Ivan Coyote

Lambda Literary posted New LGBTQ Books: Saeed Jones, Georgia Beers, Andre Aciman, and Jeanette Winterson.

LGBTQ Reads posted New Releases: October 1-15, 2019 and Happy National Poetry Day!

Logo posted How “Heather Has Two Mommies” Paved the Way for LGBTQ-Inclusive Children’s Books.

Women and Words updated their lesfic New Releases & Coming Up page.

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado  Carmilla edited by Carmen Maria Machado   Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman  The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz  Mooncakes by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker

Carmen Maria Machado was interviewed at KRCC.

Tegan and Sara were interviewed about their book High School at NPR.

Michelle Tea was interviewed at Dazed.

“When Lesbian Publishing Made It Big: A graphic tribute to the landmark Naiad Press” was posted at The New York Times.

“25 New LGBTQ+ Books Coming Out In Fall 2019” was posted at Bustle.

Cosmoknights by Hannah Templer  Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki  Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett  Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins  Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess Vol 1

“Authors and activism: A history of LGBT bookstores” was posted at Out In Jersey.

“Here’s Why LGBTQ Comic Books Matter” was posted at Indy Week.

“Abrams announces LGBTQ graphic novel imprint curated by Mariko Tamaki” was posted at Comics Beat.

“INTERVIEW: Hannah Templer dreamcasts COSMOKNIGHTS & reflects on the story’s eclectic sources of inspiration” was posted at Comics Beat.

“The 20 Best LGBTQ Books of 2019” was posted at Harper’s Bazaar.

  Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up by Heather Corinna and Isabella Rotman  Dreadnought by April Daniels     Bury the Lede by Gaby Dunn

Right after the Weather by Carol Anshaw was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up by Heather Corinna and Isabella Rotman was reviewed at Autostraddle.

Dreadnought by April Daniels was reviewed at The Vanderbilt Hustler.

Bury the Lede by Gaby Dunn was reviewed at Logo.

All the Bad Apples by Moïra Fowley-Doyle was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Stray by Nancy J. Hedin was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Colony by Leigh Matthews    Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir    Facing the Mirror edited by Ashwini Sukthankar      High School by Tegan and Sara   The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado was reviewed at the Brooklyn Rail and Frieze.

Colony by Leigh Matthews was reviewed by Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian.

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir was reviewed at Culturess and The Mary Sue.

Facing the Mirror: Lesbian Writing from India edited by Ashwini Sukthankar was reviewed at Firstpost.

High School by Tegan and Sara was reviewed at Rolling Stone, Paste Magazine, and Autostraddle.

The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee & Michael Dante DiMartino was reviewed at Rich in Color.

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