AfterEllen posted The Revival: A Black Lesbian Poet Tour comes to a living room near you and Jena Malone will play author Carson McCullers in “Lonely Hunter”.
Autostraddle posted
- Banned Books Week: The Conspiracy to Shield Queer Books From Your Eyes
- The Queer Zine Archive Project: If You Don’t Know, Now You Know
- Be Still My Heart: Eileen Myles Tackles the Female Life; Black Lesbian Poets Hit the Road
GLBT Promo Blog posted Get a Fang-On With These Tales of Lesbian Vampire Lust!
GLBT Reading posted October Reviews (go post your queer book review link there!).
Good Lesbian Fiction posted Time Travel Lesbian Fiction.
I’m Here. I’m Queer. What the Hell Do I Read? posted Voter Referendum FRAUD to Stop California’s new law to finally teach LGBTQ history.
Just About Write posted New Releases for October 2011, and has announced JAW is being discontinued after its December issue.
Lambda Literary posted
- a mini link round up
- New in October: Alan Hollinghurst, Laurie Weeks, Tristan Taormino and Ellen Degeneres
- another mini link round up
QueerType posted their October publishing notes.
Readings in Lesbian and Bisexual Women’s Fictionposted Readings with Linda Kay Silva.
Women and Words posted The habits of Lesbian Readers: A Scientific Study.
Ivan Coyote is going to tour Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Cape Breton.
Karin Kallmaker posted Accounting Geekery – GCLS Fundraiser.
Malinda Lo posted Another draft done. Come and hear me read from it!
Bett Norris posted A Tribute to Jane Rule.
Ruth Perkinson shares her coming history in the cover story at Style Weekly.
Rachel Spangler posted An Evening with the Artists (photos).
Reading is So Gay: A Reading List for National Coming Out Day was posted as Side B Magazine.
“The First Lesbian Science Fiction Novel, Published in 1906” was posted at i09.
Letters between an out lesbian couple in the early 1800s were unearthed by UVic history professor Rachel Hope Cleves, and she’s writing a book about them. (If the photo and text are overlapping, click the “Print this article” link for a readable version.)
Reviews (mostly Just About Write reviews) under the cut.
Devil in Disguise by Robin Alexander was reviewed at Just About Write.
Beyond Instinct by Lynn Ames was reviewed at Piercing Fiction: Straight Arrow Reviews.
InSight of the SEER by Linda Andersson and Sara Marx was reviewed at Just About Write.
Marching to a Different Accordion by Saxon Bennett was reviewed at Just About Write.
Butch is a Noun – A New Edition by S. Bear Bergman was reviewed at Shelly’s LGBT Book Review Blog.
The Big Bang Symphony by Jane Bledsoe was reviewed at Just About Write.
This Wild Silence by Lucy Jane Bledsoe was reviewed at Just About Write.
You’re Not from Around Here, Are You?: A Lesbian in Small-Town America by Louise A. Blum was reviewed at Shelly’s LGBT Book Review Blog.
Morning Rising by Samantha Boyette was reviewed at Just About Write.
The Lythande Stories by Marion Zimmer Bradley was reviewed at Good Lesbian Books.
Looking For Julie by Jackie Calhoun was reviewed at Just About Write.
Tilting at Windmills by Geonn Cannon was reviewed at Just About Write.
Beautiful Game by Kate Christie was reviewed at Just About Write.
Into the Mist by Sharon G. Clark was reviewed at Just About Write.
Appalachian Justice by Melinda Claytonwas reviewed at Shelly’s LGBT Book Review Blog.
Soul’s Rescue by Pat Cronin was reviewed at Just About Write.
Playing Passion’s Game by Lesley Davis was reviewed at Just About Write.
Getting There by Lyn Denison was reviewed at Just About Write.
The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue was reviewed at The Guardian.
Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore by Stella Duffy was reviewed at Lambda Literary.
Reluctant Hope by Erin Dutton was reviewed at Just About Write.
Curious Wine by Katherine V. Forrest was reviewed at Good Lesbian Books.
A Game of You by Neil Gaiman et al was reviewed at Stella Matutina.
Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden was reviewed at The Dubious Seeker.
Jane Doe by Lisa Girolami was reviewed at Just About Write.
The Pleasure Set by Lisa Girolami was reviewed at Just About Write.
Ditched by Josie Gordon was reviewed (twice) at Just About Write.
Bending the Landscape: Fantasy edited by Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel was reviewed at Good Lesbian Books.
Whatever Gods May Be by Kell Hagin was reviewed at Just About Write.
Devil’s Rock by Gerri Hill was reviewed at Just About Write.
Frosting on the Cake 2: Second Helpings by Karin Kallmaker was reviewed at Just About Write.
Stepping Stone by Karin Kallmaker was reviewed at Just About Write.
Lilac Mines by Cheryl Klein was reviewed at Just About Write.
Like Lovers Do by Lori Lake was reviewed at Just About Write.
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister was reviewed at a book blog of one’s own.
Beggar of Love by Lee Lynch was reviewed at Just About Write.
Confined Spaces by Renee MacKenzie was reviewed at Just About Write.
78 Keys by Kristin Marra was reviewed at Just About Write.
The Indelible Heart by Marianne K. Martin was reviewed at Just About Write.
Ambereye by Gill McKnight was reviewed at Just About Write.
Awakenings (I Found My Heart in San Francisco: Book One) by Susan X. Meagher was reviewed at Just About Write.
Retirement Plan by Martha Miller was reviewed at Just About Write.
Harpie’s Feast by Linda Morganstein was reviewed at Just About Write.
Wild by Meghan O’Brien was reviewed at Just About Write.
Shaken and Stirred by Joan Opyr was reviewed at Just About Write.
Darkness Embraced by Winter Pennington was reviewed (twice) at Just About Write.
Fifty Years of Queer Cinema: 500 of the Best GLBTQ Films Ever Made by Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince was reviewed at Shelly’s LGBT Book Review Blog.
My Soldier Too by Bev Prescott was reviewed at Just About Write.
Firestorm by Radclyffe was reviewed (twice) at Just About Write.
The Wedding Party by Tracey Richardson was reviewed at The Rainbow Reader.
A Hole in the World by Sophie Robbins was reviewed at Good Lesbian Books.
Open Water by Pol Robinson was reviewed (twice) at Just About Write.
Just a Little Romance by Mary Jane Russell was reviewed at Just About Write.
Little White Lie by Lea Santos was reviewed at Just About Write.
Ties That Bind: Familial Homophobia and Its Consequences by Sarah Schulman was reviewed at Shelly’s LGBT Book Review Blog.
Sword of The Guardian by Merry Shannon was reviewed at Bosom Friends: Lesbian Historical Fiction.
When An Echo Returns by Linda Kay Silva was reviewed (twice) at Just About Write.
The Long Way Home by Rachel Spangler was reviewed at Just About Write.
The Best Defense by Carsen Taite was reviewed at Just About Write.
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters was reviewed at Bosom Friends: Lesbian Historical Fiction.
Zipper Mouth by Laurie Weeks was reviewed at Lambda Literary.
Bottle Rocket Hearts by Zoe Whittall was reviewed at Friend of Dorothy Wilde.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson was reviewed at Learning at the Library.
Crimson Vengeance by Sheri Lewis Wohl was reviewed at Just About Write.
Shadows of Aggar by Chris Anne Wolfe was reviewed at Good Lesbian Books.
Stealing Angel by Terry Wolverton was reviewed at Just About Write.
Forbidden Desires by Kelly Yeakle was reviewed at GLBT Promo Blog.