Lesbrary Link Round Up: July 6-18

     

AfterEllen posted Why smart lesbians read (and write) fan fiction.

Autostraddle posted

• It’s Canada Day! Here’s 24 Kickass LBTQ Canadians (including several authors and poets)
• Emma and Nicola Wrote A Novel About Britney Spears: The Autostraddle Interview
• Read a F*cking Book: “Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity”
• Read A F*cking eBook: Best Lesbian Titles Under $5

Bending the Bookshelf posted GUEST POST: Representing Bisexuals in Fiction by Amy Gaertner.

Books To Watch Out For: The Lesbian Edition posted A Justice of Mysteries.

Elisa posted

• Particular Voices: Judith Barrington
• Particular Voices: Donna Kate Rushin
• Rainbow Awards: Cover Contest (June)
• Queer History: Gale Wilhelm
• Particular Voices: Doris Grumbach
• Rainbow Awards: Current Submissions (101-110)
• Particular Voices: Lillian Faderman (born July 18, 1940)

     

Good Lesbian Books posted Lesbians in Space: A Reading List and Books About Lesbians with Physical Disabilities.

I’m Here. I’m Queer. What the Hell Do I Read? posted The LGBTQ Q&A at the #LA12SCBWI Summer Conference!

Kool Queer Lit posted A New Release, A Contest, and A Book Giveaway!

Lambda Literary posted

• a mini link round up
• Here’s The Miracle: Being in ‘The Letter Q’
• New In July: Justin Hall, Lisa Cohen, Tristan Taormino, John Boyne and Urvashi Vaid
• The Poem. The Poet. The People. Queer Women Poets On The Road: Revival 2012
• another link round up
• and another link post
• DC Center Hosts 2nd Annual OutWrite Book Fair

Lesbian Life @ About.com posted Lesbian Summer Reading List 2012.

lesbian meets books nyc posted Here are the Lesbian Writers: Novels, Erotic Thrillers, and More.

LGBTQ Recs Month posted lgbtq_recs master list for June 2012.

   

The Outer Alliance posted News and Events.

Out On the Shelves Library posted Authors Around Vancouver and Author Spotlight: Sarah Waters.

Piercing Fiction posted Caring for Kara – Lesfic Community Responds and GCLS goes to Provincetown.

The Rainbow Project posted 2013 Nominations: 1 Juvenile and 5 YA Books to Look For!

Readings In Lesbian and Bisexual Women’s Fiction posted Readings talks Stilettos and Steel and Readings welcomes JE Knowles.

Readings LAB posted news and links for week of July 8, including book releases, publishers’ news, etc and Events Calendar.

Sistahs on the Shelf Literary Promo Blog posted

• a bunch of Sizzlin’ Reads
• Get Books From Blogger-Turned-Novelist Alix B. Golden
• 30 Day Notice Book Swag Bag Giveaway

Women and Words posted Good Books.

     

“Three Heads Are Better Than One (Or Two): LGBT Pride Month” was posted at The Readventurer.

emily m. danforth was interviewed at Hooked On Books (the post also includes a giveaway of Cam Post!).

Sarah Diemer (aka Elora Bishop) posted

• A Birthday Thank You, and a Wish
• Chapter One of the Free THE DARK WIFE Audio Book is Now Live!
• On THE BONE GIRL
• Book Trailer: The Bone Girl

Rachel Gold was interviewed at KFAI.

Nicola Griffith posted Ask Nicola: Recreating the past, steering the future.

Jae posted Caring for Kara and FemSlash Con 2012.

     

Karen Kallmaker posted Are You Censoring Your Own Blog?

Malinda Lo posted Adaptation’s Full Jacket.

Sassafras Lowrey posted NYC Release Event! October 12, 2012 – Bluestockings.

Catherine Lundoff posted

• Updates
• New podcast and a signal boost
• CONvergence write-up and early women writers in SF notes
• Twitterchat and new review

Rachel Spangler posted Let the updates Begin: 10 for my Twenties.

Rebecca Swartz was interviewed in Outwords.

     

Molly: House on Fire by R.E. Bradshaw was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

All We Know by Lisa Cohen was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme edited by Ivan E. Coyote and Zena Sharman was reviewed by Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian.

Strangers by DeJay was reviewed at The Rainbow Reader.

“Aurora Awakening” by Thalia Fand was reviewed at Good Lesbian Books.

Being Emily by Rachel Goldwas was reviewed at Frivolous Views.

Don’t Explain by Jewelle Gomez was reviewed at Sista Outsider.

     

The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith was reviewed at Reading Rambo.

Victory: The Triumphant Gay Revolution by Linda Hirshman was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner was reviewed at Good Lesbian Books.

Rhapsody by KG MacGregor was reviewed at The Rainbow Reader and Lambda Literary.

Taking My Life by Jane Rule was reviewed at BC Studies.

Love Ruins Everything by Karen X. Tulchinsky was reviewed by Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian.

A Fighting Chance by Barb Wolfe was reviewed at Good Lesbian Books.