Link Round Up

I have got a lot of links that have been piling up (and by “a lot,” I mean in the hundreds), so here’s my chance to share them with you!

I’m going to be a judge in the Indie Lit Awards GLBTQ genre this year again, so keep track of the les/bi/etc books published this year and remember to nominate your favourites at the end of the year!

A professor at Ohio University is pushing for a LGBT minor.

Straight as default in YA fiction, discussed at The Book Lantern.

I just discovered this great list of queer books for teens and kids.

A discussion about whether Orlando by Virginia Woolf is trans lit.

About.com Lesbian Life posted about lesbian pulp.

AfterEllen posted

• Across the Page: Books to fit any mood
• Your Gay Winter Book Guide: Books By and About Lesbians
• Eileen Myles, Patti Smith, Lucy Jane Bledsoe among Lambda nominees
• Remembering Octavia Butler
• Terry Moore moves on to next project — with no “Strangers in Paradise” sequel in sight
• Ellen DeGeneres is making “Sing You Home” into a movie
• Books we want to see adapted for the screen
• Sarah Waters talks inspiration, adaptations at World Book Night
• information on the Rainbow Book Fair

Bella Books posted

• their books out in Spring
• Jan Donley at Out-FM NYC and OUTTAKE VOICES
• Lessons: What Not to Say In Your Cover Letter, Part 2: Labels

Bibrary Bookslut posted her favourites of the Lambda Literary Awards finalists.

Bonjour, Cass posted about being the Director of the GLBTQ Indie Lit Awards and On Tragic Figures and Queer Representation in Literature.

Elisa posted a list of the people with the most Lambda award nominations.

eurOut posted 8 lesbian and bisexual authors you should know.

The Femme’s Guide posted an unpleasant experience at a queer book fair.

GLBT Reading is looking for a co-host for the challenge.

I’m Here. I’m Queer. What the Hell Do I Read? posted

• My Writer’s Perspective Column is Published: Why We Should Include GLBTQ Characters and Themes in our Writing and Illustrating
• a post about Jodi Picoult’s Sing You Home
• a webchat with Jodi Picoult

Just About Write posted their March issue.

Kissed By Venus posted about the Lambda Literary Awards.

KNOW Homo posted about queer education and scholarships in the US.

Queer YA list at Annie and Aunt.

Lambda Literary posted

• New in March: Bachardy, Vidal, Jansson & Books Not Found Anywhere Else
• their own mini link round up
• and another mini link round up
• and another (wow, I’m behind)
• an interview with Kelly Eskridge, author of Solitaire
• 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced
• Publishing Triangle’s 23rd Annual Triangle Awards Announced
• Cliterotica: Spring 2011 (lesbian erotica reviews)
• Jewish GLBT Children’s Book Writing Contest!
• It Gets Better Project Becomes a Book
• Benefit for Lambda Literary Foundation

Lesbilicious posted about the musical and literary links between being a monster and being queer.

The Rainbow Awards are looking for submissions for their 2011 awards and posted the awards guidelines.

Readings in Lesbian and Bisexual Women’s Fiction posted

• Readings with Rrrose and DK
• Readings with Lori L. Lake
• Readings with Sarah Ettrich
• Readings with Joan Opyr

Women and Words posted

• videos with Ashley Bartlett, Rebekah Weatherspoon, and Sheri Lewis Wohl
• a discussion about lesbian historical fiction
• Scene of the Crime
• Lesbian Cops – Blog Tour
• Writing the Circus
• Humor, Cops, and Book Giveaway

xtra posted Whittall, Bergman lead Lambda list crowded with Canadians.

R. E. Bradshaw posted a book trailer.

Ivan Coyote is working on her upcoming book: The Tomboy Survival Guide.

Amber Dawn was interviewed at Queeries and xtra.

Malinda Lo posted

• Huntress in the flesh (so to speak)
• the third chapter of Huntress
• On cross-dressing and queerness

Andi Marquette has a new website.

Lacey Reah was interviewed at Bibrary Bookslut.

Jane Rule was posted about at About.com Lesbian Life.

Alice Walker was posted about at About.com Lesbian Life.

Book reviews are under the cut.

The Curse of the Jade Dragon by Nene Adams was reviewed at Just About Write.

Flowers of Edo by Nene Adams was reviewed at Kissed By Venus.

Chaps by Jove Belle was reviewed at Just About Write.

The Girl Back Home by R. E. Bradshaw was reviewed at Just About Write.

Fierce Overture by Gun Brooke was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

The Professor by Terry Castle was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

A Celtic Knot by Ana Corman was reviewed at Just About Write.

Jukebox by Gina Noelle Daggett was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Dare … to try Bisexuality by Pierre Des Esseintes was reviewed at the feminist librarian.

Natural Order by Moondancer Drake was reviewed at Just About Write.

Wildthorn by Jane Eagland was reviewed at things mean a lot.

4 Stories Down, 4 Stories Up by Sara Elizabeth was reviewed at Reviews at EBook Addict.

The Salbine Sisters by Sarah Ettritch was reviewed at Queer Magazine Online.

A Midwinter Prince by Harper Fox was reviewed at Queer Magazine Online.

Secrets of Truth and Beauty by Megan Frazer was reviewed at Friend of Dorothy Wilde.

Triptych by J. M. Frey was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

The Voting Booth After Dark: Despicable, Embarrassing, Repulsive by Vanessa Libertad Garcia was reviewed at Gay/Lesbian Fiction Book Reviews and Queer Magazine Online.

Nightshade by Shea Godfrey was reviewed at Just About Write.

Homeschooling by Carol Guess was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Heart of Change by Roxy Harte was reviewed at Queer Magazine Online.

The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith was reviewed at evening all afternoon.

Journeys: An Anthology of Life by A. L. Hotchkin was reviewed at Just About Write.

Private Eyes by Michelle Houston was reviewed at Siren Book Reviews.

Always Faithful by Isabella was reviewed at Just About Write.

For Frying Out Loud by Fay Jacobs was reviewed at Just About Write.

Maye’s Request by Clifford Henderson was reviewed at Queer Magazine Online.

Lilac Mines by Cheryl Klein was recommended at Friend of Dorothy Wilde.

The Chronicles of Ratha: Children of the Noorthi by Erica Lawson was reviewed at Just About Write.

Huntress by Malinda Lo was reviewed at AfterEllen.

Mother Load by KG MacGregor was reviewed at Just About Write.

The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid was reviewed at Queer Authors 50 Book Challenge.

Never Again: An Irulan Short by Ronnie Massey was reviewed at Bibrary Bookslut.

Out the Other Side: Contemporary Lesbian Writing edited by Christian McEwen and Sue O’Sullivan was reviewed at Queer Authors 50 Book Challenge.

Patience & Sarah by Isabel Miller was reviewed at Passion Reads.

Witch Wolf by Winter Pennington was reviewed at Out in Print.

I Kissed A Girl II: More Virgin Lesbian Stories edited by Regina Perry was reviewed at Sizzling Hot Book Reviews.

Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult was reviewed at AfterEllen.

Justifiable Risk by VK Powell was reviewed at Just About Write.

Water Mark by J. M. Redmann was reviewed at Just About Write.

Future Histories by Giselle Renarde was reviewed at Bibrary Bookslut.

Blind Bet by Tracey Richardson was reviewed at Just About Write.

Death by Misfortune by AM Riley was reviewed at Three Dollar Bill Reviews

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Keeping Up Appearances by Ann Roberts was reviewed at Just About Write and Lambda Literary.

Beguiled by Paisley Smith was reviewed at The Romance Studio.

Everafter by Nell Stark and Trinity Tam was reviewed at Lesbian Book Review.

Of Course It’s Murder by Kate Sweeney was reviewed at Just About Write.

Survive the Dawn by Kate Sweeney was reviewed at Just About Write.

Do Not Disturb by Carsen Taite was reviewed at Just About Write.

Wishbone: A Memoir in Fractures by Julie Marie Wade was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

The Color Purple by Alice Walker was reviewed at the Zen Leaf.

In Medias Res by Yolanda Wallace was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Summer Will Show by Sylvia Townsend Warner was reviewed at Queer Authors 50 Book Challenge.

Best Lesbian Erotica 2011 edited by Kathleen Warnock was reviewed at Kissed By Venus.

Affinity by Sarah Waters reviewed at My Love Affair With Books.

If You Follow Me by Malena Watrous was reviewed at AfterEllen.

The Daughters of Moab by Kim Westwood was reviewed at Stella Matutina.

When Women Were Warriors by Catherine M. Wilson was reviewed at Kissed By Venus.