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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 16h

We're thrilled to see that EAT THE ONES YOU LOVE by Sarah Maria Griffin has been longlisted for the 2026 Polari Prize! So well deserved! 🎉

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Chicago Zine Fest @chicagozinefest.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#CZF2026 is on Saturday, and we'll be there with our masks on! There'll be free KN95 masks available at the entrance (find us on the 9th floor of the Harold Washington Library Center). We'll also have a few air purifiers running. Thanks for helping keep the fest illness-free!

A fun comic book style flyer with text reading "Chicago Zine Fest is coming up! Masks provided and encouraged. Help keep us all safe and comfortable".

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'Nathan Burgoine (he/him) will be at Can*Con! @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If anyone would like to contribute to the "Husky had to go to the emergency vet" and whatever the "get the furnace to provide heat" will require... Early present for yourself or a dozen people in your life? Linked queer retellings of holiday classics, including a Little Village novella. #BookSky

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Upon the Midnight Queer

Holiday tales, retold queerly...A silk hat turns snow into life and a chance at love for a man with little hope of either. Two men with a connection sparked in passing attempt to withstand everything ...

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Looks like the paperback of Someone You Can Build A Nest In is 11 bucks over on the big river site! Perfect for spooky season! A shapeshifting monster *accidentally* falls in love with the woman who's hunting her.

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Someone You Can Build A Nest In: Wiswell, John: 9780756419745: Amazon.com: Books

Someone You Can Build A Nest In [Wiswell, John] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Someone You Can Build A Nest In

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We all know that Telegraph Club gets banned, but @malindalo.bsky.social's debut ASH gets banned all the time, too for the crime of being gay: bookshop.org/p/books/ash-...

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Ash

"This lyrically retold Cinderella tale is not just a beautifully updated fable, but an ode to the transformative power of love."--Cassandra Clare, bestselling author of The Mortal Instruments series T...

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

For example: My books The Mermaid The Witch and The Sea and Squad both get banned frequently. One is a high fantasy with a sapphic romance. Once is a SA revenge fantasy. bookshop.org/p/books/the-... bookshop.org/p/books/squa...

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The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

In a world divided by colonialism and threaded with magic, a desperate orphan turned pirate and a rebellious imperial lady find a connection on the high seas.The pirate Florian, born Flora, has always...

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Here's the thing: most books that are banned don't make the lists that get circulated each #BannedBooksWeek. If you're a book creator and your book gets banned, please respond to this post with your book and its buy link on bookshop.org. That way we can support indies and banned books 💛

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Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.

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Nilah "Nine Jobs" Magruder @nilahmagruder.com · 05/10/2026

The people saying "book bans are good for book sales" and that "AI is here to stay, just accept it" are basically saying the same thing: that you should be quiet about harmful things and accept the status quo. Which is why you should scream and keep screaming against harmful systems.

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Only 13 more days until I'll be appearing at the @cymerafestival.co.uk in a panel with the wonderful Sangu Mandanna! You can grab virtual tickets to watch from home or in-person tickets to hang out with us in Edinburgh: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-cl... #romancelandia

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Enchanted and Bewitched with Sangu Mandanna and Stephanie Burgis — CYMERA

Magic has a way of bringing together the people who were never supposed to fall in love. In Sangu Mandanna ’s A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping , Sera Swan was once one of the most powerful wi...

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A quick reminder that this one will be out in March! Links to preorder are here. It’s my retelling of the Icelandic 12th century myth of Selkolla. It has changelings (or does it?), mound dwellers, blót and a fair bit of blood. Preorders are the best way to support a book, its author and their dog!

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Down Where Monsters Dwell

From Hildur Knútsdóttir comes Down Where Monsters Dwell, a dark, historical fairytale steeped in Icelandic folklore about the powerful bond between mothers...

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Candace Harper @foxglovefiction.com · 04/10/2026

Finally, if you appreciate this and want to throw a ko-fi my way, you can! Zero pressure, just an option! ko-fi.com/foxglovefict...

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Buy Foxglove Fiction a Coffee

Become a supporter of Foxglove Fiction today!

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Candace Harper @foxglovefiction.com · 04/10/2026

Witchmark by C.L. Polk is $2.99! I cannot recommend this entire series more highly!! It's SO GOOD and book 3 is my favorite of them all so go get that far! bookshop.org/a/1382/97807... link.amazon/B02LNJUzg

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Witchmark

WINNER of the 2019 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and a finalist for the Nebula Award, the Locus Award, and the Lammy Award!One of the 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time, according to Time Magazi...

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Ariana Reads (she/her) @ariana-reads.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What will you end up doing if you can’t remember your villainy?!?

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Candace Harper @foxglovefiction.com · 04/10/2026

Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler is $1.99! I love this book (and Dahlia! in a non-weird way!) link.amazon/B0ivp1PbW

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Amazon.com: Home Field Advantage eBook : Adler, Dahlia: Kindle Store

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Ariana Reads (she/her) @ariana-reads.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Start here and just keep going. Because ALICE SEASTAIRS!!!

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Candace Harper @foxglovefiction.com · 04/10/2026

Witches Get Stuff Done by Molly Harper is $1.99! I love this series! link.amazon/B01vGbPfd

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Candace Harper @foxglovefiction.com · 04/10/2026

It's Sunday morning, Ive been up for WAY too long already & there are good ebooks on sale! All links to Amazon & Bookshop are affiliate links, other links are not. Affiliate links = I get a small cut of the retailers' profits. Bookshop is my favorite where it's an option!

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Beedok/Fern 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 @beedokfern.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Dark sci fi bundle to read while you cozy up in the autumn weather. (Assuming you live someone that has autumn in October these days...) itch.io/b/3756/mecha...

Various examples of stories in the Gunmetal Olympus Bundle where you get 27 novels, novellas, and art books for $20.

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Skye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Can true love happen after 35? Absolutely, but you might need to fall on your ass to find it. Will does just that in this short story while getting ready to open his queer-as-heck coffee shop. A beta reader: "this GOLDEN RETRIEVER OF A MAN!" Get it: skyewritesromance.co... 💙📚🌈📚🌈💜

The book cover for Knock Me Down shows a coffee cup, and three subtitles. A meet-cute is crossed out. A meet-disaster is crossed out. A meet-concussion is not crossed out.

Arrows pointing to the cover list elements of the story: short guy and tall woman, clumsy male main character, he's pan, both main characters are 35 or older, she's grumpy and he's sunshine.

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Danielle (TBQ) @thebookqueen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Saturday Romance Deals (10/03): Fake engagement with the grumpy boss, a private investigator heroine, a silver-tongued lawyer & more! 📚 www.tbqsbookpalace.com/2026/10/satu...

This is the daily book deals graphic, with all 5 of today's covers.

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Danielle (TBQ) @thebookqueen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Friday Romance Deals (10/02): A mushroom farmer accidentally starts a zombie outbreak, rival bookstore managers, a fake engagement with a rake & more! 📚 www.tbqsbookpalace.com/2026/10/frid...

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Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Happy Hoodoo Heritage Month! Today is Nat Turner Day and I always think about ROOT MAGIC. This novel is a great introduction for kids and adults to Hoodoo and Gullah Geechee culture AND the family in this award-winning Southern Gothic story shares this revered ancestor’s last name.

Cover of my debut MG novel ROOT MAGIC. Young Black twins (boy and girl) stand back to back in the middle of a marsh of blue, yellow and green mist lined with trees and reeds. She is holding a book, and her doll is peeking out of the pocket of her blue dress. He is wearing dark blue overalls and holding a bottle of magic potion and had a mojo bag around his neck.

Test Reads: Root Magic A Walter Award Honor Book Eden Royce

My trio of Hoodoo novels for kids. Root Magic, Conjure Island, The Creepening of Dogwood House.

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Danielle (TBQ) @thebookqueen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

$1.99 ✦ Prince of Storms by Kit Rocha Book 2 for this trio (water nymph, god of Love, and Kraken pirate lord) as they deal with an ancient enemy hiding within the court. Fantasy Romance (MMF) amzn.to/4dhNnMp

This is the cover for Prince of Storms by Kit Rocha.

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A Waltz of Sinister Import - the 3rd & final novella in the Supernatural Adventures of Lady & Lord Riven - is available now on my Patreon! Subscribe at the Dragon Ruler level to download your copy now (along with all the other ebooks available there): patreon.com/stephanieburgis #romancelandia

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Devin Harnois @devinharnois.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Help me escape burnout! Support a trans, queer guy to flee the anti-DEI corporate hellscape. My job is wringing me dry and my mental health is getting worse. Please share! gofund.me/e3e338199

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Donate to Let Me Escape Burnout, organized by Devin Harnois

My job has become increasingly bad for my mental health. I've been looking for a new job for 7+ … Devin Harnois needs your support for Let Me Escape Burnout

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Guess who's got an awesome new writing gig! IndieReader is letting me gush about backlist indie titles for them, and of course my first one had to cover LD Lewis' The Dead Withheld. indiereader.com/marquee-colu...

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Alex Brown on The Dead Withheld by L.D. Lewis | IndieReader

Hugo-nominated, Ignyte Award-winning critic Alex Brown takes on L.D. Lewis' The Dead Withheld, a queer, neo-noir urban fantasy from Neon Hemlock.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

US readers? My treat to you is SIGNED COPIES, available at Oblong Books. They ship everywhere!

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The Dragon Has Some Complaints (Signed)

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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A note on the Monstera preorder giveaway: It's still going on! The first round of swag went out. There are 3 people still waiting. I ran out of bookplates and ordered more, but they are too small, so I ordered YET MORE, which are in production. I'll start shipping again once the bookplates are here!

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

*puts on backwards hat* hello fellow book teens, are you looking for horrible queer girls who are also werewolves for your halloween displays? may I humbly submit that you should include SQUAD by me and @lisasterle.bsky.social? thanks I will see myself out bookshop.org/p/books/squa...

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Squad: A Graphic Novel

National Bestseller"If the words 'badass lady-werewolves' aren't enough to convince you to read this book, the luscious art and brilliantly complicated portrayals of female friendship will. Squad will...

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Rebekah Weatherspoon @rdotspoon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

THE TWELVE LOVES OF CHRISTMAS is out now! I hope you enjoy all 12 stories including SKIPPING CHRISTMAS. I had a blast writing it! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Tw...

Out Now!
Title: TWELVE Loves of Christmas
12 adult romance short stories set at the holidays.
The cover design looks like the facade of a brick building. There are 12 windows each featuring a different person or couple holiday ready.

12 sweet and sexy romances from some of your favorite authors.

red font on a pink background.
Ashley has had the hots for her neighbor, Micah, FOrever!
Too bad he’s taken. at least, he was...!

a baddie nail tech who loves everything pink!
a sweet and sexy ups driver
Years worth of yearning in the community mailroom
Hiding from toxic family members during the holidays
Photos with santa
SMOOCHING!!!!!

available wherever books are sold!

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Danielle (TBQ) @thebookqueen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

$1.99 ✦ Love is a War Song by Danica Nava A Muscogee pop star escapes to her estranged grandmother's ranch and falls for the cowboy who runs the ranch. TBQ Rec Contemporary Romance (MF) amzn.to/4ADSr7B

This is the cover for Love is a War Song by Danica Nava.

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Danielle (TBQ) @thebookqueen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hide your wallets, it’s that time again! #TBQsBookDeals Tuesday’s #romancedeals thread is ready, FREE to $1.99 📚❤ Happy shopping! *Affiliate links used

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