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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 5h

Show up. Read queer. Wear your finest insurrection couture. Dissent doesn't do polyblends. #SapphicBooks #LGBTQBooks #ReadIndie #NoBotBooks #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 9h

🏳️‍🌈👊 Didn't think we had it in us, did ya? 👀 Get your freak on. 🍽️ Feed your demons. 🖤 Read something unhinged. #QueerParanormal #SapphicParanormal #SapphicRomance #ScaryReads #HalloweenReads #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

🏳️‍🌈❤️👊 NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY👊❤️🏳️‍🌈 👹🔨 Shrek kinda nailed it: better out than in. 👊 Be you & raise some fabulous trouble! #NationalComingOutDay #ComingOutDay #Pride #LGBTQIA #QueerJoy #BookSky #AuthorSky

An amorphous rabbit wearing a rainbow t-shirt stands in an open doorway lined with a rainbow Pride flag. On the door are a Bywater Books sign and stickers reading “Love is Love” and “You are enough, don’t forget that.” The image celebrates National Coming Out Day.

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

🎃👻🦇✝️🩸👹🕯️👹🩸✝️🦇👻🎃 ✝️ A little holy water. 🩸 🔪 A little blood sacrifice. 👹 A whole lot of demons. 🖤 A love damned by the Order. ⛓️ Pray for your soul. 👊Then prepare to defend it. #QueerParanormal #SapphicWestern #SapphicRomance #ScaryReads #HalloweenReads #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🎃👻🦇💀🏳️‍🌈💀🦇👻🎃 🐕 A very good boy. 🔪 A century-old murder. 👻 An unfinished haunting. 🖤 A whole lot of queer heart. 🎭 Come for the cocktails—stay for the sapphic sparks. #QueerParanormal #SapphicParanormal #SapphicRomance #ScaryReads #HalloweenReads #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🏳️‍🌈📚 TONIGHT 📚🏳️‍🌈 ‼️ The ALA reports that of the unique titles challenged in 2025, 39% were books about LGBTQIA+ folks & people of color. 🤯 Don't let them win! 👀 Register to watch live ➡️ loom.ly/QADmbsw #ReadBannedBooks #StopCensorship #BannedBooksWeek #BookSky

Flyer for a Banned Books Week Discussion hosted by The Publishing Triangle and the San Francisco Public Library’s James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, taking place on Thursday, October 8, 2026, via Zoom. Event Details:Title: Shall I Read You a Story? Book Banning of LGBTQIA Children's and YA Titles Host: Dan Hendrick Featured Speakers: Author Lesléa Newman, Author Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Librarian Lindsay Klemas, and Librarian Haley Hall Celebrity Reading: Heather Has Two Mommies featuring Alison Bechdel, Honey Davenport, Judy Grahn, Lev A.C. Rosen, and Be Steadwell Date & Time: October 8, 2026 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🎃⛪💀🖤🏳️‍🌈🖤💀⛪🎃 💍 A wedding. 🩸 🤐 A family secret. ⚰️ A ritual that should’ve stayed buried. ☠️ Something wicked is waiting at the altar! #QueerHorror #SapphicHorror #BiRepresentation #ScaryReads #HalloweenReads #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🎃👻🦇🧟‍♀️🏳️‍🌈🧟‍♀️🦇👻🎃 🥔 A little comfort. 🥩 A little carnage. 🖤 A whole lot of soul. 🔪 Bring a knife. #SapphicHalloween #SapphicHorror #SapphicScream #QueerHorror #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🌊 A stormy Atlantic crossing. 🛳️ Five days with a stranger. 🏳️‍🌈 An unexpected connection. 🏛️ A political crisis waiting. ❤️‍🔥 A secret passion neither woman can ignore. 👊📚 A landmark of lesbian literature! Get it today: loom.ly/8B8hac8 #SapphicRomance #ForcedProximity #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

October 6, 1998, was a day that changed our LGBTQ+ community forever: Matthew Shepard was brutalized and left to die. His death became a turning point in the fight for visibility, dignity & equality. Say. His. Name. #MatthewShepard #WeRemember #QueerHistory #ProtectQueerLives #NeverForget

A black-and-white portrait of Matthew Shepard crouching on concrete outdoor steps, wearing a knit sweater and trousers while wrapping his arms around his knees and looking thoughtfully off to the side.

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🏳️‍🌈🔥 AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE ON OCTOBER 13 🔥📚 👊 “A rare sapphic romance where crime and romance are so perfectly intertwined, you can’t stop turning the pages.” –Rachel Spangler 👀❤️ Rey knows a thing or two about romance, people! #SapphicRomance #SapphicThriller #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🏳️‍🌈📚❤️📚🏳️‍🌈 ‼️ The ALA reports that of the unique titles challenged in 2025, 39% represent books about LGBTQIA+ folks & people of color. 🤯 Don't let them win! 👀 Register to watch live ➡️ loom.ly/QADmbsw #ReadBannedBooks #StopCensorship #BannedBooksWeek #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤 👊 If this offends you, you're gonna hate our books & our authors! 🌎 Bywater Books & Amble Press—we are ALL stories! #NoApologies #BannedBooksWeek #LGBTQBooks #SapphicBooks #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

🏳️‍🌈📚🚫 Censorship can suck it—read a banned book, stay badass! #BannedBooksWeek #DefendTheFirst #ReadBannedBooks #SapphicsWithTheBanned #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🏳️‍🌈📣THE LESBIAN REVIEW HAS SPOKEN 📣🏳️‍🌈 👊 Gripping. 💎 A gem of a main character. 🌪️ Twists I didn’t see coming. 🔨 Riveting. 🌻 Absolutely gorgeous. 👀 Thoughtful, interesting, unique. #SapphicBooks #SapphicMystery #SapphicRomance #HistoricalFiction #Bronte #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🔪🔪 SAVE THE DATE 🔪🔪 ☕There’s a mystery brewing. ✍️ There will be writers. ❓ There will be questions. 👀There may be murders. 🚫 Nobody is talking...yet! 💥 October 17th at the Philly Parkway Central Library. #MysteryCommunity #Bookish #MysteryWritersOfAmerica #MysteryBooks #BookSky

Event flyer for Mystery Writers of America, New York Chapter:

A Ticking Clock: How Do Mystery Writers Keep the Pace Moving to Raise the Stakes of the Story and Create Suspense?

Date & Time: Saturday, October 17, 2026, 1:30–3:30 pm
Location: Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA
Panelists: Ann Aptaker (Cantor Gold Series), Mark McNease (Devil's Wood), Rich Zahradnik (The Bone Records) Moderator: James McCrone (Bastard Verdict)
Website: www.freelibrary.org

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🏳️‍🌈🎧🎸❤️🎸🎧🏳️‍🌈 🔥 Old flames. ✌️ Second chances. 🎸 Loud guitars. ▶️ Press play. 💋 And let Quinn Riley read to you today! #SapphicRomance #SapphicBookstagram #SecondChanceRomance #Sk8rBoiRomance #AudiobookRomance #BookSky

Promotional graphic for the audiobook Live It Out by Jenn Alexander, narrated by Quinn Riley. The graphic features the colorful cover art of a person painted in vibrant blue, green, and yellow tones, along with logos for Bywater Books and Tantor Media. A bright pink box reads "Listen Today!", and a quote from Women Using Words at the bottom reads, "Not only is this story well written, it's threaded with gorgeous, heart-tugging themes."

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🏳️‍🌈📚🍁🐈🍁📚🏳️‍🌈 Get your filthy little paws on these, people! #SapphicBooks #SapphicRomance #SapphicMystery #SapphicYA #QueerDystopian #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

👀 Small-town girl. 🔪 A brutal murder. 🔎 Years spent hunting the truth. 🚫 But someone wants her to stop. ‼️ Someone who will kill again. 💔 Sandra Moran's final novel. ➡️ Read it today: loom.ly/H0QAcc4 #BookSky #SmallTownMystery #MurderMystery #PsychologicalSuspense

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈📚👊📚🏳️‍🌈 ✍️ Real writers. 👀 Real stories. 🌈 Real queer. ✅ The choice is really simple. #SapphicBooks #LGBTQBooks #QueerLit #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Go forth and preorder, y'all! It's perfect if you love sapphic slow burns, quirky haunted houses, queer found family, academic mysteries, razor-sharp humor & women who approach revenge like an independent study with honors. Coming Nov. 10, 2026. #SapphicBooks #SapphicMystery #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈 IT’S STILL SAPPHIC SEPTEMBER 🏳️‍🌈 🐌 All the yearning!!!! 🐾 Dogs make it better! 💥 So does falling in love! 👊 Today's a good day to lose yourself in a good book! #SapphicSeptember #SapphicRomance #SlowBurn #SapphicYearning #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

✅ We keep checking... 🏳️‍🌈📚 It still isn't the good guys ripping books out of libraries. #BookSky #LGBTQBooks #SapphicBooks #FreedomToRead #DefendTheFirst #ReadBannedBooks

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🦋 IT’S DOLLY PARTON DAY 🦋 👊 A sapphic short story inspired by Dolly. ❤️ Romance 🦋 Dolly-inspired goodness 📭 Big-hearted feels 🌻All Proceeds go to Dolly’s Imagination Library. 💛 And we'll match every dollar! 👀 Read it today on Amazon or KU. #DollyPartonDay #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🦋 Dolly loved books! 🏳️‍🌈 We love queers! 👀 Dolly Parton 🤝 Bywater Books ☯️ It’s called synergy. ❤️ Happy Dolly Parton Day to all who celebrate! #DollyPartonDay #SapphicBooks #QueerBooks #LGBTQBooks #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈📚 IT'S SAPPHIC SEPTEMBER 📚🏳️‍🌈 🎡 A county fair. 🕯️ A stolen urn. 🍿 Six hours to say goodbye. 💋 And the girl she's always loved. 👊 Now entering the emotional chat. #YABooks #YA #SapphicYA #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

👀 @Algo, hey bestie! 🏳️‍🌈📚 Today feels like a really good day to put queer indie books & publishers in front of readers who want to see themselves represented in the books they read. 👊 We’ll take it from there... #BookSky #SapphicBooks #LGBTQBooks #QueerBooks #ReadIndie

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈 2️⃣ Women, 1️⃣ Small town, 💥 Sparks everywhere 🐕 Runaway dog = Instant meet-cute 🥰 🌞 Sunlit hikes → 🍳 Brunches → Lingering glances 👀 🚫 Workplace taboo → And age gap, too. 💌 Flirty texts, quiet yearning, hearts that want more. ❤️ What are you waiting for?!? #SapphicRomance #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈 THE BYWATER BOOK DROP 🏳️‍🌈 🌊 The sea calls her home. 💔 A mother drowns in grief. 👩‍❤️‍👩 She falls in love. 👦 A little boy steals her heart. ☯️ Grief, but hope, too. 🎵 The sea’s song might save her. ✅ Get it here: loom.ly/zdafOuA #SapphicRomance #SmallTownRomance #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈📚 Ink, matches, banned books—freedom waiting to ignite. 🔥 👊 Read. Resist. Repeat. #BookSky #SapphicBooks #LGBTQBooks #QueerLit

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 📚 ‼️ 📚 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 4️⃣ Books. 💥 Big queer energy. 💋 Feelings will happen—probably against your will. 🌊The next wave is coming. 👊 We’re bringing you stories with heart, heat, trouble & the occasional bad decision. #SapphicBooks #BookSky #LGBTQBooks #ReadIndie

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 📚 ‼️ 📚 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 💯 We are Bywater Books. 👊 Know us by our authors. 👊 Know us by our books. 👊 Know us by our mission. 👊 Know us by our legacy. #SapphicBooks #LGBTQBooks #QueerLit #ReadIndie #ReadQueer #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

🏎️ She’s chasing down a multimillion-dollar scam. 🔥Then a dangerously hot woman gets under her skin. 🌈 Queer. 🧩 Complicated. ⚛️ Criminally good chemistry. 👀 She’s on to Something. 👊 Preorder today—what are you waiting for? #SapphicBooks #ButchFemme #SapphicSuspense #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈📚 I ❤️ SAPPHFIC 📚🏳️‍🌈 👀 Small-town Indiana. 🌟 Big sparks. ⚛️ Bigger chemistry. 👊 Ride-or-die friends! 🐷 Pork Day USA & a bar called Hoosier Daddy. #SapphicRomance #BookDeals #RomCom #BookSky

Promotional graphic for the I Heart Sapphic Reading Challenge: Books Set in Indiana, featuring two e-readers displaying the cover of the novel "Hoosier Daddy" by Ann McMan and Salem West. Text reads: "Each ebook only $3.99, sale ends today, only at Amazon."

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈 IT’S SAPPHIC SEPTEMBER 🏳️‍🌈 👀 This Hidden Gem features sapphic books where both MCs are Bi or Pan. ✅ Daub your card today! ➡️ See all 15 books here: loom.ly/e9FMpCo #BiBooks #BisexualFiction #PanBooks #PanFiction #SapphicFiction #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Not gonna lie... The similarities to a Bywater Books staff meeting are striking. #SapphicSeptember #SapphicBooks #LGBTQBooks #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈 IT'S SAPPHIC SEPTEMBER 🏳️‍🌈 ‼️ Out in Print: Queer Book Reviews has spoken! 👀 “The Malign Ghosts of Summer is a different breed.” 👊 Who are we to disagree? ⁉️ Read it today—what are you waiting for?!?!?! #SapphicBooks #QueerLit #LGBTQBooks #SapphicSeptember #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈 When you start to feel overwhelmed— 🕚 Take care of yourself. 💬 Speak to someone you trust. ☯️ Keep your routine consistent & gentle, ⚫ Be honest about how you're feeling. 💛 You matter to us! #NationalSuicidePreventionMonth #SuicidePrevention #LGBTQMentalHealth #YouAreNotAlone #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈 IT'S SAPPHIC SEPTEMBER 🏳️‍🌈 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland, 1561. 👑 A queen returns. 🦹‍♀️ A woman in disguise plots revenge. 🗡️ Treachery. ☠️ Intrigue. ❤️‍🔥 Secret passion galore! Get it today: loom.ly/hxfftd4 #SapphicBooks #SapphicGothic #GothicFiction #HistoricalFiction #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈📚Here's your Latine Heritage Month reading assignment: 👀 Read a Latine author today. ‼️ You can start with these! #LatineHeritageMonth #LatineVoices #LatineAuthors #LGBTQBooks #BookSky

A dark blue graphic framed with colorful geometric borders featuring five book covers from Bywater Books and Amble Press: Beloved Disciples by Mario Elías, Our Last Fall by Lyvia Martinez, The City of Palaces by Michael Nava, The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants by Orlando Ortega-Medina, and Emerald Road by Orlando Ortega-Medina. The image also includes the logos for Bywater Books and Amble Press.

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈 2️⃣ Women, 1️⃣ Small town, 💥 Sparks everywhere 🐕 Runaway dog = Instant meet-cute 🥰 🌞 Sunlit hikes → 🍳 Brunches → Lingering glances 👀 💌 Flirty texts & quiet yearning 🤫 ❤️ Now available everywhere ‼️ #SapphicSeptember #SapphicRomance #SlowBurn #AgeGap #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈 IT’S SAPPHIC SEPTEMBER 🏳️‍🌈 👀 This week, Jae's Sapphic Book Bingo features autistic MCs. ✅ Check out the books & daub your card today! ➡️ See all 15 books here: loom.ly/hxpptrw #SapphicBooks #NeurodivergentRepresentation #AutisticProtagonist #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈📚 I ❤️ SAPPHFIC 📚🏳️‍🌈 3️⃣ TRUTHS & A LIE! 👀 Think you know Ann McMan, Famous Author? ⬇️ Use this URL to take the test & enter to win a book! ‼️ loom.ly/A3Fan6I #SapphicBooks #BookRecs #MeetTheAuthor #FreeBooks #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈 IT'S SAPPHIC SEPTEMBER 🏳️‍🌈 👀 Need an excuse to ignore your responsibilities? 💯 Yeah, we can do you a solid. 👊 Actually, six solids... #SapphicSeptembet #SapphicRomance #SapphicBooks #BookRecs #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈 IT’S SAPPHIC SEPTEMBER 🏳️‍🌈 “The Lost Brontë is a thoughtful exploration of truth, invention, integrity, and the extraordinary power that comes from finally claiming the right to own your voice and your story.” #SapphicSeptember #SapphicBooks #GothicFiction #SapphicRomance #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

New York City • Washington • Shanksville, And every city & small town that watched, waited, grieved & remembered. Twenty-five years later, it feels like yesterday. We remember. 🕊️

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈 IT’S SAPPHIC SEPTEMBER 🏳️‍🌈 🐌 All the yearning!!!! 🐾 Dogs make it better! 💥 So does falling in love! 👊 Preorder today—coming September 15th! #SapphicSeptember #SapphicRomance #SlowBurn #SapphicYearning #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈 IT'S SAPPHIC SEPTEMBER 🏳️‍🌈 🧠 Change someone’s mind about a book today. ✍️ Leave a review. 👊 It really makes a difference. #SapphicSeptember #SapphicBooks #LGBTQBooks #ReadIndie #BookSky

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