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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 3m

🏳️‍🌈📚🚫Censorship can suck it—read a banned book, stay badass.

#BannedBooksWeek #CensorshipIsSo1984 #LetFreedomReadDay #ReadForYourRights #StandUpForReading #FreedomToRead #DefendTheFirst #ReadBannedBooks #BookFreedom #SapphicsWithTheBanned

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 1h

🏳️‍🌈💀 'Til death do us start screaming.
Say "I do" to The Ever End by @AudreyWilsonAuthor—a queer, twisted, feminist horror that’ll haunt your October reading list.
💒 🤫 Secrets. Rituals. A cursed wedding you can’t escape.

#HorrorLit #QueerLit #DarkFiction #SpookySeason #DarkStories #LGBTQBooks

Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 22h

🏳️‍🌈✈️🌏 He left his husband at the airport to chase his dreams—now both men must figure out what it really means to grow up, love hard & start over.
🎧 Listen to Tom Pyun’s fierce, funny & unforgettable new audiobook today.
Available everywhere!
#QueerLit #Audiobooks #LGBTQReads #FictionRecs

Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 1d

🏳️‍🌈📚🚫 Last we checked, it wasn’t the good guys ripping books out of libraries.

#BannedBooksWeek #CensorshipIsSo1984 #LetFreedomReadDay #ReadForYourRights #StandUpForReading #FreedomToRead #DefendTheFirst #ReadBannedBooks #BookFreedom

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 1d

🏳️‍🌈✈️🌏 He left his husband at the airport to chase his dreams—now both men must figure out what it really means to grow up, love hard, and start over.
🎧 Listen to Tom Pyun’s fierce, funny & unforgettable new audiobook today.
Now available everywhere!

#BookSky #LGBTQSky #AudiobookSky

Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 1d

🏳️‍🌈 📚The #BywaterBookDrop for October 8 is Murder and Gold by Ann Aptaker.
One eBook • One day • Only $3.99

https://bywaterbooks.com/product/murder-and-gold-by-ann-aptaker/

#SapphicBookSky #BookSky #BookDeals #LGBTQSky #QueerLitSky #MysterySky #ButchFemmeSksy #NoirSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 2d

🏳️‍🌈📚🚫 You can’t ban a community.
You can’t redact our legacy.
👊 Support the rebels who aren't afraid to publish our stories.

#BannedBooksWeek #LetFreedomRead #BookSky #CensorshipIsSo1984 #FightCensorship

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 3d

🏳️‍🌈📚 They can ban all the books they want—but they’ll never silence our stories.

#BannedBooksWeek #LetFreedomReadDay #LGBTQBookSky #SapphicBookSky #CensorshipIsSo1984 #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 4d

🏳️‍🌈 📣 Erase our words, and we’ll write them louder.
🏳️‍🌈 📚Strike out our stories, and we’ll carve them into history.
Banned Books Week 2025 begins today—maybe don't sit this one out.

#BannedBooksWeek #LetFreedomReadDay #LGBTQBookSky #SapphicBookSky #CensorshipIsSo1984 #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 5d

🏳️‍🌈 📚 At Bywater Books & Amble Press, we publish without apology—truth, courage & real lives on every page.
Read the stories that matter & support the writers who bring them to you. 👊
📣 BywaterBooks.com

#BookSky #LGBTQBookSky #SapphicBookSky #AuthorSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 5d

🍂 Every season carries a story—and these books will sweep you away like autumn leaves.
Are you ready to be blown away? 📚🏳️‍🌈

##BookSky #LGBTQBookSky #MysterySky #BookRecs

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 6d

Every action matters. Every choice leaves a mark.
Dr. Jane Goodall’s words remind us: Only you can decide what kind of difference you will make.
So make it matter for the right reasons.

#DrJaneGoodall #HopeInAction

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 7d

Click here to save 50% on Whisper to the Wind, narrated by @Abby_Craden: https://loom.ly/YPBcn_Y

OFFER ENDS TOMORROW. 10/3/25.

#SapphicRomanceSky #BookSky @AudiobookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 7d

Click here to save 50% on Bloodline, narrated by @QuinnRileyReads: https://loom.ly/gLZOeiE

OFFER ENDS TOMORROW, 10/3/25.

#SapphicRomanceSky #AudiobookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 8d

🏳️‍🌈📚🔥 What a #BookClub with @SapphicWorldBookClub & @VirginiaBlackWrites—it was FIRE!
👇 Click here to relive the MAGIC!👇
https://youtu.be/IzFNbJDW00g

#SapphicBookSky #BookSky #QueerLitSky #LGBTQSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 8d

🏳️‍🌈 📚The #BywaterBookDrop for October 1 is Consecrated Ground by Virginia Black.
One eBook • One day • Only $3.99

https://bywaterbooks.com/product/consecrated-ground-by-virginia-black/

#SapphicBookSky #BookSky #BookDeals #LGBTQSky #QueerLitSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 9d

🏳️‍🌈🔎 Queer icons, killer plots, and a who's who of LGBTQ+ crime writers—this anthology is a must-read.
Jerry Wheeler & Out in Print calls it “worth the price of admission all by its lonesome.”

👉 Check it out: https://loom.ly/uGRHnUU

#BookSky #MysterySky #LGBTQBookSky #LGBTQSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 10d

🏳️‍🌈🔪 Friendship. Betrayal. Blood in the streets.
Cantor Gold is back with butch swagger sharp enough to cut & charm enough to ruin you—preorder if you dare.

Available everywhere great queer books are sold.

#SapphicBookSky #BookSky #NoirSky #MysterySky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 10d

This summer, Bywater Books was named the Foreword INDIES Publisher of the Year!

Please join us in celebrating this amazing honor from Foreword Reviews.

#BookSky #LGBTQBookSky #QueerLitSky #SapphicSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 12d

🏳️‍🌈📚💥This book will blow you away . . .
Don't miss out, preorder your copy today.
Get it everywhere great queer books are sold!

#BookSky #SapphicBookSky #LGBTQBookSky #DystopianBookSky #QueerLit @kristen_zimmer_author

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 12d

🏳️‍🌈📚 Bywater Books—we're just built differently.
And, we're 100% okay with that. 👊
Check us out @ https://bywaterbooks.com

#QueerLitSky #LGBTQBookSky #WeAreAllStories #SapphicBookSky #BookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 13d

🏳️‍🌈📚 It's a good day to remind folks that the literature you ❤️ is on the chopping block—so put on your Big Gay Undergarments & stand up for your First Amendment rights & in opposition to book bans & censorship.

Friends tell friends . . . 👊

#SapphicBookSky #LGBTQBookSky #BookSky #AuthorSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 13d

🏳️‍🌈📚Friendship. Betrayal. Blood in the streets. 🔪🥃
Cantor Gold is back—preorder your copy today.

Get it everywhere great queer books are sold.

#SapphicBookSky #BookSky #MysterySky #NoirSky #LGBTQBookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 14d

Click here to save 50% on Whisper to the Wind, narrated by @Abby_Craden: https://loom.ly/YPBcn_Y

#SapphicRomanceSky #BookSky #AudiobookSky

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · 14d

Click here to save 50% on Bloodline, narrated by @QuinnRileyReads: https://loom.ly/gLZOeiE

Now through 10/3/25.

#SapphicRomanceSky #AudiobookSky

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