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Starting next week, we will have multiple events in BC for Queer Country Crossroads! Editor Mabe Kyle and contributors to the anthology will read in Victoria at the @friendsofdorothy.bsky.social and in Vancouver at Cross and Crows and the People's Co-Op bookstore.

September 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM Everybody can reply

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PAR | BSAS | Fem!Shep

@femshepfgc.bsky.social

It’s finally time—the stunning BETWEEN SUN AND SHADOW cover by Cherriielle is out in the world! I couldn’t possibly love it more.

#lgbt #sapphic #2026debuts #youngadult #author #ya #queer #queerbookstagram #bookstagram #queerya #scifi #scifibooks #yascifi #cover #coverreveals

September 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM Everybody can reply

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Wolfie Pup

@wolfiepup1.bsky.social

#lgbtqbooks

#queerbooks

#lgbtbooks

#queerbookstagram

#sapphicbooks

#wlwbooks

#mmromance

#gaybooks

#lesbianbooks

#queerreads

#lgbtqreads

#queerlit

#lgbtqbookstagram

#lgbtbookstagram

May 31, 2025 at 10:55 PM Everybody can reply

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Author Tai Sexton

@taisexton.bsky.social

#AuthorTaiSexton #PenSavory #SapphicStorytime #SapphicSaturday #SapphicFiction #QueerRomance #EroticFlashFiction #WLW #LesbianRomance #UrbanRomance #BlackLit #AuthorLife #QueerBookstagram #RomanceReaders #SpicyReads

September 28, 2025 at 2:26 AM Everybody can reply

Author Rachel Spangler

@rachelspangler.rachelspangler.com

Both Fire and Ice and Love All are on sale for $4.95 via @bywaterbooks.bsky.social along with lost of other great paperbacks!

#sapphic #lesfic #lesbianromance #bookstagram #queerbookstagram

November 27, 2024 at 7:18 PM Everybody can reply

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Julie Brydon

@jbrydon.bsky.social

New release: A Captured Cauldron: Rules for Compulsory Brews by R.K. Ashwick (mlm)

#QueerBookstagram #mlm #fantasy #fantasybooks #romantasy #romantasybooks #indiepublishing #newrelease #newreleasebooks #newreleasebooks2024

October 7, 2024 at 8:15 AM Everybody can reply

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EN Laurier #1 Verrus Wayrun Fan

@acureforliving.bsky.social

I’m so emotional about Verrus and Louis. I cannot help it.

character art by calicot.zc
❄️found family
🐺werewolf packs
❄️high action
🐺vampires, werewolves, and Hunters
❄️queernormative world
🐺divinity & gods

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#werewolfromance #lgbtbook #queerbooks #queerbookstagram #lgbtnovel #gaybooks #gaynovels

March 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM Everybody can reply

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JJ Mulder

@jjmulder.bsky.social

Henri & Atlas cover reveal 🩶

#mmromancebooks #mmromance #mmromancereads #mmbooks #queerbooks #gaybooks #mmbookstagram #gayromancebooks #spicybooks #bookstagram #bookreviews #queerbookstagram #queerbookstagrammer #jjmulder

January 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM Everybody can reply

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Julie Brydon

@jbrydon.bsky.social

A huge thank you to everyone who got a copy of The Pull of the Tide during Queer Your Bookshelf! I'm truly awed that we hit #2 on Amazon for fantasy anthologies.

#sapphicbooks #sapphicreads #sapphicfiction #romantasy #wlw #indiepublishing #Bookstagram
#QueerBookstagram

August 17, 2024 at 5:45 PM Everybody can reply

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Ami Spencer

@aspencerwriter.bsky.social

#sapphicauthor #sapphicromance #sapphicbooks #sapphic #queer #queerbooks #queeromance #queerfiction #queercharacters #queerbookstagram #queerreads #sapphicbookstagram #nonbinaryMC #representationmatters

November 11, 2024 at 7:01 PM Everybody can reply

CoNfEsSiOnSoFaVaMpYrE🩸

@mikashitamoari.bsky.social

I’m a gay black indie author. Take a mental health break. Read. 🖤✏️ 🌈📚 🌈🚀💫 💙📚 📚👀 🌈💜 📚🌎 📚 🦇🖤🦇 ✍️📚🏳️‍🌈 🪐📚
#writingcommunity #books #queerbookstagram #FantasyBookSky #queerbooksky #rombks #witchsky #BlackBookSky #Gothic #AddToBlackLGBTQ+ #addblkqueersky #QueerWriters #mlmbooks #indieauthor #achillean

August 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM Everybody can reply

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All She Wrote Books

@allshewrotebks.bsky.social

Recommended reads for the long weekend ahead! 📚📚

✨Stop by and visit us tomorrow (Sunday) from 12-5pm 📚🌈💜

#allshewrotebooks #staffpicks #staffpickssaturday #bookrecommendations #fictionbooks #nonfictionbooks #longweekendreading #queerbooks #queerbookstagram #queerreading

Slide 1 is a closeup photo of the following recommended book by our team with their cover facing out: Grey Dog by Elliot Gish.

Slide 2 is a closeup photo of the following recommended book by our team with their cover facing out: I Think They Love You by Julian Winters.

Slide 3 is a closeup photo of the following recommended book by our team with their cover facing out: Exposure by Ramona Emerson.

Slide 4 is a closeup photo of the following recommended book by our team with their cover facing out: Wayward Lives Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya Hartman.

February 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM Everybody can reply

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L. J. Wede

@ljwede.com

For all of the Charlottes looking for their Astrid... 🌈🏳️‍🌈
You'll find them eventually, even if you have to go through a few Jacks first.
#HappyPride #PrideMonth #LGBT #Bisexual #Lesbian #LGBTAuthor #LGBTPride #wlw #Sapphic #queerbookstagram

June 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM Everybody can reply

Ami Spencer

@aspencerwriter.bsky.social

Current WIP status

#sapphicauthor #sapphicromance #sapphicbooks #sapphic #sapphicbookstagram #sapphicfiction #sapphicreads #queer #queerbooks #queeromance #queerfiction #queercharacters #queerbookstagram #queerreads #queerauthor #queerromance #amwriting

December 3, 2024 at 3:09 PM Everybody can reply

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EN Laurier #1 Verrus Wayrun Fan

@acureforliving.bsky.social

🐺 low stakes
🐺fast burn romance
🐺 unusual elves
🐺 knotting
🐺 m/m
🐺 animal hybrids
🐺 short & sweet romance
🐺 banter

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#enlaurier #monsterromance #lgbtbook #queerbooks #queerbookstagram #lgbtnovel #gaybooks #gaynovels #gayromance