Tag: Queer
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Queer Indie Book Sale for Pride (3 days only)
I’m a big advocate for reading whatever you like, whenever you like. In saying that, I’m also a real sucker for some themed reading… Now, June means Pride Month for so many in the northern hemisphere. Sounds like the perfect excuse to read even more LGBTQ+ books than usual, don’t you think? If we’re on…
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2023 Queer Indie Awards nomination for Poison at Penshaw Hall
Poison at Penshaw Hall has been nominated for Best Overall Mystery/Thriller in the 2023 Queer Indie Awards! I’m sure Addison and Jake would be horrified to learn their latest misadventure was up for an award, but I just know Mabel (our favourite septuagenarian sidekick) would be delighted! Anyway, now’s the time to vote! It only…
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Mark Waddell’s debut novel: The Body in the Back Garden
Crescent Cove is a picturesque coastal setting for the small-town mystery and slow-burn romance of Mark Waddell’s debut novel, The Body in the Back Garden. Luke is a bolshie guy from the big city who has inherited his aunt’s cottage and antiques shop in a small coastal town. He wants to be in and out…
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Armageddon Expo
On the weekend I caught up with friends and fellow authors at Armageddon Expo in Palmerston North along with AJ Lancaster! Plenty of inspiration for our own stall at the Palmy Drag Fest Rainbow Fair in October… Gillian St. Kevern, Jamie Sands, Drake LaMarque, Jaxon Knight, Janna Ruth, and Kate Haley write books across a…
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Pride Month 2023 reading list featuring Kiwi authors
Jamie Sands has pulled together a fantastic Pride Month reading list, including one of mine you might recognise! Check out the full post on Jamie’s site linked below: In honour of Pride here’s a selection of books from Kiwi authors featuring an array of rainbow characters – purchase links in the titles […] Pride Month…
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Tim Te Maro and the Alphabet Book Club podcast
Today’s post is centred around an LGBTQ YA novel set in a magical boarding school, a podcast catch up about the book itself (with guests including the author and me!), and the Alphabet Book Club who do such great work getting books like this out to Kiwis! Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues…