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This issue is itty-bitty, but no less worth perusing! We shall keep the intro short to match, so we hope you enjoy this week’s selection, and to all those of us participating in the Trans Rights Readathon… we’re almost halfway there!
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The Lost Lovelies by Vanora Lawless - Out 23 Mar 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Fantasy, Achillean representation, bisexual author, genderfluid author, Canadian author, neurodivergent author
After Birth by Emma Cleary - Out 24 Mar 26 US
Info & Order - US link
Tags: Horror, Sapphic representation, debut author
Celestial Lights by Cecile Pin - Out 26 Mar 26 UK/24 Mar 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Vietnamese-French author
Tell Me What's Right by R.N. Cogley - Out 24 Mar 26
Tags: Romance, Achillean representation, Achillean author
Sourwood by Logan Spurgeon - Out 24 Mar 26
Tags: Horror, Queer representation, queer author
Someone to Daydream About by Sydney Langford - Out 20 Apr 26 UK/24 Mar 26 US
Tags: Young Adult, Nonbinary author, queer author, disabled author
Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El-Mohtar - Out 24 Mar 26
Tags: Short Stories, Bisexual author, Lebanese-Canadian author
Robbie McNeil's Hit List by Brianna Heath - Out 24 Apr 26 UK/24 Mar 26 US
Tags: Mystery, Queer representation, queer author, neurodivergent author, disabled author, debut author
Python's Kiss by Louise Erdrich - Out 24 Mar 26
Tags: Short Stories, Indigenous American author, Indigenous American representation, immigrant representation
Light and Thread by Han Kang - Out 12 Mar 26 UK/24 Mar 26 US
Tags: Memoir, Translated, Korean author
Charmed and Dangerous by Shelly Page - Out 24 Mar 26
Tags: Young Adult, Sapphic representation, Black American representation, Black American author, lesbian author
Almost Life by Kiran Millwood Hargrave - Out 12 Mar 26 UK/24 Mar 26 US
Tags: Literary Fiction, Sapphic representation, bisexual author, pro-Palestine author
Aicha by Soraya Bouazzaoui - Out 24 Mar 26
Tags: Fantasy, SWANA author, Moroccan representation, anti-imperialism themes, debut author
Joan by Jake Rose - Out 27 Mar 26 UK/26 Mar 26 US
Tags: Poetry, Queer author, queer representation, debut author
The Other Mother by Tina Åmodt - Out 26 Mar 26 UK
Info & Order - UK link
Tags: Literary Fiction, Translated, Norweigan author, sapphic representation, sapphic author
My Girlfriend is Not the Father by Dana Hawkins - Out 26 Mar 26 UK
Info & Order - UK link
Tags: Romance, Sapphic representation, sapphic author
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