Marianne K. Martin awarded the Alice B. Medal

by | Jan 28, 2014 | Featured

Congratulations to Marianne K. Martin! She has just been selected as a 2014 winner of the Alice B. Reader’s Appreciation Medal, which is given annually to honour writers of lesbian fiction for their “body of work.” The Alice B. Committee is a group of lesbians in...

ALA honors Hilary Sloin

by | Jan 27, 2014 | Featured

Congratulations to Hilary Sloin! Her debut novel Art on Fire has been awarded the 2014 Stonewall Book Award–Barbara Gittings Literature Award from the American Library Association. Every year, the Stonewall Book Awards Committee of the ALA recognises a book of...

ALA honors Z Egloff & Jill Malone

by | Jan 27, 2014 | Featured

Congratulations to Z Egloff and Jill Malone! Every January, the American Library Association (ALA) and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) present the Rainbow Book List. This highlights books with “significant and authentic GLBTQ...

An interview with Georgia Beers

by | Jan 26, 2014 | Bywater News

Recently, Georgia Beers was interviewed by Jae. She talked about giving up the day job to write full-time—and do the laundry. Plus daily word counts and posting updates. To read the full interview, click here.

Sally Bellerose on the Radio

by | Jan 26, 2014 | Audio, Bywater News, Multimedia

Recently, Sally Bellerose appeared on the Liz McMullen Show, reading a chapter from The Girls Club for Liz’s Bedtime Stories. About a Catholic teenager in 1966, the excerpt begins in the confessional. Click here for Sally’s reading.