2020 Ann Bannon & Tee Corinne Finalists Announced
The Golden Crown Literary Society has announced finalists for the Ann Bannon and Tee Corinne Awards, and Bywater Books is honored to place several titles on both lists. Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award The Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award recognizes the book that has...
Mickelbury Awarded Career Achievement Medal
Bywater Books would like to congratulate author Penny Mickelbury, who was named as a recipient of the Alice B Medal for career achievement in lesbian fiction. Mickelbury was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Her Mimi Patterson/Gianna Maglione mystery novels, now published by...
Thorn Named to ALA’s 2020 Over the Rainbow Fiction Longlist
Bywater Books is pleased to announce that Thorn, Anna Burke’s feminist retelling of Beauty and the Beast has been named to the American Library Association’s 2020 Over the Rainbow Fiction Longlist. On a cold day deep in the heart of winter, Rowan’s father...
Bywater Books Announces Amble Press, an Imprint for Diverse Queer Voices
ANN ARBOR, MI, January 14—Bywater Books announces it will begin actively publishing titles through its Amble Press imprint in 2020. Led by Managing Editor and Lambda Literary Award-winning author Michael Nava, Amble Press will publish fiction and narrative nonfiction...
Martinac Receives Fellowship from the N.C. Arts Council
Bywater Books is pleased to announce that Paula Martinac has been named a 2019 Artist Fellowship Recipient of the North Carolina Arts Council. Raleigh, N.C. (October 21, 2019) — Eighteen artists across North Carolina have received fellowship awards from the N.C. Arts...