Our Lost Sister

Our Lost Sister

by | Jun 17, 2019 | Bywater News, Enews, Press

Hilary Sloin (December 18, 1963 – June 11, 2019) Hilary Sloin, playwright, writer, and essayist died at her home in Ashfield, Massachusetts on June 11, 2019. She was 55 years old. The cause of death was suicide, following a lifelong struggle with mental illness....

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...

Shelf Unbound honors Hilary Sloin

by | Dec 7, 2013 | Featured

Shelf Unbound is an e-zine that spotlights the best books from small and independent presses and also self-publishers. Each year, the Shelf Unbound Writing Competition for Best Indie Book chooses one winner and five finalists — and for 2013 there were more than 1,000...

Rainbow Book Fair 2014

by | Nov 11, 2013 | Events

The Rainbow Book Fair brings together publishers, writers, and readers and celebrates LGBT books “from the serious to the wild, from the zany to the super hot.” Bywater will be a sponsor of the Fair, and four Bywater authors are attending: Sally Bellerose,...

LLF Book Club reads Art on Fire

by | Jul 4, 2013 | Featured

The Lambda Literary Foundation’s Online Book Club chooses a title to read and promises that the books selected “will be a heady mix of LGBT classics, unheralded gems, and buzz-worthy new releases.” The Club has now chosen Hilary Sloin’s Art on...