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I run the Lesbrary, and I'm also on booktube and goodreads. Check out the Lesbrary Goodreads Project for lists of les/bi/etc books by topic and genre See the Master List of Lesbian & Bi Women Books Recommendations for my favourites! Support Bi & Lesbian Lit and the Lesbrary on Patreon for monthly book giveaways, or buy us a coffee on ko-fi if you're feeling generous! Mostly lesbian lit, always bi-, ace-, aro- and trans-inclusive. Credits
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[image description: fan art of Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. It shows a graphic of a person with her face painted like a skeleton, with skulls in the foreground and the roman number IX in the background, as well as the text “Keepers of the locked tomb, the house of the sewn tongue, the black vestals”] 
[image description: a graphic of The Queen of Ieflaria by Effie Calvin. On the right side are satirical reviews, with large arrows pointing to the covers with selling points like “Once made a homophobe so angry, they had to delete it off their kindle!” Full description under the read more] 
The Story of Artemis & Britomartis by Katherine Bishop [image description: an illustration of two women embracing, both with their eyes closed, frowning slightly. The are surrounded by a white circle. Below the illustration is the text “And beyond all others / thou Artemis lovest the Nymphe of Gorfyn / Britomartis, slayer of stags / the goodly archer; for love of whom / was Minos of old distraught / and roamed the hills of Krete. And the Nymphe / would hide herself now / under the shaggy oaks / and anon in the low meadows. / And for nine months he roamed / over craig and cliff / and made not an end of pursuing / Until, / all but caught, / she leapt into the sea / from the top of the highest cliffs / and thou, / Artemis / saved her"] 
[image description: fan art of Carol, the movie adaptation of The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith. It shows Therese and Carol in the snow, both bundled up in winter coats. Carol is looking at Therese and smiling. Therese is ducking her head and smiling back shyly.] 21 Queer Women of Color Books You Have To Read
[image description: a set of six images themed around Adaptation by Malinda Lo. They show a teenager girl’s face, a street of houses in San Francisco, cans of red and yellow paint, a sign with UFOs that says “Warning”, the Golden Gate bridge, and papers that say Top Secret.]
[image description: two Sappho graphics. The first has a cropped painting, showing only three women’s torso’s in billowy white clothing. It’s titled “If Not, Winter”: Fragments of Sappho translated by Anne Carson and the poem Deathless Aphrodite of the spangled mind, But come here if ever before Yoking your car. And fine birds brought you, They arrived. But you, O blessed one, And what I want to happen most of all The second graphic shows a statue of Sappho and says “About Sappho: Sappho was a Greek lyric poet, born on the island of Lesbos. The Alexandrians included her in the list of nine lyric poets. Little is known for certain about her life. The bulk of her poetry, which was greatly admired through much of antiquity, has been lost. It endures through surviving fragments.” / “About Anne Carson: Is a Canadian poet, essaying, translator, and professor of Classics.”]
[image description: a collage of photos themed on The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie. It includes many ocean photos, a machine gun, a sea monster, an angler fish, boats, and photos of women in water]  [image description: 6 lesbian poetry trading cards. Each has a portrait of the poet and a quotation. #1 is Naomi Replansky: “Tongue-tied, I stand before / Myself as inquisitor”, #2 is Lesléa Newman: “For I am the last daughter / and my life is a precious stone / a cut and carved and a polished jewel / that will brighten the world / for an instant…“ #3 is Amy Lowell: “Without you, / there is no garden“, #4 is Lynn Strongin: “Ruined cities always / were in my spine.” #5 is Janice Gould: “Each aria seeks to find you / close to me, open to rapture“ and #6 is G.L. Morrison: “Who knew we would survive?”]
[image description: three images joined together. The top header is an Australian flag on brick, melding together with a rainbow flag. Overlaid is the text #AusQueerYA. The second image has a rainbow confetti background. The text at the top is READ LOCAL with “Love is Love” repeated 7 times and #LoveOzYa. Below that are 12 book covers:
At the bottom is the text LGBTQIA+ and loveozya.com.au, @LoveOzYa, @loveozya [Instagram] The last image is another poster, with rainbow polka dots in the background and the same header and footer. The books are:
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