Love stories in other words
September 23 is the International Day of Sign Languages, a celebration of the richness, diversity, and beauty of sign languages around the world.
Witchy Romances for Mabon
The autumn equinox is the perfect time to balance your TBR with new romances.
Books by my brilliant friends
I’ve met some pretty amazing queer authors. Now you can, too!
If you liked Cerulean Sea…
If you have read The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune and you loved it as much as I did, might I suggest any or all of the following books?
I could’ve gone with Makepeace
Contrary to popular opinion, I am not named after a street. Or a park.
Could be worse, right?
You know that stress inventory you can take? You get points for a long list of disastrous life events? Let’s just say Holland has lost count.
Meet Tember Sapphire
Tember Sapphire is a Caribbean author who loves including her culture and local scenery in her novels.
Once a bookseller, always a bookseller
Every time I needed steadiness, I returned to bookselling—not because I had nowhere else to go, but because bookstores always feel like home.
Indie bookstores matter
Right now, independent bookstores across Minneapolis–St. Paul are doing so much more than selling books.
Meet Dougie K Powell
Queer joy, messy young adulthood, and the kinds of stories many of us wish we’d had growing up. Yes, please!
Reading is political
“I read to escape politics.”
Cool. Same.
And also—I know damn well that while I’m reading faerie smut, that badass FMC who just killed the king isn’t just moving the plot forward. She’s overthrowing an oppressor.
Meet G.Lawrence
This interview is also a bit of a creative full-circle moment: Gemma recently interviewed me, and our conversation was so fun that returning the favor felt not just right—but necessary.