Happy weekend and Pride!
Saturdays are when we curate all the sapphic book news and queer happenings of the week into one convenient location. Think of it as your personal reading directory! After all, we know the weekend is when so many of us are able to unwind for a minute and want to get lost in a good woman loving woman book. What could be better?
In today’s post, you’ll find cheerful LGBTQ+ news stories to combat all the negative ones bombarding our screens.
Sapphic author Annette Mori shares a Caturday photo of an adorable feline sticking his tongue out.
One of the things we love about the weekly lesfic author selfie is getting to know the personality behind the words. Check out sapphic fiction authors Iona Kane, Brey Willows, Robyn Nyx, and Jo Fletcher at last year’s Pride in Leicester
Finally, scroll to the bottom of the post to see photos of TB and Miranda’s walk along the Hudson River in New York City.
Before we get to today’s post, it’s time to reveal the identity of this week’s Guess the Author!
Every week we provide five clues about a sapphic author. On Saturday, we reveal the author’s identity.
Before we unveil this week’s author, here are all 5 clues in case you missed them:
1. I’m Australian, but like 30% of Aussies, I wasn’t born here. I’ve travelled a lot, and lived in many countries, but as the song goes, “I still call Australia home.”
2. I wrote short stories and erotica for many years before I got braver and switched to longer stories. My first novella came out in 2015, and I now have thirteen novels and novellas out there.
3. I picked my pseudonym when I was living in the U.S. and the name I chose reflects this.
4. I’m a huge foodie, and love to grow my own veggies, buy local, cook, bake, and preserve. Unsurprisingly, there’s always a lot of food in my books (and a lot of my preserves in friends’ cupboards).
5. My latest book has two different settings. I didn’t need to do much research for the main setting as I already knew it so well, but the other location needed many hours of research, as apart from a trip there as a kid, I’ve only ever passed through the airport.
Now it’s time to reveal their name. Drum roll please…
This week’s author is Cheyenne Blue!
Check out Switcheroo, Cheyenne Blue’s new release!
A New Yorker wins a life swap competition and ends up where she least expects
New Yorker Hayley Reed is so over life, her crappy apartment, and her two jobs as a cook and bartender. When she wins a contest to swap lives with someone for a year, all expenses paid, she’s ecstatic. That is until she finds herself on a remote Australian cattle station with basic food, empty views, and an attractive butch station hand who clearly dislikes her.
Cheyenne Blue’s bio:
Cheyenne Blue has been hanging around the lesbian erotica world since 1999 writing short lesbian erotica which has appeared in over 90 anthologies. Her stories got longer and longer and more and more romantic, so she went with the flow and switched to writing romance novels. She now writes big-hearted sapphic romance novels set in Australia—the latest being Switcheroo. She lives in southeast Queensland in a small house with a big view—perfect for morning coffee, evening wine, and anytime writing.
Visit Cheyenne Blue’s website.
Monday kicks off a fresh Guess the Author game!
Win Signed Copies of the Pride Collection
One winner will receive signed copies of all the books. Please note, the giveaway is open to all entries, including international readers. The last day to enter the giveaway is June 30. The winner will be contacted on July 5 (that’s when TB & Miranda return from their summer vacation).
Here’s a bit about the collection:
Celebrate love with this collection of delightfully lighthearted romances from some of the most popular authors of sapphic fiction today!
These eight standalone Pride-themed novels have been carefully selected by I Heart SapphFic to give readers a taste of the very best modern sapphic fiction has to offer. Each women loving women story promises to bring all the feels. June is the perfect time to remember that love is love, and everyone deserves a happily ever after!
Pro tip: Scroll to the end of the page to see TB wearing a rainbow tutu.
NEED A BOOK FOR THE WEEKEND?
If you’re looking for something to read this weekend, below you’ll find 13 books on sale.
Need more choices? Check out the BookFinder, which has more than 6,590 books for you to choose from, ranging from steamy sapphic romance books, ice queen wlw romances, lesfic audiobooks, queer superheroes, best friends to lovers lesbian romances and so much more!
Don’t see your favorite women-loving-women book in the I Heart SapphFic database? Let us know by filling out this form. We’ll take it from there!
Without further ado, let’s get to all the weekly queer news!
TB is determined to spread good rainbow news during 2024, which let’s face, is going to be a rough year. There are a lot of elections all over the world, which means we’re in for a lot of scaremongering. While it’s important to stay informed, it’s also vital not to lose sight of all the kindness in the world. Below are the happy queer stories that made TB smile this week. They’re queer news links worth clicking!
National Park Service reverses Pride ban for employees in uniform after backlash from LGBTQ+ community — Happy to hear this!
These womxn led Pride in 1978 when people “were fearful to show up for the parade” — Heroes!
Jamie Lee Curtis marks second anniversary of her trans daughter’s wedding: ‘Wife is sweet!’ — Aww!
A revolutionary support group is helping hundreds of Indian parents embrace their LGBTQ+ kids — We need more allies like this!
Celebrating Black trans joy at the BTFA Collective’s ‘Flowers’ gala — Fantastic photos!
Meet Grayson. He refuses to drink water from anywhere but the faucet in the kitchen and he has us trained to turn it on for him. Submitted by Annette Mori, a sapphic author.
Please note, sale prices may change without notice, so please check the price before clicking a buy button. International prices may vary.
