Welcome to IHS’s Great Pride Giveaway!
June is a special month for us at IHS Headquarters because it’s Pride season. Which means rainbows galore! That makes us truly happy because one of our missions in life is to spread rainbows and to show our pride every single day.
PRIDE PHOTO
TB and Miranda had a special photo shoot at Miranda’s parents’ house to snap many Pride photos like this one:
TB here. When we started the photo shoot, all of the costumes were in blue organizers. By the time we finished the shoot, the costume area was pure chaos. This is me wearing half of my Regency outfit doing my best not to slip or slide on any of the garments on the floor.
GREAT PRIDE EBOOK GIVEAWAY
We asked authors to donate eBooks for a massive giveaway and wowzers, so many authors are taking part. Every day in June, there will be a new eBook giveaway. So not only will you see another pride photo, but you can enter to win loads of eBooks!
A few things about the giveaway. They’re open internationally. Authors will be responsible for delivering the eBooks. You WILL NOT be signed up to anyone’s newsletter when you enter.
Today’s giveaway has 53 books involved. One winner will be selected on June 13. That’s right. One lucky reader will get 53 books!
THE JUNE 9 WINNER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED
We’re thrilled to announce the ninth Great Pride Giveaway winner has been sent an email. They won 55 eBooks featured on June 9, 2025.
The winner for June 10 will be selected tomorrow. There’s still time to enter by clicking here. Don’t wait. It closes later today.
QUEER TRIVIA
Before we get to all the wonderful books involved in today’s giveaway, we want to share some queer trivia. It’s the former historian and teacher that compels TB to pull together the daily trivia. So many amazing and brave people in history paved the way for the rest of us. The fight isn’t over, but while we keep showing up it’s important to remember those who came before us.
Here’s today’s trivia:
Born on October 31, 1876, in Dayton, Ohio, she was raised in a wealthy and influential family. Her father was a son of a successful manufacturer of railway cars. Her mother was a prominent painter and socialite. This privileged upbringing exposed her to the world of arts and culture from an early age.
At the age of 5, Oscar Wilde rescued her when she was running past Wilde, escaping a group of small boys. Wilde scooped her up and held her out of the boys’ reach. The following day, Wilde met her mother, encouraging her to pursue art seriously, which her husband objected to.
She says she knew she was a lesbian when she was 12 and didn’t want to hide who she was.
Despite her family’s conservative values, she developed a fiercely independent spirit and a desire to challenge societal norms. As a young woman, she moved to Paris, which would become her home for the rest of her life. It was here that she fully embraced her identity as a lesbian and began to make her mark on the literary scene.
She’s best known for her legendary literary salon, which she hosted at her home in Paris for over 60 years. This salon attracted some of the most influential writers, artists, and intellectuals of the time, including Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, and Colette. She herself was a talented writer, publishing several volumes of poetry, plays, and memoirs throughout her life.
Her salon provided a safe space for queer individuals to gather, discuss their experiences, and express themselves creatively. Her own relationships with women were well-documented, and she never shied away from celebrating her sexuality in her writing.
She appears as a salon hostess in The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall.
Do you know her name? The answer can be found below all the books.
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NOW FOR ALL THE BOOKS IN THE GIVEAWAY
Don’t forget to scroll to the bottom for today’s trivia answer!
