Celeb of the month | Writer |Helen Eisenbach
By LWDadmin at December 1, 2014 | 8:55 am | 0 Comment
About: Helen Eisenbach writes screenplays, plays, and has published two books, the novel Loonglow and the satirical how-to/cry for help Lesbianism Made Easy, both of which will be published as e-books by Open Road Media this December. Her journalism has appeared in New York magazine, Salon, Newsday, Time Out New York, The New York Times, Interview, the Daily News and
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Celebrity of the month November 2014 |Writer – Paula Napier
By LWDadmin at November 11, 2014 | 9:02 am | 0 Comment
About: Paula is the author of a book Sea Salt LNL Questionnaire Your favourite virtue? Integrity Your favourite qualities in a man? Kindness, Honesty & Humour Your favourite qualities in a woman? As above. Your main characteristic? Probably, sense of humour! What draws you most to your friends? Mainly alcohol! Given the opportunity what would you most
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Out There reviewed by American Poet Stephen John Kalinich
By LWDadmin at October 26, 2014 | 5:50 pm | 0 Comment
These are all voices I have not heard. I feel a lot of sadness some triumph and a depth in a lot of it but some of the landscape I really like. It bares fruit I am so foreign to this work and knew so few of the authors. There is a lot of good writing much though provoking and stories are woven. I enjoyed the ‘Forward This Queer’ infinity. The opening poem by
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INCITE@The Phoenix WC2
By LWDadmin at March 18, 2014 | 3:02 pm | 0 Comment
Free LGBT poetry and in-house jazz, at this iconic members club in the West End. Hosted by poet TRUDY HOWSON. With top notch guests and open mike for budding and flowering poets. A cultural/social event with a flirty vibe. APRIL’s Guests: SOPHIA BLACKWELL: Gorgeous sophisticated poetry, and person. Back by popular request. DAVE VINEY: humorous, topical
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Celebrity of the Month | Writer | Radclyffe
By LWDadmin at March 1, 2014 | 10:16 am | 0 Comment
About Radclyffe is the acclaimed best-selling author of more than 40 published novels and 100 short stories. She has also edited dozens of anthologies, and is the founder and publisher of Bold Strokes Books, one of the world’s largest independent LGBTQ publishing companies. The navigation buttons above and links below will take you to more information about Rad’s
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Love Burns Bright A lifetime of lesbian romance | Radclyffe
By LWDadmin at February 23, 2014 | 5:53 pm | 0 Comment
Each year we are treated to a selection of stories complied by the brilliant Radclyffe. She also closes the book this year, maybe she does each year. The sub title of this year’s tome, is just perfect. There are stories from lesbians of all ages and paths of life and going back in time in their stories too. One of the standout stories for me is ‘Full Circle’
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Best Lesbian Erotica 2014 | Review
By LWDadmin at February 15, 2014 | 7:30 pm | 0 Comment
Kathreen Warnock has once again given us some great stories to titillate… (sorry very bad pun) over. The stories range from romantic to downright dirty, starting off in a steam room and ending in a cab! The imagination of some of the writers is truly staggering; the stories are very well written and take you on a lustful journey into their imagination. Each
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Celebrity of the Month Kathleen Warnock | Playwright | Editor
By LWDadmin at February 14, 2014 | 3:25 pm | 0 Comment
About Kathleen Warnock is a playwright and editor. Her erotica has appeared in Best Lesbian Erotica and other anthologies. Her fiction, essays and reviews have been seen in Love, Christopher Street; ROCKRGRL; BUST, Ms.; It’s Only Rock & Roll, and the liner notes for the Joan Jett CD Unfinished Business. Her plays have been produced in New York City, regionally in
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V A Fearon The Girl with the Treasure Chest | Review
By LWDadmin at February 11, 2014 | 9:26 am | 0 Comment
I must confess I was concerned about the content of the book. I’m not really keen on reading violent books but my concerns were soon dispelled as I got sucked into the underworld of Dani the protagonist of the book. Dani is a very skilled reader of people and uses that skill in the dark recesses of the North London gang land to which she resides, to try and calm
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The Children of Gavrilek by Julie Kirton Chandler | Review
By LWDadmin at February 11, 2014 | 9:21 am | 0 Comment
At Christmas time I hooked up with the author Julie Kirton Chandler on Twitter and she was kind enough to accept our invitation to be a guest on our site, (coming soon) she also sent me a copy of her book to read. I am a big Star Trek fan but strangely enough I have never really read any sci fi books, so the prospect of reading a lesbian sci fi book was of course most
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We Do!: American Leaders Who Believe in Marriage Equality | Jennifer Baumgardner
By LWDadmin at December 18, 2013 | 9:25 pm | 0 Comment
The flyer states: Remember when bringing up gay marriage was the easiest way to inflame an otherwise mild electorate? This volume demonstrates, through speeches, interviews and commentary, the encouraging story of American acceptance of gay marriage and the roles that politicians - gay and straight - have played in that history. This movement, like all civil rights
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Maxie Mainwaring Lesbian Dilettante by Monica Nolan – Review
By LWDadmin at October 6, 2013 | 5:02 pm | 0 Comment
I was given this book a while ago to read and review but already had a number of others to review so have only just got around to reading it now. However, it was worth the wait. Just the kind of book I enjoy. It is based around a number of characters but primarily they are all linked to ‘Madcap’ Maxie Mainwaring, the main character. Maxie comes from a wealthy
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Celebrity of the month | November 2013 | Author – Annie McDowall
By LWDadmin at October 1, 2013 | 10:11 am | 0 Comment
About Annie lives in South London. "Charity Begins with Murder" is her first novel and was longlisted in the Mslexia first novel competition. She had tremendous fun writing "Poisoned Pens", her second novel, which is is unlike any writing residential she's ever done. *It's pure mischief," she says. She is a charity CEO and executive coach. LNL Questionnaire as
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The Exchange – Nikki Rashan – Review
By LWDadmin at August 26, 2013 | 12:45 pm | 0 Comment
What a great book, so well written. The thoughts the actions the result of their actions all played out and put down on paper so eloquently in this book. You really get inside the head of Kyla and Asia as they hit relationship meltdown. You get both sides of the story per chapter; what they are thinking, what the other will think, how friends react to the news, reading
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Wild Girls, Wild Nights edited by Sacchi Green – Review + Competition
By LWDadmin at August 7, 2013 | 4:26 pm | 0 Comment
What a sizzling read, right from the offset this book is page after page of pure sex but we aren’t talking fantasy here, no this tomb is real life stories. Memories of past erotica re-lived within these pages, what ever your taste, there will be a story here for you. My favourites were Alisson Wonderland, brilliant writing style similar to that of Tom Robbins, I thought
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March 2013 – Author – Cheryl Klein
By LWDadmin at March 22, 2013 | 9:31 am | 0 Comment
About Cheryl Klein’s first book, The Commuters: A Novel of Intersections, won City Works Press’ Ben Reitman Award. Her novel Lilac Mines was published by Manic D Press in 2009. She directs the California office of Poets & Writers, Inc. and previously co-edited the online queer fiction magazine Blithe House Quarterly. An alumna of UCLA and CalArts, she lives in
September 2012 – Author – J.E. Knowles
By LWDadmin at September 24, 2012 | 12:03 pm | 0 Comment
About J. E. Knowles was born in Johnson City, Tennessee, in 1972, grew up in Carter County, and first published in Phoenix at the age of seventeen. She then went to the University of Chicago, where she earned a B.A. and was a member of the Grey City Journal Editorial Collective. She also holds a Diploma in Jewish Studies from Oxford. Her stories and poems have
March 2012 – Author – Sophia Blackwell
By LWDadmin at March 24, 2012 | 12:48 pm | 0 Comment
About Sophia Blackwell was born in Newcastle in 1982 and read English at Oxford, where she began her career as a spoken word artist. She has performed her poetry at some of the UK’s biggest festivals and venues and her first collection, Into Temptation, was published in 2009 by Tollington Press. Her other writings have been published in Diva, Trespass, Fuselit and
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December 2011 – Poet – Eileen Myles
By LWDadmin at December 24, 2011 | 1:23 pm | 0 Comment
About Eileen Myles operates in the art, writing, and queer performance scenes as a kind of observant flaneur. She is a poet, novelist, and performer who has written extensively on art and writing and the cultural scene. She was born in Cambridge, MA in 1949, and graduated from UMass (Boston) in 1971. She came to New York in 1974 to be a poet. Her most recent book
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May 2011 – Author – Elena Moya
By LWDadmin at May 24, 2011 | 3:24 pm | 0 Comment
About Elena is the author of the wonderful new book the 'Olive Groves of Belchite 'Elena Moya grew up in the Mediterranean coastal town of Tarragona, near Barcelona. After graduating in Journalism from the University of Navarre, she worked for El Periodico de Catalunya, and won a Fulbright scholarship to do a Masters in Financial Journalism in the US. Elena settled in
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March 2011 – Author – Tom Robbins
By LWDadmin at March 24, 2011 | 2:46 pm | 0 Comment
About Thomas Eugene "Tom" Robbins is an American author. His best-selling novels are serio-comic, often wildly poetic stories with a strong social and philosophical undercurrent, an irreverent bent, and scenes extrapolated from carefully researched bizarre facts. He is probably best known for his novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues which was made into a movie in 1993
August 2010 – Author – Sarah Waters
By LWDadmin at August 24, 2010 | 3:17 pm | 0 Comment
About Sarah Waters was born in 1966 in Pembrokeshire, Wales. She studied English Literature at the universities of Kent and Lancaster, after which she worked in bookshops and libraries, before returning to postgraduate study. She then gained a Ph.D in English Literature, her field of study being lesbian and gay historical fiction, and also had articles on gender,
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April 2010 – Author – Stella Duffy
By LWDadmin at April 24, 2010 | 3:26 pm | 0 Comment
About Stella Duffy is a writer and performer born in London who spent her childhood in New Zealand before returning to the UK. She has written twelve novels - seven literary novels published by Virago and Sceptre and five crime novels in the Saz Martin series, published by Serpent's Tail. She has also written over thirty short stories (one of which is featured in
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