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Now is a great time to submit your essay to the Small Robin Press Spring 2026 anthology themed "Walls."

https://smallrobinpress.com/2025/10/07/submissions-are-open/

We are open for submissions! Send us your best, and feel free to ask questions. We're friendly, and we would love to hear from you.

Book Giveaway by Karla Marie Sweet, author of False Idols and a stack of book recommendations from the community!

Right now on TransFriend you can join a fabulous book giveaway with Karla Marie Sweet's new release, False Idols.
transfriend.substack.com/p/book-givea...

There's still one day left to get your comments in for a chance to win a signed copy of Karla Marie Sweet's new book, False Idols!

There's still one day left to get your comments in for a chance to win a signed copy of Karla Marie Sweet's new book, False Idols!

Support Trans Stories There is an urgency in preserving transgender stories amidst increasing governmental attacks on our rights. Our lack of a coordinated plan for resistance can be restored by sharing personal narratives. GenderWild Press aims to create a platform for trans and queer voices, emphasizing the necessity of funding to continue this vital work.

We should all have a plan.

Thanks, Karl. I'll take a look at them.

If you're trying your absolute best to put into the world what you'd like to see more of and feeling completely overwhelmed, please read this:

You are NOT wrong.
It is NOT pointless.

Fascism works exactly how it's making you feel:

Depleted. Run-down.

Recharge when you must. Then keep being you.

Serious question to all my #publishing friends, #authors, and #bookshops out there... Are there any established book distributors for queer/trans indie presses? Not amazon or ingramspark or any of those routes. An actual company choosing to work with queer presses.
@genderwildpress.bsky.social

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Submissions for Our Next Anthology Open on October 1

Small Robin Press will open to submissions for our next anthology on October 1! Stop by to learn about our guidelines and requirements.

https://smallrobinpress.com/2025/09/17/submissions-for-our-next-anthology-open-on-october-1/

Book Giveaway by Karla Marie Sweet, author of False Idols and a stack of book recommendations from the community!

Right now on TransFriend you can join a fabulous book giveaway with Karla Marie Sweet's new release, False Idols.
transfriend.substack.com/p/book-givea...

Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?

Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”

You are under no obligation to mourn the death of people who would’ve celebrated yours.

An interview with Troy Ford Troy Ford, an author and LGBTQIA2S+ organizer, discusses his newly released novel "Lamb: A Novel in Snapshots," a queer coming-of-age story which explores themes of identity and belonging. Ford reflects on the supportive community found through serializing his work on Substack, the significance of vulnerability in writing, and the evolving landscape of LGBTQIA2S+ literature amidst ongoing censorship challenges. We also chat about the success his book has achieved and his plans for future works.

I'm so excited to host this inspiring interview with my good friend, Troy Ford. Buy his book! Support queer authors! Give the big 5 the middle finger!

Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones Metroteka aims to encourage people to read more in country that lost majority of libraries in second world war

“Libraries should be beautiful and open; inviting, not intimidating. It’s not a shrine, but a place where you can spend time freely, take part in discussions, public consultations, or meet people,” he says.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

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Small Robin Press is still just a tiny fledgling in the world of books, but we don't mind being small. Our submissions will be opening soon (October 1, to be specific) for our next anthology. Is it too early to get excited about that?
smallrobinpress.com

you are enough: a small anthology A collection of resilient voices share their personal takes on what makes their size–or lack thereof–powerful. From illness diagnosis to art, finding community to baking delicious recipes, eight ou…

Hello BlueSky #authors #writers and #books ! Small Robin Press is just showing up to get to know you. We're a tiny publisher of small (but important) books. Our first book is available right now on our website!
smallrobinpress.com/product/you-...

Indie Presses Provide a Haven for Midlist Authors More and more marquee names at major publishers are choosing to work with smaller, independent houses.

Indie presses offer a completely different author-publisher experience, and a lot of writers are taking note. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Never Newsom. Never.

This is Ms. Gaines’s intuition as an activist, too: If people accept the premise that transgender women do not belong in women’s sports, then they have conceded that transgender women are not fully, truly women. As she sees it, more sweeping restrictions of transgender people flow from there, including the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that states can ban gender-affirming care for minors and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee’s change of its eligibility rules to bar transgender women from competing in Olympic women’s sports. “The gender ideology movement is a house of cards, and I believe it’s lying on that sports issue,” she said. “This will be the card that makes all of it crumble.”

This from Riley Gaines is why trans people freak out when Democrats try to carve out some compromise over sports. The politicians and activists attacking trans people are not interested in compromise! They're interested in our eradication from public life and are exploiting sports to that end

It is so wild seeing a bunch of people in the replies telling trans people to shush under a video of a trans woman talking about how we are always shushed! Way to prove our point! Maybe listen to us when we talk about Newsom and stop shushing us?

Transgender studies professor Dr. Susan Stryker tears Gavin Newsom a new one while accepting the Transgender Legacy Award from the California state legislature 🔥🔥🔥 @susanstryker.bsky.social

GenderWild is pleased to announce that we are now working with four brilliant authors!

Sometimes I do, too, and I'm years into my transition. So instead, I try to think about the little things that make me feel happier, more joyful, more me. Whether or not I *really* am trans is subjective anyway. But do I like my beard? Hell yes I do. That's enough for today.

JD, you are the best!! Thank you!

Oh look! A totally random post by your friendly, overwhelmed underdog publisher!

Reminder that @genderwildpress.bsky.social is now open for business and taking submissions from queer authors. Robin, who is an online friend of mine, is running this and is good people.

#publishing #WritingCommunity #booksky #LGBTQ

So proud of being able to say I'm working with Robin to help queer and trans stories be told!

Please also share this widely with your friends, family, and community members. Being a small, new press means there are lots of places that haven’t heard about us yet, but your networking can make an immediate positive impact.
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