Avery Brooks Author🏳️‍🌈📚

When did you first see yourself in a book?
For me, it was while reading a book by Rita Mae Brown. Years later, I found sapphic books again and they have brought endless stories of love, resilience, community, and queer joy.

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Our video is too long to post here (because we have so many wonderful authors involved!) so please check it out on Instagram or the Facebook page. Listen to our voices, so we can continue to use them.

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#SapphicsWithTheBanned #BannedBooksWeek

I value my right to write sapphic literature that uplifts and connects with the sapphic community as much as I love to read the works that have saved me and continue to inspire me. There’s a lot at stake. Our voices, our stories, our lives, our history.
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We stand united.

#sapphicbooks #sapphicromance #booksky #standwiththebanned #queerbooks

Show your support by requesting that your library purchase these books and put holds on them. Buy from indie, small and mid-size publishers. Support organizations working to support queer literature.

Any other ideas? Add them below!

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You can make a difference and stand up to book bans of queer literature. Read a banned book, or request it from your library. Read queer books at risk of being banned, talk about them, review them. 1/2

People who live, love, think and move through this world differently are a threat to those who fear anything beyond their own experience. Amplify our queer, disabled voices today and beyond.
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The human, and queer, experience includes all abilities and neurotypes. The drive to silence disabled voices is intersectional with the drive to silence queer voices. 1/2
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It's #BannedBooksWeek & LGBTQ+ and BIPOC stories are being targeted by book bans. I'm honored to write sapphic fiction. Finding yourself, community, and hope in the pages of a book is a life-saving thing. So I hope you'll stand with me to fight for the books we love #sapphicswiththebanned #sapphic

connections that make the world a more compassionate and inclusive place. Bans exist only to divide and they are remarkably effective.” - @jjarias.bsky.social

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These stories allow us to find common ground,see the humanity in others & break down the barriers that divide us. This is especially important for readers who may not otherwise encounter these voices in their everyday lives. Representation in books isn’t just about visibility,it’s about creating 2/3

“LGBTQ+ BIPOC stories are so important because they help share real,lived experiences that build understanding and empathy. When we read about other peoples lives, their challenges, joys, and perspectives, it becomes so much harder to see them as “other.” 1/3

Do not let the people who hate us take these stories away from the people who need them. Fight these bans and show all trans people of any age that they belong and that their voices matter.” - @jamiegeeksout.bsky.social

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For many trans people, the first positive representation of people like them they will ever encounter is in books. These stories are vital because they tell trans people, and especially trans youth, that they belong, that they are special, and that they have so much to hope for. 1/2

If our stories weren’t powerful, they wouldn’t be banning them. Queer books save lives. #SapphicsWithTheBanned #BannedBooksWeek

These books with LGBTQ+ characters have already been banned in many places. By banning the experiences of others, no one grows. Read about the experiences of others. Practice empathy. It’s only in coming together and learning from each other that we grow.

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#SASS and @goldencrownls.bsky.social are coming together this week to stand up against book bans. Join us and add your voice to make sure we can keep using ours to tell our stories. #SapphicsWithTheBanned #BannedBooksWeek

For those of you participating in Jae’s Sapphic Book Bingo, my new sapphic romance, Beautiful Disasters, fits this week’s featured micro-trope square: watching fireworks together. Plus, there’s plenty of nonliteral fireworks in the book as well for you to enjoy 🎆

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I had a great time chatting with the Underground Bookshelf about my newest sapphic romance, Beautiful Disasters, why I write, and causes that are important to me. Thanks to Laura and @ugbookshelf.bsky.social for the opportunity!
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Pride Month Book Calendar 2025 Join us for the Pride Month Book Calendar and get daily book giveaways, free ebooks, and books on sale by 100+ authors of sapphic fiction!

It’s the final day of Pride Month and Door 30 of Jae’s Pride Month Book Calendar has over 80 sapphic books that are free, on sale, or available as a giveaway. Thanks to Jae for organizing this event and all the authors who contributed their work. Happy Pride Month!
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Today is Day 28 of Jae’s Pride Month Book Calendar and you can enter a giveaway to win an ebook of my new sapphic romance Beautiful Disasters, an enemies-to-lovers, slow-burn, workplace romance set in New Orleans.
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#sapphicbooks #lesfic #pridemonth #neworleans #booksky

For those attending the GCLS Con (July 16-20), the Sapphic Action Support Squad (SASS) will be hosting two events and we hope you’ll join us. Both sessions will be 12:30-1:30pm ET in Governor D:
Thursday 7/17: SASS Meetup
Friday 7/18: SASS/GCLS Writing Session
Hope to see you there!
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Thank you for the opportunity!

Don’t forget that Jae’s Pride Month Book Calendar is underway. Every day in June, you get a free ebook, a book giveaway, or a book on sale. On the final day, the grand finale will even feature 75 books! Happy Pride!
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SASS Newsletter Sapphic Action Support Squad

The second issue of the SASS newsletter goes out tomorrow and features an important conversation between Tara Scott and Jae on AI, Amazon, and other issues facing the sapphic lit community. If you haven’t already signed up for the newsletter, here’s the link: sass.beehiiv.com/subscribe
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It's one of those throw your ears back kind of days🙂 Also, whatever your plans may consist of this weekend, stay safe and lean on your community🏳️‍🌈

Congrats to Bywater Books for being named the 2024 Foreword INDIES Publisher of the Year!🎉 I'm so honored to be part of the Bywater family🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Thank you to Women Using Words for reviewing Beautiful Disasters!

Beautiful Disasters is now available everywhere.

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#booksky #wlw #lesfic #sapphicromance #sapphicbooks #queerbooks

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! I hope this month brings you joy as we stand strong together. If you want to celebrate with a good book, 100+ authors of sapphic fiction, including myself, have joined forces to put together a Pride Month Book Calendar with lots of goodies.
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I told Stripe that Pride Month is coming and she's been on the lookout ever since. 😉 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️