New month, new "On the Shelf" episode at the #LesbianHistoricMotifProject podcast! This month, in addition to the usual round-up of new and recent #LesbianHistoricalFiction and #SapphicHistoricalFiction we have 2--count them, two--interviews: Dee Holloway talks about her new book Little Nothings from Queen of Swords Press, and Lianyu Tan talks about her Lammy-winning The Wicked and the Willing.

https://alpennia.com/blog/lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-262-shelf-july-2023

The #LesbianHistoricMotifProject June "On the Shelf" episode is up, with your usual round-up of new fiction, history books I"ve been shopping for, and notes on what I've been reading lately.

https://alpennia.com/blog/lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-260-shelf-june-2023

#LesbianHistoricalFiction #SapphicHistoricalFiction #LesbianHistoricalRomance #SapphicHistoricalRomance #LesbianHistory

The #LesbianHistoricMotifProject podcast presents what's "On the Shelf" for May 2023! In addition to our roundup of new and recent #SapphicHistoricalFiction & #SapphicHistoricalRomance we have an interview with @Clundoff about her pirates-and-spies story in last week's episode.
Podcast: https://lesbianhistoricmotif.podbean.com/e/on-the-shelf-for-may-2023-the-lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-258/
Transcript: https://alpennia.com/blog/lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-258-shelf-may-2023

The #LesbianHistoricMotifProject podcast is delighted to release @Clundoff's newest short story: "The Pirate in the Mirror", a tale of Jacquotte and Celeste, an old rival, and hidden gold!

Quarterly, the LHMPodcast presents new original sapphic historical short fiction for your enjoyment. Subscribe to the podcast for that and all our other #SapphicHistoricalFiction content!

https://lesbianhistoricmotif.podbean.com/e/the-pirate-in-the-mirror-by-catherine-lundoff-the-lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-257/

New #LesbianHistoricMotifProject podcast: the April "On the Shelf" episode, with new book listings, updates on the blog, and my random natterings on topics relating to #SapphicHistoricalFiction #LesbianHistoricalFiction
https://lesbianhistoricmotif.podbean.com/e/on-the-shelf-for-april-2023-the-lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-255/

New #LesbianHistoricMotifProject podcast up today! Another in the series "Our F/Favorite Tropes" -- this time tackling "friends to lovers" and "enemies to lovers" and how these tropes work differently for #sapphic couples in #historicalromance https://lesbianhistoricmotif.podbean.com/e/our-ffavorite-tropes-part-6-friends-or-enemies-to-lovers-the-lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-252/
#LesbianHistoricalFiction #SapphicHistoricalFiction

New #LesbianHistoricMotifProject podcast up today! Another in the series "Our F/Favorite Tropes" -- this time tackling "friends to lovers" and "enemies to lovers" and how these tropes work differently for #sapphic couples in #historicalromance https://lesbianhistoricmotif.podbean.com/e/all-is-silence-by-heather-rose-jones-the-lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-250/
#LesbianHistoricalFiction #SapphicHistoricalFiction

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast is 250 episodes old!

To celebrate, we’re sharing a bonus fiction episode “All is Silence” by Heather Rose Jones. Inspired by the medieval genderbending Romance of Silence and previously published as part of the New Decameron Project.

https://lesbianhistoricmotif.podbean.com/e/all-is-silence-by-heather-rose-jones-the-lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-250/

#SapphicHistoricalFiction
#LesbianHistoricMotifProject

Put together a resource I've been thinking about for some time: a cumulative index of all the fiction episodes on the #LesbianHistoricMotifProject podcast. Check them out!

https://alpennia.com/blog/index-fiction-episodes

#LesbianHistoricalFiction #LesbianFiction #SapphicHistoricalFiction #SapphicFiction

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The #LesbianHistoricMotifProject’s “On the Shelf” podcast for January 2023: a look back at our content in the past year; how “book spam” hides recent releases in Amazon searches; new #LesbianHistoricalFiction and #SapphicHistoricalFiction; and an interview with author and poet Jennifer Nestojko.

https://alpennia.com/blog/lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-248-shelf-january-2023

(Sent this out yesterday with a character missing in the url. A peculiar error!)

The #LesbianHistoricMotifProject’s “On the Shelf” podcast for January 2023: a look back at our content in the past year; how “book spam” hides recent releases in Amazon searches; new #LesbianHistoricalFiction and #SapphicHistoricalFiction; and an interview with author and poet Jennifer Nestojko.

https://alpennia.com/blog/lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-248-shelf-january-2023

The #LesbianHistoricMotifProject’s “On the Shelf” podcast for January 2023: a look back at our content in the past year; how “book spam” hides recent releases in Amazon searches; new #LesbianHistoricalFiction and #SapphicHistoricalFiction; and an interview with author and poet Jennifer Nestojko.

https://alpennia.co/blog/lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-248-shelf-january-2023

Please boost!

Time to really push publicity for the #LesbianHistoricMotifProject 's open fiction submissions period for the podcast.

In January, we will be open for submissions of short stories (up to 5K words) in the field of #SapphicHistoricalFiction and #LesbianHistoricalFiction (including some types of historic fantasy).

We pay 8 cents a word and publish the stories in audio on the podcast and on our blog.

For submission details: https://alpennia.com/lhmp/essays/call-submissions-2023-lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-fiction-series

It's another "Our F/Favorite Tropes" podcast! This time, the #LesbianHistoricMotifProject podcast tackles widows as romance heroines in f/f historicals. https://alpennia.com/blog/lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-246-our-ffavorite-tropes-part-5-widows #LesbianHistoricalFiction #SapphicHistoricalFiction

Listening to Reader, I Murdered Him by Betsy Cornwell on my commute this morning and realizing that I’ve consumed enough excellent sapphic gothics in the last couple years to do a Book Appreciation show on the genre for the #LesbianHistoricMotifProject podcast. So what are *your* favorite #SapphicGothics or #LesbianGothics oh fans of #SapphicHistoricalFiction ? (Boosts into appropriate spaces appreciated.)

Podcasts from the archives: "Bosom Sex" - The correspondence of Addie Brown and Rebecca Primus is a treasure, shedding light on attitudes toward women's romantic partnerships in Black communities of the later 19th c USA.

https://alpennia.com/blog/lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-4-transcript

The #LesbianHistoricMotifProject podcast features lesbian-relevant historical research and boosts sapphic historical fiction with new release listings, author interviews, and new audio fiction. #Lesbian #SapphicHistoricalFiction Alpennia.com

Recent Releases in Lesbian/Sapphic Historicals

The Secret of Matterdale Hall by Marianne Ratcliffe

A gothic mystery with romantic elements.

https://bellowspress.com/books/

The #LesbianHistoricMotifProject wants to spread the word about #LesbianHistoricalFIction, #SapphicHistoricalFiction and historic fantasy. We haven’t read every book and inclusion isn’t necessarily a personal recommendation.

New #LesbianHistoricMotifProject podcast with the roundup of recent books, an interview with Marianne Ratcliffe and a bit of cheerleading around the vulnerability of our communities in the face of monopoly.

https://alpennia.com/blog/lesbian-historic-motif-podcast-episode-245-shelf-december-2022

The Project features lesbian-relevant historical research and boosts sapphic historical fiction with new release listings, author interviews, writing process discussions, and new audio fiction. #LesbianHistory #LesbianHistoricalFiction #SapphicHistoricalFiction

It must be the monthly ritual of searching for new releases in #LesbianHistoricalFiction and #SapphicHistoricalFiction through Amazon keywords because I am once again ranting about "why does the keyword "lesbian" turn up more gay male titles than lesbian ones?????" I know the answer, of course. People just fill in all manner of LGTBQ keywords on the theory that...what...someone who is looking for f/f books might buy an m/m one because it's at the top of the search results?

Recent Releases in Lesbian/Sapphic Historicals

The sapphic content of The Veronica Nash mysteries by A.J. Matthews wasn't previously clear, but the 8th book, Death on the Rocks, from Extasy Books, Inc. mentions the 2 women being on a honeymoon.
https://www.extasybooks.com/Death-on-the-Rocks

The #LesbianHistoricMotifProject wants to spread the word about #LesbianHistoricalFIction, #SapphicHistoricalFiction and historic fantasy. We haven’t read every book and inclusion isn’t necessarily a personal recommendation.