#queer-ya — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #queer-ya, aggregated by home.social.
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01 DAY REMAINING until the Boy From Elsewhere by @kestral is released into the world. Get ready!
"A boy washes up on the beach of a quiet seaside town, soaked, shaken, and wearing nothing but pyjamas. He insists he's from here, but the whole place feels... not quite right."
To read more, pre-order here: https://reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/book/tbfe
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2 DAYS TO GO!!
If you've been wishing for more queer representation in sci-fi novels, look no further! The Boy from Elsewhere (@kestral), the first book in the new Reality Quake Saga, is almost here. Expect parallel worlds, queer heroes and the courage to hold on to the people you love when the universe is trying to pull you apart.
Pre-order here: https://reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/book/tbfe
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Review of 'Nathan Burgoine's ( @NathanBurgoine) latest YA release, _Dogs Don't Break Hearts_
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I wanted to gather together a list of great YA queer books I’ve read of the very NON-smutty variety. And I figured, if I’m doing that, why not gather it here and share it with you too?
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A few years ago, I wrote a Christmas Day update to "Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks." If you'd like to see how Cole spent his first midnight after the whole "hey, turns out I can teleport" thing? Here it be:
https://apostrophen.wordpress.com/2018/12/07/friday-flash-fics-no-chimney-required/
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So, the whole of my #QueerYA writing are these four (so far):
"Leap," is a short story in the first, in the collection Boys of Summer; Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks was my first YA novel, "Hope Echoes" is a novella included in the tree-novella book Three Left Turns to Nowhere, and then the aforementioned Stuck With You, my hi-lo novel.
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The wait is nearly over! Join us tomorrow for the release of ONE WORLD (Iamos Trilogy, Book 3) by Lyssa Chiavari, and get ready to binge read this epic #YASciFi series!
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When I was a queerling, none of the queer young adult books out there were available to me. They existed—I didn’t know, no one was going to hand them to me—which always made me want to add queer YA to the world. It’s like time travel; I write the stories I wish I’d found.
I wouldn’t be able to do this if it hadn’t been for the queer writers of #QueerYA before me. And to the librarians and teachers out there fighting to put queer books into queer hands—thank you. You are changing lives.
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I... got a starred review. From the School Library Journal.
That's never happened before.
And can I frame "VERDICT: Highly recommended for hi-lo readers who loved Heartstopper." because I'd like to frame that.
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BOLD STROKES BOOKS is having a “clear the shelves” event until the 27th, on paperbacks shipping to the US and Canadian addresses, and the deal includes “Three Left Turns to Nowhere,” which includes my #QueerYA novella “Hope Echoes"! Check it out—and check out all the titles included!
https://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/three-left-turns-to-nowhere-3806-b
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I did a re-read of "Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms" by @Amazonchique last week. Loved it the first time ;loved it even more this time. Is now be my go-to example of queer joy balanced with #queer reality.
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Cheer-Up/Crystal-Frasier/9781620109557
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Now available everywhere! My #QueerYA Hi/Lo rom com, "Stuck With You."
Ben doesn't make waves. Ben doesn't speak his mind. Ben smooths things over. Ben is stuck beside Caleb for four and a half hours.
Ben's about to finally speak his mind.
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I really enjoyed writing these guys. Partly because t'was a queer YA about a queer kid who needed a sense of community and connection—which had nothing to do with him getting a boyfriend and included no romance for him—but mostly because "Hope Echoes" was about how we've always been here.
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Hey all! My #QueerYA Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks is the daily deal at Bold Strokes Books today, meaning you can nab the e-book from their webstore for $3.99 US.
Cole just wants to keep his head down and get through the last weeks of school. Instead, he develops a teleportation problem.
https://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/books/exit-plans-for-teenage-freaks-by-nathan-burgoine-2730-b?
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S is for THE SOUND OF STARS by Alechia Dow
Back to YA sci-fi and Alechia Dow's wonderful work with this alien invasion story starring a Black biromantic demisexual MC with a secret library. Also: alien/human roadtrip, lots of music and book nerdery, and an instance of two demisexual relating to each other through their aceness that was super well done.
#ASpecToZ #scifi #sciencefiction #YA #QueerBooks #QueerYA #QueerBookstodon #asexual
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S is for SECONDHAND ORIGIN STORIES by Lee Brontide
Free book? Free book! And it is an *incredible* one. SOS (nice anagram) is a YA about the children of famous superheroes, it's got an incredible queer (& often disabled) cast, and it's full of family secrets. HIGHLY recommend!
#ASpecToZ #scifi #superhero #YA #QueerBooks #QueerYA #QueerBookstodon #asexual
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Kirkus reviewed "Stuck With You"! (And, even better? Liked it!)
"An adorable romance with strong coming-of-age elements."
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/nathan-burgoine/stuck-you/
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I have the privilege of heading to not one, not two, but three schools over the next while to talk to writers, readers, and GSAs about my hi/lo queer YA "Stuck With You" and I'm not going to lie, young me would never have believed this would be possible.
Also, young me would have noped out on public speaking, but I've learned to quite love that.
Even when a tooth falls out of my head.
#QueerYA https://lorimer.ca/childrens/product/stuck-with-you/
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A quick update for my USian friends! While the release date for my #QueerYA Hi/Lo "Stuck With You" is April 4th (tomorrow!) for Canada... it releases in August in the US.
I'd been operating under the assumption that Amazon had listed it incorrectly, but, uh, nope, that was me not knowing things. So! I get to have two release dates, which is sort of cool, but the whole "uh, sorry, see you in August" factor is unexpected.
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1. A love letter to New Jersey
2. Disco fries
3. Messy family dynamics
4. A first kiss at an old seaside soda shop at sunset
5. Two queer teens figuring out how, if at all, they fit into their culinary superstar families.#nanowrimo #amwriting #writingcommunity #writing #YAlit #QueerYA
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They say you should post with a bunch of hashtags of things you like, so other people who like those things can discover you? Yeah? So. Here goes?
#QueerSF #queerYA #activism #trees (trees as in trees, not trees as in marijuana) #communityorganizing #dinosaurs #horror #queerhorror #QueerHistory #antigentrification #punk #cinema #disco #divas #hashtags #twittergrief #animalrights #vegetarianism #gaming #gayming #retrogaming