Update May 22 2013
THE MARRYING KIND by Ken O’Neil
OMG QUEER edited by Radclyffe and Katherine E. Lynch
are finalists in the Gay and Lesbian Fiction category of the 2013 International Book Awards!
Update March 11, 2013
Bold Strokes Books is pleased to announce its 2012 Foreword Review Book of the Year Award Finalists:
Fantasy
The Pyramid Waltz by Barbara Ann Wright
Horror
Words to Die By by William Holden
LGBT
OMG Queer, ed by Radclyffe and Katherine Lynch
The Raid by Lee Lynch
Mystery
Ill Will by JM Redmann
Romance
Update March 6, 2013
Bold Strokes Books is proud to announce and congratulate our 2013 Lambda Literary finalists. Best wishes to all the finalists.
Gay Romance
Toughskins, William Masswa
Gay Erotica
Raising Hell: Demonic Gay Erotica ed. Todd Gregory
Secret Societies, William Holden
Lesbian Mystery
Ill Will, by JM Redmann
Jacob’s War, CP Rowlands
Lemon Reef, by Robin Silverman
Lesbian Romance
Dark Wings Descending, by Lesley Davis
Love Match, by ALi Vali
Month of Sundays, by Yolanda Wallace
Runaway, by Anne Laughlin
Sometime Yesterday, by Yvonne Heidt
LBGT Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror
Night Shadows: Queer Horror, ed by Greg Herren and JM Redmann
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Update February 9, 2013
Bold Strokes Books is proud to announce our Lavender Certificate recipients for 2013:
Maggie Morton: Dreaming of Her
Andrea Bramhall: Ladyfish
Robin Silverman: Lemon Reef
Congratulations!
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Update 1-30-13
Bold Strokes Books is proud to announce the titles that made the 2013 Rainbow List:
Steve Berman (ed) – Boys of Summer
Katherine E. Lynch and Radclyffe (ed) – OMG Queer
Tama Wise – Street Dreams
Rainbow Books presents an annual bibliography of quality books with significant and authentic GLBTQ content, which are recommended for people younger than eighteen years of age. Rainbow Books is a joint project between the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Round Table and the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association. For a full list of titles pleas see:
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UPDATE 12-10-12
Bold Strokes Books is proud to announce that STREET DREAMS by Tama Wise is a 2012 Kirkus Book of the Year!
“No simple coming-out story, this many-layered effort is gritty, warm and ultimately hopeful.” – Kirkus
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Awards:
BSB is proud to announce that BLOOD HUNT by L. L. Raand has won first place in the paranormal category in the Laurel Wreath Award Contest.
Representing the Volusia County chapter of the Romance Writers of America, the Laurel Wreath Award Contest for published authors was conceived to award excellence in published romance fiction. The contest is judged exclusively by booksellers.
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Bold Strokes Books is pleased to announce the 2012 Rainbow Award Winners!
Best Gay Contemporary General Fiction
Second Place - Ken O’Neill – The Marrying Kind
Honorable Mention - Jeffrey Ricker – Detours
Best Lesbian Erotic Romance
First Place – Meghan O’Brien – The Night OffSecond Place – Rebekah Weatherspoon – The Fling
Third Place – L.T. Marie – Three Days
Best LGBT Erotica:
First Place – J.P. Beausejour – Buccaneer IslandSecond Place – Jerry L. Wheeler – Riding the Rails
Honorable Mention - Todd Gregory – Wings, Subversive Gay Angel Erotica
Best Lesbian Historical:
First Place – Justine Saracen – Tyger Tyger, Burning BrightSecond Place – Rebecca Buck – The Locket and the Flinklock
Best Gay Mystery /Thriller:
Honorable Mention - Greg Herren – Murder in the Irish Channel
Best Lesbian Mystery / Thriller:
First Place – J.M. Redmann – Ill Will
Honorable Mention: Cari Hunter – Snowbound
Honorable Mention – Kim Baldwin & Xenia Alexiou – Demons are Forever
Honorable Mention – Robin Silverman – Lemon Reef
Honorable Mention - P.J. Trebelhorn – Missing
Best Bisexual/Transgender Fiction:
Honorable Mention: Mel Bossa – Franky Gets Real
Best Gay Paranormal / Horror:
Second Place: William Holden – Words to Die By
Best Lesbian Paranormal / Horror:
Tied for Second Place Radclyffe & Stacia Seaman – Women of the Dark Streets and Rebekah Weatherspoon – Better Off Red
Tied for Third Place – Cate Culpepper – A Question of Ghosts and Nell Stark & Trinity Tam – Sunfall
Best Lesbian Romance:
First Place – Ronica Black – Wholehearted
Second Place – Gun Brooke – Speed Demons
Third Place – Rachel Spangler – LoveLife
Honorable Mention: Bobbi Marolt – Coming Attractions
Honorable Mention: Julie Cannon – Rescue Me
Honorable Mention: Karis Walsh – Worth the Risk
Honorable Mention: Yvonne Heidt – Sometime Yesterday
Honorable Mention: D. Jackson Leigh – Touch Me Gently
Best Lesbian Sci-Fi / Fantasy:
Second Place: Gun Brooke – Pirate’s Fortune
Honorable Mention: Winter Pennington – Once Upon a Twilight
Best LGBT Young Adult / Coming of Age:
Honorable Mention: Radclyffe & Katherine E. Lynch – OMGQueer
Best Gay Debut Novel/Book:
Second Place: Ken O’Neill – The Marrying Kind
Honorable Mention: J.P. Beausejour – Buccaneer Island
Honorable Mention: Jeffrey Ricker – Detours
Best Lesbian Debut Novel/Book:
First Place: Rebekah Weatherspoon – Better Off Red
Second Place: Robin Silverman – Lemon ReefTied for Third Place – Yvonne Heidt – Sometime Yesterday and Kathleen Knowles – Awake Unto Me
Honorable Mention: L.T. Marie – Three Days
Honorable Mention: Ashley Bartlett – Sex and Skateboards
Honorable Mention: Terri Richards – Mission of Desire
Best Gay Novel/Book:
Honorable Mention: Ken O’Neill – The Marrying Kind
Best Lesbian Novel/Book:
First Place – Ronica Black – Wholehearted
Second Place – J.M. Redmann – Ill Will
Honorable Mention: Gun Brooke – Speed Demons
Honorable Mention: Cari Hunter – Snowbound
Honorable Mention: Rachel Spangler – LoveLife
Honorable Mention: Kim Baldwin & Xenia Alexiou – Demons are Forever
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