Author Silvia Violet talks about her new series, The Marchesi Family, and reads from the first book, Lucien.

For his second segment for Pride month, Kirt Graves shares his latest collaboration with Jay Bell with Kamikaze Boys. Kirt also discusses what it means to him to have given voice to so many LGBTQ characters.

Author Julian Winters discusses and reads from his forthcoming young adult book The Summer of Everything. He also tells us what Pride means to him.

We miss the Top to BOTM Podcast so we wanted to bring best friends Markie and Jess to our show to celebrate Pride month. They recommend some of their favorite m/m romances for our Pride month reading list plus they share what Pride means to them.

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Blogger and podcaster Sarah Wendell, along with a very special guest, share some Pride month reading recommendations. We also hear about what Pride means to these two. This episode can be found here.

Author Rick R. Reed joins us to read from Blue Umbrella Sky, a book that was a finalist for the 2020 Lambda Literary Award in the gay romance category. Click here to check out the episode.

Audiobook narrator Joel Leslie shares the work he did as one-half of the narrating team on Bill Konigsberg’s The Music of What Happens (which he did under the name Joel Froomkin). You also hear about what Pride means to him at this episode link.

Authors and wives BA Tortuga and Julia Talbot also join us. Julia reads from Catching Heir and then BA reads from Cowboy’s Law. Both share moving stories about what Pride means to them. You can find the episode here. 

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We start this week’s episode with a shout out to the Pride Month programming from our friends at the Regency romance podcast Tea & Strumpets. Jeff unveils our new partnership with audiobook retailer Libro.fm.

We talk about TV and movies we’ve been watching, including Prideland from PBS Voices, Mélange from Logo and the Netflix film The Half of It. Jeff reviews the new graphic novel from DC Comics, You Brought Me The Ocean, by author Alex Sanchez and illustrator Jul’ Maroh.

Alex and Jul’ join Jeff to talk about their collaboration on You Brought Me the Ocean, including how they came to the project and what they hope readers take away from this reboot of Aqualad’s origin story. Alex and Jul’ also talk about the anniversaries of their trailblazing works: Jul’s Blue Is the Warmest Color, celebrating 10 years in 2020, and Alex’s Rainbow Boys, celebrating 20 years in 2021.

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PRIDE MONTH BONUS EPISODES

Author TJ Klune talks about his debut young adult novel The Extraordinaries and shares the world premiere first listen for the audiobook narrated by Michael Lesley. TJ also shares what Pride means to him. The link to this episode can be found here.

Narrator Kirt Graves discusses the work he did narrating Lynn Van Dorn’s Now You See Me. To listen to this episode, click here.

Author Adriana Herrera discusses her upcoming book, Finding Joy, and reads an excerpt from it. She also shares what Pride means to her. To listen, click here.

Jeff and I announce the Big Gay Fiction Book Club selection for June: Heartache & Hoofbeats by Maz Maddox. Maz stops by to tell us what this shifter romance is about.

Jeff reviews Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner. Jeff and I talk about how much we both enjoyed The Hideaway Inn by Philip William Stover.

Philip talks with Jeff about The Hideaway Inn and the diverse cast of queer characters he created for his charming small town romance. He also talks about his Love Beyond Boundaries series and shares how he got started as an author. Philip also kicks off our Pride month series of readings with an excerpt from The Hideaway Inn and he tell us what Pride means to him.

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