Bywater Books

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Bywater Books represents the coming of age of queer literature.

We Are All Stories.

www.bywaterbooks.com

@bywaterbooks.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 1:01 PM

🏳️‍🌈❤️👊 NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY👊❤️🏳️‍🌈
👹🔨 Shrek kinda nailed it: better out than in.
👊 Be you & raise some fabulous trouble!

#NationalComingOutDay #ComingOutDay #Pride #LGBTQIA #QueerJoy #BookSky #AuthorSky

An amorphous rabbit wearing a rainbow t-shirt stands in an open doorway lined with a rainbow Pride flag. On the door are a Bywater Books sign and stickers reading “Love is Love” and “You are enough, don’t forget that.” The image celebrates National Coming Out Day.

@bywaterbooks.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 3:01 PM

🎃👻🦇✝️🩸👹🕯️👹🩸✝️🦇👻🎃
✝️ A little holy water.
🩸 🔪 A little blood sacrifice.
👹 A whole lot of demons.
🖤 A love damned by the Order.
⛓️ Pray for your soul.
👊Then prepare to defend it.

#QueerParanormal #SapphicWestern #SapphicRomance #ScaryReads #HalloweenReads #BookSky

@bywaterbooks.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 2:30 PM

🏳️‍🌈📚🚫 You can’t delete what refuses to disappear.

#BookSky #BannedBooksWeek #LetFreedomReadDay #DefendTheFirst #SapphicsWithTheBanned

@bywaterbooks.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 3:03 PM

🎃👻🦇💀🏳️‍🌈💀🦇👻🎃
🐕 A very good boy.
🔪 A century-old murder.
👻 An unfinished haunting.
🖤 A whole lot of queer heart.
🎭 Come for the cocktails—stay for the sapphic sparks.

#QueerParanormal #SapphicParanormal #SapphicRomance #ScaryReads #HalloweenReads #BookSky

@bywaterbooks.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 5:02 PM

🏳️‍🌈📚 TONIGHT 📚🏳️‍🌈

‼️ The ALA reports that of the unique titles challenged in 2025, 39% were books about LGBTQIA+ folks & people of color.
🤯 Don't let them win!
👀 Register to watch live ➡️ https://loom.ly/QADmbsw

#ReadBannedBooks #StopCensorship #BannedBooksWeek #BookSky

Flyer for a Banned Books Week Discussion hosted by The Publishing Triangle and the San Francisco Public Library’s James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, taking place on Thursday, October 8, 2026, via Zoom. Event Details:Title: Shall I Read You a Story? Book Banning of LGBTQIA Children's and YA Titles Host: Dan Hendrick Featured Speakers: Author Lesléa Newman, Author Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Librarian Lindsay Klemas, and Librarian Haley Hall Celebrity Reading: Heather Has Two Mommies featuring Alison Bechdel, Honey Davenport, Judy Grahn, Lev A.C. Rosen, and Be Steadwell Date & Time: October 8, 2026 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT

@bywaterbooks.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 3:03 PM

🎃⛪💀🖤🏳️‍🌈🖤💀⛪🎃

💍 A wedding.
🩸 🤐 A family secret.
⚰️ A ritual that should’ve stayed buried.
☠️ Something wicked is waiting at the altar!

#QueerHorror #SapphicHorror #BiRepresentation #ScaryReads #HalloweenReads #BookSky

@bywaterbooks.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 3:03 PM

🎃👻🦇🧟‍♀️🏳️‍🌈🧟‍♀️🦇👻🎃
🥔 A little comfort.
🥩 A little carnage.
🖤 A whole lot of soul.
🔪 Bring a knife.

#SapphicHalloween #SapphicHorror #SapphicScream #QueerHorror #BookSky

@bywaterbooks.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 1:04 PM

🌊 A stormy Atlantic crossing.
🛳️ Five days with a stranger.
🏳️‍🌈 An unexpected connection.
🏛️ A political crisis waiting.
❤️‍🔥 A secret passion neither woman can ignore.
👊📚 A landmark of lesbian literature!

Get it today: https://loom.ly/8B8hac8

#SapphicRomance #ForcedProximity #BookSky

@bywaterbooks.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 11:48 PM

Matthew Sheppard. We won’t forget.

@bywaterbooks.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 11:46 PM

October 6, 1998, was a day that changed our LGBTQ+ community forever:
Matthew Shepard was brutalized and left to die.
His death became a turning point in the fight for visibility, dignity & equality.

Say. His. Name.

#MatthewShepard #WeRemember #QueerHistory #ProtectQueerLives #NeverForget

A black-and-white portrait of Matthew Shepard crouching on concrete outdoor steps, wearing a knit sweater and trousers while wrapping his arms around his knees and looking thoughtfully off to the side.

@bywaterbooks.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 1:04 PM

🏳️‍🌈🔥 AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE ON OCTOBER 13 🔥📚

👊 “A rare sapphic romance where crime and romance are so perfectly intertwined, you can’t stop turning the pages.” –Rachel Spangler

👀❤️ Rey knows a thing or two about romance, people!

#SapphicRomance #SapphicThriller #BookSky

@bywaterbooks.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 3:03 PM

🏳️‍🌈📚❤️📚🏳️‍🌈

‼️ The ALA reports that of the unique titles challenged in 2025, 39% represent books about LGBTQIA+ folks & people of color.
🤯 Don't let them win!
👀 Register to watch live ➡️ https://loom.ly/QADmbsw

#ReadBannedBooks #StopCensorship #BannedBooksWeek #BookSky

@bywaterbooks.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 1:03 PM

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤
👊 If this offends you, you're gonna hate our books & our authors!
🌎 Bywater Books & Amble Press—we are ALL stories!

#NoApologies #BannedBooksWeek #LGBTQBooks #SapphicBooks #BookSky

@bywaterbooks.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 1:01 PM

🏳️‍🌈📚🚫 Censorship can suck it—read a banned book, stay badass!

#BannedBooksWeek #DefendTheFirst #ReadBannedBooks #SapphicsWithTheBanned #BookSky

@bywaterbooks.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 1:45 PM

🏳️‍🌈📣THE LESBIAN REVIEW HAS SPOKEN 📣🏳️‍🌈

👊 Gripping.
💎 A gem of a main character.
🌪️ Twists I didn’t see coming.
🔨 Riveting.
🌻 Absolutely gorgeous.
👀 Thoughtful, interesting, unique.

#SapphicBooks #SapphicMystery #SapphicRomance #HistoricalFiction #Bronte #BookSky

@bywaterbooks.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 3:03 PM

🔪🔪 SAVE THE DATE 🔪🔪

☕There’s a mystery brewing.
✍️ There will be writers.
❓ There will be questions.
👀There may be murders.
🚫 Nobody is talking...yet!
💥 October 17th at the Philly Parkway Central Library.

#MysteryCommunity #Bookish #MysteryWritersOfAmerica #MysteryBooks #BookSky

Event flyer for Mystery Writers of America, New York Chapter:

A Ticking Clock: How Do Mystery Writers Keep the Pace Moving to Raise the Stakes of the Story and Create Suspense?

Date & Time: Saturday, October 17, 2026, 1:30–3:30 pm
Location: Parkway Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA
Panelists: Ann Aptaker (Cantor Gold Series), Mark McNease (Devil's Wood), Rich Zahradnik (The Bone Records) Moderator: James McCrone (Bastard Verdict)
Website: www.freelibrary.org

@bywaterbooks.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 1:04 PM

🏳️‍🌈🎧🎸❤️🎸🎧🏳️‍🌈

🔥 Old flames.
✌️ Second chances.
🎸 Loud guitars.
▶️ Press play.
💋 And let Quinn Riley read to you today!

#SapphicRomance #SapphicBookstagram #SecondChanceRomance #Sk8rBoiRomance #AudiobookRomance #BookSky

Promotional graphic for the audiobook Live It Out by Jenn Alexander, narrated by Quinn Riley. The graphic features the colorful cover art of a person painted in vibrant blue, green, and yellow tones, along with logos for Bywater Books and Tantor Media. A bright pink box reads "Listen Today!", and a quote from Women Using Words at the bottom reads, "Not only is this story well written, it's threaded with gorgeous, heart-tugging themes."

@bywaterbooks.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 1:04 PM

🏳️‍🌈📚🍁🐈🍁📚🏳️‍🌈
Get your filthy little paws on these, people!

#SapphicBooks #SapphicRomance #SapphicMystery #SapphicYA #QueerDystopian #BookSky

@bywaterbooks.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 3:18 PM

👀 Small-town girl.
🔪 A brutal murder.
🔎 Years spent hunting the truth.
🚫 But someone wants her to stop.
‼️ Someone who will kill again.
💔 Sandra Moran's final novel.
➡️ Read it today: https://loom.ly/H0QAcc4

#BookSky #SmallTownMystery #MurderMystery #PsychologicalSuspense

@bywaterbooks.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 1:04 PM

🏳️‍🌈📚👊📚🏳️‍🌈
✍️ Real writers.
👀 Real stories.
🌈 Real queer.
✅ The choice is really simple.

#SapphicBooks #LGBTQBooks #QueerLit #BookSky

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