On the Shelf for October 2023 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 269

2023-10-07

On the Shelf for October 2023 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 269 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Getting back to blogging The Anne Lister Research Summit, Oct. 14-15, 2023 Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blogPalmer, Paulina. 1999. Lesbian Gothic: Transgressive Fictions. Cassell, New York. ISBN 0-304-70154-8 Yiannitsaros, Chirstopher. 2010. “’I’m scared to death she’ll kill me: Devoted Ladies, feminine monstrosity, and the (le...

On the Shelf for October 2023 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 269 with Heather Rose Jones

Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.

In this episode we talk about:

Getting back to blogging
The Anne Lister Research Summit, Oct. 14-15, 2023
Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
- Palmer, Paulina. 1999. Lesbian Gothic: Transgressive Fictions. Cassell, New York. ISBN 0-304-70154-8
- Yiannitsaros, Chirstopher. 2010. “’I’m scared to death she’ll kill me: Devoted Ladies, feminine monstrosity, and the (lesbian) Gothic Romance” in The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies 8: 41-52.
- Parker, Sarah. 2008. “’The Darkness is the Closet in Which Your Lover Roosts Her Heart’: Lesbians, Desire and the Gothic Genre” in Journal of International Women’s Studies, Vol. 9, Issue 2: 3-16.
- McCallum, E.L. & Mikko Tuhkanen, eds. 2014. The Cambridge History of Gay and Lesbian Literature Cambridge University Press, New York. ISBN 978-1-107-03521-8
Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction
- War and Solace (Tales from Norvegr #3) by Edale Lane
- Cities of Women by Kathleen B. Jones
- Let the Waters Roar by Geonn Cannon
- The Heart of the Banshee (series #2) by Carolyn Elizabeth
- A Lady to Treasure by Marianne Ratcliffe
- Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein by Anne Eekhout
- Western Blue by Suzie Clarke
- Deeds and Words: A Sapphic Historical Mystery (Louisa & Ada #2) by Sarah Bell
- Lovesick Blossoms by Julia Watts
Other Titles of Interest
- Menewood (The Light of the World #2) by Nicola Griffith
- Unsettled by Patricia Reis
- Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue by Christine Higdon
- A Glimpse into Your Soul by Char Dafoe
- Songs of Irie by Asha Ashanti Bromfield
What I’ve been consuming
- A Study in Garnet by Meredith Rose
- Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
- The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
- A Nobleman’s Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel by K.J. Charles
Call for submissions for the 2024 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.