July 3, 2020
Military Lesfic with Jax Meyer
Les Do Books with Tara and guest Jax Meyer
This week, Tara is joined by author Jax Meyer to talk about how she found her way into military lesfic. In addition to talking about her own work and the books she loves, Jax discusses the importance of exploring this part of our collective history.
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June 19, 2020
Audibly in Love with Heather Rose Jones
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This week, Tara is joined by author and podcaster Heather Rose Jones to talk about audiobooks and how the form in which we experience a story can dramatically change our appreciation of it. Additionally, we discover what secret habit Heather indulges in when she’s high on nitrous, waiting in a dentist’s chair with her phone at the ready. Enjoy!
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June 5, 2020
Love in Small Towns with Andi Marquette
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This week, Tara sits down with the omni-present and ever impressive Andi Marquette to talk about one of her favourite things: small towns in fiction. There’s lots of recommendations in this episode and some interesting questions are posed. Such as, is it an episode if Tara doesn’t bring up Ann McMan? Spoiler: no, it is not. Also be warned: Andi gets kinda deep.
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May 22, 2020
The Possibility and the Promise with Radclyffe
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“Everything with me is a long story because I always back up to the beginning.”
* laughs* “No one will mind.”
This week, Tara sits down with Radclyffe (Love on the Night Shift) to talk about her personal history as a reader, a writer, and publisher of lesbian literature. Also, Tara asks a question she’s afraid she won’t like the answer to.
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May 4, 2020
Why Not? With Rae D. Magdon
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Tara is joined by Rae D. Magdon this week to talk fan fiction, bisexuality and what drives her to write speculative fiction. Rae is a prolific writer, with 11 novels and 10 novelettes featuring women loving other women, the latest of which is Fur and Fangs. Make sure you stay till the end where they are joined by a surprise celebrity guest!
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April 24, 2020
Hidden Histories with Paula Martinac
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This week, Tara sits down to talk historical fiction with author Paula Martinac (Clio Rising). As both an author and a reader, Paula is deeply interested in history and historical fiction, especially how it intersects with lesbian literature. Lesbian history is a hidden history, and through fiction we get the chance to see ourselves revealed in a world written by others.
Some of Paula’s recommendations are YA. Others aren’t. They’re all historicals and they all have romantic aspects, but they’re not dedicated romances. After listening to Paula describe these books, you’ll end up with more on your list than you’d bargained for. Enjoy!
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April 10, 2020
Writing Lesbian Fiction from the Grave with Paige Braddock
Les Do Books with Tara and guest Paige Braddock
This week, Tara goes all over the map with Paige Braddock. Paige is possibly best known as the creator of Jane’s World, the first gay-themed comic work to receive online distribution by a national syndicate. Or you might know her by another name: Missouri Vaun. After working at comics for many years, Paige turned to novels to get all the other stories inside of her out, the latest being Chasing Sunset.
Tara and Paige cover a lot of ground, including how self-publishing and fan fiction have led the way to the lesfic we all know and love of today. If you stay till the end, you’ll even find out how a woman can write lesbian fiction from the grave.
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March 27, 2020
What’s Your Series with A.L. Brooks
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This week, Tara’s joined by A.L. Brooks (Never Too Late for Heroes), a self-confessed “bit of a geek” who has created a Grand Classification for Romance Series (GCRS). Is your favourite series a pure, shared universe (which sub-divides further into closely and loosely shared universes) or an evolving universe series? Get comfortable — unless you’re stuck in your lesbian cave, in which case come on and join us — and find out!
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March 13, 2020
5 Character Driven F/F Books Charley Clarke Recommends
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This week, Tara’s joined by Charley Clarke (debut novel Always a Love Song) who has brought her favorite character driven romances to talk about.
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February 28, 2020
Everything is Not As it Seems with Cass Sellars
Les Do Books with Tara and guest Cass Sellars
You can’t tell a reader just by looking at them. They could be anyone, anywhere. Authors are the same. And they come from all walks of life, too. Some have been lawyers and doctors before they wrote lesfic, and this week she’s talking to Cass Sellars, who, before writing her own books, investigated criminal, corporate and financial fraud. What inspired the change? Listen and find out.
Among other things, Tara and Cass talk about the books where we find ourselves between the pages, the pairings that surprise authors that readers latch onto, and their hopes for the future.
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February 14, 2020
Frustration and Fan Fiction with Lola Keeley
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This week, Lola Keeley (Music in the Mirror, Slammed) joins Tara to share her journey with f/f fiction. Listen to hear how frustration at not seeing herself in the media she loved drove Lola to write fanfic, how Lee Winter was the fairy godmother who helped her transition to original fiction, and her musings on the bigger and brighter future awaiting lesfic. It’s a great conversation. Come along for the ride.
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January 31, 2020
Cracking the Case with Ann Aptaker
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This week is a little different. The game is afoot, and Tara’s guide through the dark alleys and crime scenes is author Ann Aptaker (Flesh and Gold). Writing about lesbians is a radical, political act, but it’s an act we primarily associate with romance. Ann makes the compelling pitch that different genres present different opportunities to see ourselves in and explore issues specific to us. Writing about crime, just like writing about love, through a lesbian lens is a way of staking claim in a world that often sees lesbians as illegitimate. And at the very least, Ann promises a world of adventure to any who answers the alluring siren’s song of crime fiction.
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January 17, 2020
Answering the Big Questions with S.W. Andersen
Les Do Books with Tara and guest S.W. Anderson
This week, Tara sits down with author S.W. Andersen to ask some of the eternal questions, the questions that keep us up at night, the questions whose answers define not just a person, but perhaps a generation. Questions like….”How big is your to-read list? Really?” And, “But seriously, who is the real ice queen in this book?” The answers, dear listeners, will shock you.
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January 3, 2020
The Hot Ones with Renee Dahlia
Les Do Books with Tara and guest Renee Dahlia
No, they’re not starting the year off with a hot wings challenge, but they sure are bringing the heat. In this week’s episode, Tara welcomes author Renee Dahlia (Liability) on to talk lesbian fiction. The hotter, the better. But don’t worry, Renee’s tastes are anything but one note. After all, what’s spice without some sweet?
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December 20, 2019
From Here to There with Rachel Ford
Les Do Books with Tara and guest Rachel Ford
In this episode, Tara talks to author Rachel Ford (Crimson Yuletide), whose love of lesbian fiction is all over the place in the best possible way, spanning many genres, tropes and styles. She comes to us from her latest trek with some exciting recommendations to get you excited about your reading journey.
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December 6, 2019
Kate Gavin’s Lesfic Journey
Les Do Books with Tara and guest Kate Gavin
In this episode, Tara’s joined by author Kate Gavin, who stepped into the lesfic ring this year with her debut novel Full of Promise. She shares how she found lesfic, how she started writing it, and see what she thinks about current representations of bisexuality in media. Welcome, Kate!
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November 22, 2019
From Fluff to Faith with Ann McMan
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Author Ann McMan (Galileo, Beowulf for Cretins) doesn’t like blowing up the relationships of her characters, she prefers to blow up their lives, the political and social realities that surround them. It’s in that wreckage where she finds the meaning she’s looking for. While this week’s episode starts off talking about fluffy romances, it quickly goes to other places.
Tara and Ann discuss the following books by Ann:
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November 8, 2019
4 Second Chance Romances with Fiona Riley
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In this episode, Tara’s joined by author Fiona Riley and they talk all about second chance romances. They share why they love them, some books they recommend, and Fiona discusses her own second chance romance, Not Since You.
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October 25, 2019
Why Lynn Ames Thinks The Beebo Brinker Chronicles Are Essential Reading
Les Do Books with Tara and guest Lynn Ames
In this episode, author Lynn Ames joins Tara to talk about the groundbreaking Beebo Brinker Chronicles by Ann Bannon. They explore what actually made it groundbreaking, why they endure, and why everyone should read them.
Buy the Beebo Brinker Omnibus, to get all 5 books at once.
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October 11, 2019
Erin Dutton’s Lesfic Journey, Including the Rise of E-Books
Les Do Books with Tara and guest Erin Dutton
This week, Tara and author Erin Dutton (Wavering Convictions) talk cause and effect. What’s it like to finally find ‘your shelf’? How does a breakup turn into a book of your own? More broadly, how has technology changed lesbian fiction? Along the way they rummage through their favourite tropes and Tara tries (and fails) to not fangirl out. Enjoy!
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