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April 19, 2020
IP/Duet Tiny Book Fest Coming to a Computer Near You April 19 & 26
Join Interlude Press and Duet Books authors online this month as we host a two-day series of panels, conversations, readings and giveaways!
With major publishing conventions and festivals canceled due to current world events, we will host the Interlude Press Tiny Book Fest April 19 and 26. To help authors recreate the face-to-face time these festivals normally provide, we will be hosting via Zoom Webinar, with a simulcast to Facebook Live. Full details of login information to be announced soon!
Join authors like Julian Winters, C.B. Lee, Claire Rudy Foster and others in conversation with special guests like Dahlia Adler of LGBTQ Reads, Alex Brown of Tor.com, Booktuber Mallory “Mallorayofsunshine” Cohen, and Frolic Media co-founder Sarah Penna. We’ll also be giving away books, gift cards to indie bookstores, swag and more both weekends!
SCHEDULE
SUNDAY, APRIL 19
10 am PT /1 pm ET
FLUFF YEAH!
The authors of the upcoming SHORT STUFF YA anthology talk about the role of feel-good fiction in difficult times.
Moderator: Alysia Constantine, Short Stuff editor
Panel:
Julia Ember, The Seafarer’s Kiss; The Navigator’s Touch
Kate Fierro, Love Starved
Jude Sierra, A Tiny Piece of Something Greater; Idlewild; What It Takes
Tom Wilinsky and Jen Sternick, Snowsisters
11:30 am PT / 2:30 pm ET
JULIAN WINTERS IN CONVERSATION WITH DAHLIA ADLER (LGBTQ READS; His Hideous Heart)
12:45 am PT / 3:45 pm ET
BEHIND THE SCENES: Q&A WITH IP/DUET
Want to know what’s next? How to submit a manuscript? How we’re riding out the current storm? We’re here to share and answer your questions about where we’ve been, where we hope to go, and how we’re going to get there.
1:30 pm PT / 4:30 pm ET
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
Every once in a while, you’ll read a book where the setting feels almost like another character in the book. Authors with setting-inspired fiction discuss how the location can set the tone and influence storytelling.
Moderator: Sarah Penna, Co-founder of Frolic Media
Panel:
Kevin Craig, The Camino Club (Duet, October 2020)
Laury A. Egan, The Ungodly Hour
Lilah Suzanne, Tack & Jibe; Jilted
Julian Winters, The Summer of Everything (Duet, September 2020)
SUNDAY, APRIL 26
9 am PT / Noon ET
TURN BACK THE CLOCK: WRITING HISTORICAL FICTION
Whether your novel is set in Ancient Rome or the height of the disco era at Studio 54, writing historical fiction requires detailed research to get the setting right.
Moderator: Jeff Adams, The Big Gay Fiction Podcast
Panel:
Alysia Constantine, LuckMonkey (January 2021)
Suzey Ingold, Speakeasy
Carrie Pack, Grrrls on the Side
Amy Stilgenbauer, Sideshow
Laura Stone, Bitter Springs
10:45 am PT/ 2:45 pm ET
CLAIRE RUDY FOSTER, Q&A and READING, SHINE OF THE EVER
A literary mixtape of life, love and queer community in Portland, Oregon, Claire Rudy Foster’s Shine of the Ever was singled out by O Magazine as “Best LGBTQ Books That’ll Change the Literary Landscape in 2019.” Join Foster as they read from this acclaimed short story collection.
12:15 PT/ 3:15 pm ET
C.B. LEE IN CONVERSATION WITH BOOKTUBER MALLORY SHOEMAKER (“Mallorayofsunshine”)
1:30 pm PT / 4:30 pm ET
THE COVER UP: THE STORYTELLING ART OF COVER ILLUSTRATION
Award-winning IP Art Director C.B. Messer in conversation with author Julian Winters
3pm PT/ 6pm ET
YA IN SPAAAAAAACE!!: THE MANY WORLDS SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY YA
Space operas! Urban fantasies! Reimagined fairy tales! Science fiction and fantasy are a staple of Young Adult fiction, as well as some of the most popular queer YA reads. Our panel talks about the broad range of SFF- YA, and their places in it.
Moderator: Alex Brown, Tor.com
Panel:
Julia Ember, The Seafarer’s Kiss; The Navigator’s Touch
Kate Hazel Hall, From Darkness (November 2020)
C.B. Lee, The Sidekick Squad Series; Seven Tears at High Tide
F.T. Lukens, The Broken Moon Series; The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths & Magic; Monster of the Week
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April 7, 2020
Lilah Suzanne’s “Tack & Jibe” Release Rescheduled to July 21
Due to complications and delays in the printing and shipping industries due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the release of Lilah Suzanne’s TACK & JIBE has been rescheduled to July 21st.
We apologize for the inconvenience, as well as the last-minute notice. These are deeply challenging times for independent publishers, and we believe that we will better serve both the book and Lilah by postponing this release until next summer.
A romantic comedy about the undertow of a carefully curated life, TACK & JIBE was described by Publishers Weekly as “a must-read for anyone who enjoys queer romance.“
Lilah Suzanne is an award-winning and bestselling author of queer romantic comedy whose 2018 novel, JILTED, was a Lambda Literary Award finalist and recipient of a Bisexual Book Award. They will be featured in BookCon’s Read-A-Thon this Saturday, April 11, at 5:15 pm ET online at www.facebook.com/bookcon .
Add TACK & JIBE to your Goodreads TBR here.
Pre-Order TACK & JIBE at the IP Web Store, Bookshop, Apple, B&N, Book Depository, and Amazon.
March 15, 2020
Free Story - As The Years Go By
When the boy next door falls for the boy next door…
Gus Hoffman has been best friends with Leo Westley for most of his life, and in love with him for almost as long. As Gus and Leo grow and change through the years, their feelings for each other grow deeper— and more complicated. Gus is sure that they’ll end up spending their lives together, as friends or maybe something more, but when their paths split into different directions as adults everything comes crumbling down.
Estranged for years, Leo and Gus come back into each other’s lives after a near-tragedy, and it becomes clear that Gus’s still-lingering attraction to Leo isn’t just one sided. But will giving in to physical desire ruin any chance at rebuilding their life-long friendship, or could this finally be Gus and Leo’s chance at happily ever after?
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When the boy next door falls for the boy next door…
Gus Hoffman has been best friends with Leo Westley for most of his life, and in love with him for almost as long. As Gus and Leo grow and change through the years, their feelings for each other grow deeper— and more complicated. Gus is sure that they’ll end up spending their lives together, as friends or maybe something more, but when their paths split into different directions as adults everything comes crumbling down.
Estranged for years, Leo and Gus come back into each other’s lives after a near-tragedy, and it becomes clear that Gus’s still-lingering attraction to Leo isn’t just one sided. But will giving in to physical desire ruin any chance at rebuilding their life-long friendship, or could this finally be Gus and Leo’s chance at happily ever after?
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February 1, 2020
Coming in 2020:
TACK & JIBE by Lilah Suzanne
When an idealized Instagram life hits stormy weather, do you choose a picture perfect fiction, or the rough seas of true love?
Coming April 7th. award-winning and bestselling author Lilah Suzanne (Jilted, the Spotlight Series) returns with a romantic comedy about the undertow of a carefully curated life.
Summary
Raised on a small island in North Carolina’s Outer Banks, Willa has a picture-perfect nautical life: hanging out at the beach with her friends, living in a cozy seaside cottage, working at a sailing store, and running a hugely popular sailing Instagram. It’s so convincing that her overzealous online followers register her to compete in the High Seas, a televised national sailing championship.
Too bad Willa doesn’t actually know how to sail. Desperate to protect her carefully curated life, Willa tracks down four-time High Seas champion Lane Cordova, and begs her for a crash course in sailing before the race begins. But Lane’s mastery of the water is matched only by Willa’s ineptitude—and her growing crush on Lane isn’t helping matters.
When the competition threatens to go awry and take her idealized life with it, Willa has to figure out if she can save her reputation from sinking while taking a chance on love.
About the Author
Lilah Suzanne is a queer author of bestselling and award-winning romantic fiction. Their 2018 novel Jilted was named a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award and a Foreword INDIES Award, and won a Bisexual Book Award for romantic fiction. Their critically acclaimed Spotlight series included the Amazon #1 bestseller Broken Records, along with Burning Tracks and Blended Notes. Lilah also authored the romantic comedy Spice, the novellas Pivot & Slip and After the Sunset, and the short story Halfway Home, from the holiday anthology If the Fates Allow. A writer from a young age, Lilah resides in North Carolina and mostly enjoys staying indoors, though sometimes ventures out for concerts, museum visits, and quiet walks in the woods.
Add it to your Goodreads TBR here.
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Pre-order TACK & JIBE now!!
November 6, 2019
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August 14, 2019
Tack & Jibe: Coming spring 2020
Tack & Jibe: Coming spring 2020
July 16, 2019
Now Available: The Spotlight Series Digital Boxed Set by Lilah Suzanne
“Hollywood style meets Nashville charm in this sweet, sexy fling turned romance.” —Publishers Weekly on Broken Records
Just in time for your summer TBR List! Lilah Suzanne’s sweet and sexy series about finding love in unexpected places when a Nashville superstar falls for a Hollywood stylist—THE SPOTLIGHT SERIES.
The Spotlight Series Boxed Set is the complete series with exclusive new “B-sides,” short stories featuring popular characters from the Spotlight Series universe—all available at a discounted series price of $8.99 at your favorite digital retailers.
Included in the set:
BROKEN RECORDS: Los Angeles-based stylist Nico Takahashi loves his job—or at least, he used to. Feeling fed up and exhausted from the cutthroat, gossip-fueled business of Hollywood, Nico daydreams about packing it all in and leaving for good. So when Grady Dawson—sexy country music star and rumored playboy—asks Nico to style him, Nico is reluctant. But after styling a career-changing photo shoot, Nico follows Grady to Nashville where he finds it increasingly difficult to resist Grady’s charms. Can Nico make his peace with show business and all its trappings, or will Grady’s public persona get in their way of their private attraction to each other?
BURNING TRACKS: Gwen Pasternak’s got it all. Or so it seems…
In the sequel to RT Book Reviews’ Top Pick Broken Records, Gwen’s life looks perfect: She has a job she loves as stylist to the stars; a beautiful wife, Flora; and a house in the heart of Nashville. But the more she works alongside country music’s dynamic princess Clementine Campbell, the less Gwen is certain of her commitment to a life of domestic bliss.
Meanwhile, her business partner Nico Takahashi is happily settled down with reformed bad-boy musician Grady Dawson. But when Nico questions the permanence of their relationship, Grady retreats into some dangerous old habits. Will Gwen ruin the life she’s built with Flora for something new and exhilarating? Can Grady be convinced of Nico’s devotion before it’s too late? Burning Tracks is a story of tough choices, taking risks, and the pressures of living life in the spotlight.BLENDED NOTES: Grady Dawson’s future looks bright. He’s at the top of his country music career, has a close-knit group of friends who have become his Nashville family, and has found solid ground in his personal life as he plans his intimate, private wedding with Nico, his stylist-turned-lover, turned love of his life. It seems Grady has finally left his difficult childhood and tumultuous youth behind. That is, until his past shows up on his doorstep, news of his upcoming nuptials is leaked to the media, and his record company levels demands that challenge his integrity as an artist and as a person. The foundation of Grady’s new life begins to crumble, and fast. Will he be forced to make the ultimate choice between a private life with Nico and the public demands of his career?
Spotlight B-Sides: Spencer
Spotlight B-Sides: Clementine
Available at the IP Web Store, Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo.
Add it to your Goodreads TBR shelf at: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45991745-spotlight-series-boxed-set
About the author
Lilah Suzanne is a queer author of bestselling and award-winning romantic fiction. Their 2018 novel Jilted was named a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award and a Foreword INDIES Award, and won a Bisexual Book Award for romantic fiction. Their critically acclaimed Spotlight series included the Amazon #1 bestseller Broken Records, along with Burning Tracks and Blended Notes. Lilah also authored the romantic comedy Spice, the novellas Pivot & Slip and After the Sunset, and the short story Halfway Home, from the holiday anthology If the Fates Allow. A writer from a young age, Lilah resides in North Carolina and mostly enjoys staying indoors, though sometimes ventures out for concerts, museum visits, and quiet walks in the woods.
