US 🤝 UK: loving good books
If you’re in the UK and have been coveting the US edition of A Gentleman’s Gentleman, or if you’re in the US and think the UK edition of The Earl Meets His Match is the bee’s knees, OR if you live anywhere and want to get your hands on either version, have I got a giveaway for you.
I planned this giveaway months ago, waaaaaaay before the UK Supreme Court decision, but here’s a long story VERY short for USians and those out of the loop: for years, groups of “gender critical” or “trans exclusionary radical feminists” (terfs) have been working toward this court decision, as it creates a murky, incoherent, and contradictory area of law when it comes to trans people and what rights they have. The goal is to criminalize gender nonconformity and erase trans people from public life through threats and violence. Rulings like this are not confined to their country of origin. This is a global problem, and shit like this makes life worse for trans people everywhere.
Cis people, I need you to do something: Take 10 minutes and look up what anti-trans legislation is being debated in your local area. Are there things like The Defense of Women Because They’re So Frail & Bad at Sports Act or The Protection of Children’s Souls By Denying Their Personhood Bill? Even if you live in a liberal area, I guarantee you someone is trying this nonsense down at the local rec center or school board. Write one letter, make one phone call, show up to one meeting. Then do it again. And again. And again. I need you to be as persistent as a billionaire transphobe with wizard boy money to throw around because that’s who we’ve been dealing with for the last decade and change.
Alternatively/additionally, Genre Creators for Trans Rights in the United Kingdom and South Africa are holding an auction, where you can bid on many nice things including signed copies of The Earl Meets His Match and A Gentleman’s Gentleman.
Next month is June, which means I am getting booked for Pride events! More details coming soon to my events page. Save the date if I’m going to be in your neck of the woods:
Panel: Crafting Queer Happy Endings at DC Public Library World Pride
Saturday, May 31 at 2pm
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington DC
Panel: The Gayest Love Story Ever Told at Books Are Magic
Monday, June 16 at 7pm
Brooklyn NY
PrideFest at B&N Philadelphia
Saturday, June 21 from 12-3pm
Philadelphia PA
Signing at Kiss & Tale Bookshop
Saturday, June 21 at 4pm
Collingswood NJ
Pride Panel at RJ Julia
Thursday, June 26 (time TBD)
Madison CT
The Florida Freedom to Read Project needs funds. I’m a Floridian who writes books so this one is personal. If you donate $10+ I will literally thank you in the acknowledgements for Love & Lake Monsters (Atria, 2026). Simply reply to this email with your redacted receipt and tell me how you want your name to appear.
This month’s links:
Batman Forever is the best Batman film actually
Columbo isn’t real but what if
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