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2011 Nominations for Over the Rainbow Books   2011 Nominations for Over the Rainbow Books

Bywater is pleased to announce that we have two books on the nominations list, The Girls Club by Sally Bellerose and Trick of the Dark by Val McDermid. Over the Rainbow Project is an expansion of the highly successful Rainbow Books project. | More


Kate Clinton Ebooks   Kate Clinton Ebooks

Bywater Books is delighted to announce the we will be publishing the ebook editions of Don’t Get Me Started and What the L? by Kate Clinton. A self-described fumerist (feminist/humorist), Kate taught high school English for eight years | More


BUY EBOOKS DIRECTLY FROM BYWATER   BUY EBOOKS DIRECTLY FROM BYWATER

Yes it’s true. Bywater is finally selling their ebooks from this site. You can start with 96 Hours by Georgia Beers and Trick of the Dark by Val McDermid our new ebooks. Remember the mobi files are for Kindle and the epub files are for | More


3rd Barry Award for Val McDermid   3rd Barry Award for Val McDermid

Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine awarded winners of the Barry Prize on September 15, 2011 at Bouchercon in St. Louis. Val McDermid won her third Barry Award in the Best Paperback Original category with her novel, Fever of the Bone. Congratulations | More


More Ebooks from Bywater   More Ebooks from Bywater

96 Hours by Georgia Beers and Trick of the Dark by Val McDermid are available as ebooks. Remember the mobi files are for Kindle and the epub files are for most other readers. The following titles are now in ebook form and for sale on this website. The | More


New Val McDermid mystery now on sale   New Val McDermid mystery now on sale

Trick of the Dark may be the best lesbian mystery you will ever read. Val McDermid has written a fascinating tale of murder and intrigue. Find out why McDermid is considered a master in her field. “Val McDermid is one of the bright lights | More


Three new ebooks from Bywater   Three new ebooks from Bywater

Shaken and Stirred by Joan Opyr, The Indelible Heart by Marianne K. Martin, and What’s Best for Jane are now available as ebooks. You can buy these books at your favorite ebook retailer including Barnes and Noble and Amazon.  More


Bywater Ebooks   Bywater Ebooks

Many of our readers have been asking when Bywater will start publishing ebooks. The answer is NOW! Our first ebook was Miss McGhee by Bett Norris followed by Last Chance at the Lost and Found by Marcia Finical. After those two titles we published | More


Review: Shaken and Stirred | EDGE Atlanta   Review: Shaken and Stirred | EDGE Atlanta

Shaken and Stirred drops Poppy Koslowski into a quarter-life crises in which she has a hysterectomy, plans and attends her alcoholic grandfather’s funeral, and reunites with the Femme who got away. It is an exploration of love and grief; how | More


Coming To Your Computer—Bywater Authors on Blog Tour   Coming To Your Computer—Bywater Authors on Blog Tour

Marianne K. Martin, Bett Norris, Stella Duffy, Jill Malone, Lindy Cameron, Sally Bellerose, and Georgia Beers are all going on an around-the-world virtual book tour. They will be guest blogging on each other’s blogs for the next four months | More


New Bett Norris book on sale   New Bett Norris book on sale

Hot off the press! What’s Best for Jane the amazing sequel to Miss McGhee.  More


Val McDermid receives Lambda’s Pioneer Award   Val McDermid receives Lambda’s Pioneer Award

This year at the 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards Val McDermid will be presented with the Pioneer Award. The Lambda Literary Foundation bestows its Pioneer Award on individuals who have broken new ground in the field of LGBT literature and | More


Dead Beat by Val McDermid   Dead Beat by Val McDermid

Dead Beat introduces Kate Brannigan, who does for Manchester what V.I. Warshawski has done for Chicago As a personal favor, Kate Brannigan agrees to take a case for the very successful pop star, Jett. Several years ago his songwriting partner | More


Stella Duffy| Parallel Lies: Behind the Book   Stella Duffy| Parallel Lies: Behind the Book

The worst thing about celebrities? Even when you’re trying not to pay them attention, you do. That actor who went to jail this summer—you know the one I mean, don’t you? Thought so. Celebrity culture is everywhere. And that can get | More


Marianne K. Martin on Romance   Marianne K. Martin on Romance

Romance is not the obvious place to explore the difficulties faced by gay teachers and students. All the more reason, says Marianne K. Martin, to do so. After all, “fictional characters, like real people, need to react to plausible, relevant | More


A Field Guide to Deception honored a second time   A Field Guide to Deception honored a second time

Jill Malone has been named as a finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Literary Award for A Field Guide to Deception. This is the second honor for this title as it was already named as a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Fiction.  More


Spotlight: The Lindsay Gordon Series by Val McDermid   Spotlight: The Lindsay Gordon Series by Val McDermid

Before Lindsay Gordon, there were sleuths who liked whiskey. And sleuths who liked cigarettes. And of course there were sleuths who liked women. The thing is, they were all men. Lindsay Gordon was the first lesbian. Out from the start, she strode | More