The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast

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

In this episode we talk about:

• Disaster fiction


• Announcing the 2025 fiction series and some milestones


• The challenge that large language models present to publishing


• Book Shopping
  • Derry, Caroline. 2020. Lesbianism and the Criminal Law: Three Centuries of Legal Regulation in England and Wales. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-35299-8
  
  
  
  


• Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction
  • A Victorian tale of life and love by Nicole Kotoman
  
  
  • My Beloved Viking by Victoria Valberg
  
  
  • The Legend of Pope Joan - Part 1: Frankia by author
  
  
  • The Legend of Pope Joan - Part 2: Athens by author
  
  
  • The Legend of Pope Joan - Part 3: Rome by author
  
  
  • Her Fair Lady by Catherine Stein
  
  
  • All Bets Off by Jaime Clevenger
  
  
  • Hearts in the Shadows by Zara Voss
  
  
  • Peril in Provence (The Mary Grey Mysteries #4) by Winnie Frolik
  
  
  • Gentlest of Wild Things by Sarah Underwood
  
  
  • Sor Juana, My Beloved: The Poetry, The Passion That Is Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz by MaryAnn Shank
  
  
  • The Greymere Cliffs: A gothic romance short story by Anne Knight
  
  
  • Strange Beasts by Susan J. Morris
  
  
  • Moonshine by Olivia Hampton
  
  
  • Her Last Secret by Renee Bess
  
  
  • Islands of Mice by Lucy Jacobs
  
  
  • The People Next Door by Anna Woiwood
  
  
  
  


• Other Titles of Interest
  • I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner
  
  
  • Women's Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery
  
  
  
  


• What I’ve been consuming
  • A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell
  
  
  • A Liaison with Her Leading Lady by Lotte R. James
  
  
  • Netherford Hall by Natania Barron
  
  
  • How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler
  
  
  • Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne
  
  
  • The First Rebellion by M.C. Beaton
  
  
  • Any Old Diamonds by K.J. Charles
  
  
  • Gilded Cage by K.J. Charles
  
  
  • Rag and Bone by K.J. Charles
  
  
  • Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton
  
  
  
  

A transcript of this podcast is available here. (Interview transcripts added when available.)

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