#qll

Well, thanks to the Queer Liberation Library, you can!

Shadow's Hidden Blade - My debut novel, about a woman who teams up with an amnesiac circus performer to solve a murder in a steampunk world torn apart by a war between gods.

Splintertown- An orphaned mind reader must use her powers to enact a revenge plot to save her friends from a dangerous criminal.

The Queer Liberation Library is doing a fundraiser all throughout June. Duck Prints Press was already planning to donate to QLL this month as part of our Pride Bundle Charity Fundraiser (so far, we’ll be donating around $40, but we hope to raise that), but we wanted to shout-out QLL because they’re just that awesome – an online Libby library available, for free, to everyone in the United States, chuck full of queer books! – and also because we’ve made a team for the fundraiser, and if our team can hit $300, we can ask QLL to pick up any book of our choice – and we’re going to ask them to get more of Duck Prints Press’s books (they have some already, so if you want to get our books from the library, they’re a great choice… just sayin’…)!

Join our team and donate to support Queer Liberation Library and free access (in the US) to queer books!

In the US and don’t yet have a library card for the Queer Liberation Library? Do the thing!

(We also have a long-standing $5/month donation to QLL, because they deserve it, dang it.)

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Hello Tumblr! I am posting this on behalf of the Queer Liberation Library, who don't yet have a Tumblr, but have promised me they're working on it. Some of you may remember them from the Twitter Poll I was involved in a few months ago where Hunger Pangs: True Love Bites beat multiple award-winning, trad-pub queer authors with a hefty 69% (nice).

For those of you unaware, the Queer Liberation Library, or QLL, is an organization fighting to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future by connecting LGBTQ+ people with literature, information, and resources that celebrate the unique and empowering diversity of our community.

And today, June 12th, 2023, they launched their fundraiser to try and reach 15k so that they can start purchasing digital licensing for queer media and hopefully open their digital doors to library patrons across the US in 2023 with as many queer and trans books as possible.

You can check out their newly redesigned website here:

(If you are in an unsafe space and need to exit the webpage quickly, there is a quick exit bar at the top that redirects to a weather page. When I spoke to them about their web design they were also open to accessibility suggestions and are potentially working on a dark mode for those of us who need it.)

If you know me, you know I am unequivocally pro-library, both as a reader and a queer writer. But with the current rise of homophobia, transphobia, and the proposed ban on books taking hold in certain States, the importance of having protected access queer books cannot be over-emphasized enough.

The QLL aims to protect that access, aiming to provide FREE access to queer and trans media (ebook and audio) to patrons regardless of location within the United States.

They are funded entirely through regular donations from their supporters and their now annual Pride fundraiser, where they hope to afford the cost of not just library books but also maintaining their web presence and staff.

I cannot emphasize enough how much this project is a labor of love for everyone involved and its importance.

And just to clarify, I am not involved in any way beyond raising awareness. When QLL reached out and asked me to retweet their fundraiser tweets, I readily agreed and offered to post about it on Tumblr because I believe in their mission and the world they are trying to build.

One where queer and trans books can't be banned or taken off of shelves because of bigotry and hatred.

If you would like to donate to the cause, you can do so here:

They've already surpassed their first 2k, and it'd be absolutely wonderful if we could help them reach their next milestone. And if you can't give, please consider signal boosting this post.

You can also follow QLL at:

Twitter: @queerliblib 

Instagram: @queerliblib