On the Shelf for August 2026 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 349

On the Shelf for August 2026 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 349 with Heather Rose Jones

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

In this episode we talk about:

• A brief recap of the podcast’s history.
• Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
  • Roulston, Chris & Caroline Gonda, eds. 2023. Decoding Anne Lister: From the Archives to ‘Gentleman Jack’ . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 9781009280723
  • Blumreich, Kathleen M. “Lesbian Desire in the Old French Roman de Silence,” in Arthuriana 7:2 (1997): 47-62.
  • Paton, Lucy Allen. 1907. “The Story of Grisandole: A Study in the Legend of Merlin” in PMLA vol. 22, no. 2. pp.234-276.
  • Schleiner, Winfried. 1992. “Le feu caché: Homosocial Bonds Between Women in a Renaissance Romance” in Renaissance Quarterly 45: 293-311.
• Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction
  • Bodhi and Gwen by Del Robertson
  • The Education of Miss Pryce by Hannah Briar
  • The Language of Flowers (Lavender Society #1) by Hannah Briar
  • The Lost Brontë by Catherine Friend
  • Going Down at the Point by Kimberlee Jarrett Wilson
  • The Harrow Home for Wayward Girls by Jessica Spotswood
  • The Keeper's Light (Edge of the World #1) by Margaret Fridley
  • The Tailor's Treasure by Alison McKenzie
  • The Haunting of Avis Lovelock by M.K. Hardy
• Call for submissions for the 2026 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.

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

Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online

• Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
• Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
• RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
• Twitter: @LesbianMotif
• Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
• The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon

Links to Heather Online

• Website: http://alpennia.com
• Email: Heather Rose Jones
• Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop
• Bluesky: @heatherrosejones
• Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)