On the Shelf for September 2026- The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 351

On the Shelf for September 2026 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 351 with Heather Rose Jones

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

In this episode we talk about:

• My non-fiction book The Theory of Related-ivity: A History and Analysis of the Best Related Work Hugo Category
• Resources for the Anthropic class action settlement
  • Authors Guild explainer
  • Writer Beware resource page
• Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction
  • The Copper Line (Still Sisters #1) by Gabi Prevot
  • The Bitter Cut (Still Sisters #2) by Gabi Prevot
  • The First Tin (Still Sisters #0.1) by Gabi Prevot
  • The Yard Light (Still Sisters #0.2) by Gabi Prevot
  • The End Crowns All by Bea Fitzgerald
  • Locusta by Emily Dexter
  • Sweet Mother, I Cannot Weave by T.D. Cloud
  • Empress, Goddess by Morgan H. Owen
  • My Betterhalf: A Novel of the Ladies of Llangollen by Genevieve Sinclair
  • A Study in Silence by Elizabeth Louise
  • A Match for Lady Adelaide by Verity Fairbanks
  • Time Never Waits (Chathom Chronicles # 1) by Samantha Calcott & Melinda Lauer
  • Her Lady's Companion by Odette Valehart
  • The Crooked Medium's Guide to Terror (Crooked Medium #2) by Stephen Cox
  • A Ruin of Roses by Corinne Astier
  • The Last Telegram of Mrs Hudson by Mattea Orr
  • A Deadly Entanglement (Harriman & Mancini Mystery #2) by Cathy Pegau
  • The Borderless Sky by Kim Kirkley
  • The Marigold Room by Josephine Bray
  • You Made Me Love You by K D Jensen
  • The Quiet Fields by Zinnia Bradley
• Other Books of Interest
  • Crazy Woman (The Crazy Woman #1) by K'Anne Meinel
  • Women of Adventure (The Crazy Woman #2) by K'Anne Meinel
  • Hearts on the Table by Susan Metallo
• What I’ve been consuming
  • How to Fake it in Society by K.J. Charles
  • The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri
  • Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
  • A Murderous Business by Cathy Pegau
  • Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
  • The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher
  • Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher
• Call for submissions for the 2027 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)