Featured
Shaken and Stirred and The Girls Club win 2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards
Congratulations are in order for Joan Opyr and Sally Bellerose. Joan’s book, Shaken and Stirred, won the Silver Medal and Sally’s book, The Girls Club, won the Bronze medal in the Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Trans Fiction category in the Independent Publisher... More →
Michele Karlsberg new Publisher at Bywater Books
Bywater Books is pleased to announce that Michele Karlsberg will join us in her new capacity as publisher beginning on May 1, 2012. She will assume all of the duties of the publisher with a particular emphasis on managing the transition into the digital... More →
8 New Ebooks from Bywater
We have eight new ebooks hot off the press! Or should that be hot out of the converter? Whatever it should be the point is Bywater has eight more ebooks for sale. Don’t miss Idaho Code by Joan Opyr. Joan’s first book was a finalist for a Lambda... More →
Events
Sally Bellerose reading events for The Girls Club
The Writing Room Reading Forbes Library 20 West St Northampton MA 01060 413-587-1011 June More →
Elana Dykewomon in Europe & the USA
Elana Dykewomon is giving a day-long presentation at the forum: Politicizing Trans/Trans_forming More →
Bywater Authors attend the GCLS 2012
Georgia Beers, Mari SanGiovanni, Marianne K. Martin, and editor Kelly Smith will More →
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Newsletters
April 2012
Kate Clinton talks about icons. And six Bywater authors receive nominations. More →
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Authors
Bett Norris
Bett Norris, born and raised in Alabama a few short miles from the place where Harper More →
Mari SanGiovanni
Mari SanGiovanni lives in Rhode Island not very far from her perfect Italian family. More →
Marcia Finical
Marcia Finical was born and raised in Seattle and lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, More →
Hilary Sloin
Hilary Sloin is a novelist, short fiction writer, essayist, and playwright. Her work More →
Sally Bellerose
Sally Bellerose was awarded a Fellowship in Literature from the National Endowment More →
Katherine V. Forrest
Katherine V. Forrest thinks that there’s something about a 40th birthday that More →
Cynn Chadwick
Cynn Chadwick was born and raised in New Jersey but has lived in the South for over More →
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News
5 Bywater Titles Goldie Awards Finalists
We are happy to announce that five Bywater titles are finalists in the Eight Annual More →
Foreword Book Awards—4 Bywater Finalists
The Foreword Book of the Year Awards finalists have also been announced. This year More →
2 Bywater titles Lambda Literary Award Finalists
The Girls Club by Sally Bellerose is a finalist in the Lesbian Debut Fiction category More →
Superb reviews for Sally Bellerose’s The Girls Club
Congratulations are due to Sally Bellerose for her incredible debut novel, The Girls More →
Woman-Stirred Radio Audio Archives
Click here to listen to Bywater authors Val McDermid, Marianne K. Martin, Joan Opyr, More →
Two Gold Medals for Lisa Gitlin
Lisa Gitlin’s novel I Came Out For This? has been awarded two Independent Publishers More →
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Submissions
Submission Form
Manuscript Submission Use this form to submit your work. Be sure to read our list... More →
Submission Tips
The Basics: 1. Follow Directions While it may seem that publishers are in a conspiracy to force you to make changes every time you have to submit a manuscript, this is not the case.... More →
Submitting your manuscript to Bywater Books
How to Submit Your Manuscript Bywater Books is looking for well-written commercial fiction targeted to lesbian readers. We are especially interested in mysteries, romances and general... More →
