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The podcast is Books That Burn because the original idea was "books that burn you", discussing fictional depictions of trauma. It's also an intentional reminder of the pile of burning books, you know the photo I mean, the one from WWII. It's a pile of books about queerness, gender, and sexuality. Just in case you don't know, the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Institute for Sexual Science) was headed by Magnus Hirschfeld.  It was a resource for gay, intersex, and transgender people, both of knowledge and medical help. It also helped the community with addiction treatment and contraception. It wasn't perfect and some of the ideas they had seem out of date now, the ones we know about anyway. But they were trying to make queer people's lives better, and they were a community resource at a time when people really needed it. Which is all the time, we always need these accesses. And the Nazis burned the whole library. It took days, they had to drag the books ou
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BBNYA Spotlight - Angels by Rachel Churcher

About BBNYA and the Spotlight Tours

The Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Award (BBNYA) is celebrating the books that made it to the semi-finals with a mini spotlight blitz tour for each title.

BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 16 finalists and one overall winner.

If you want some more information about BBNYA, check out the BBNYA Website https://www.bbnya.com/ or take a peek over on Twitter @BBNYA_Official. BBNYA is brought to you in association with the @Foliosociety (if you love beautiful books, you NEED to check out their website!) and the book blogger support group @The_WriteReads.

Book Details

LENGTH: 400 Pages
GENRE: Contemporary, Literary
AGE CATEGORY: New Adult
DATE PUBLISHED: November 24, 2023

Bookshop (Affiliate): https://bookshop.org/a/12882/9781916386860

Indie Story Geek: https://indiestorygeek.com/story/6982

Amazon Link: https://a.co/d/8v9EBNb (Canada) https://a.co/d/2TZO8zT (USA) https://amzn.eu/d/7E2u4RY (UK)

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201153830-angels

The Story Graph Link: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/fec56dad-85f8-476b-b14d-bd56708fc08a 

Blurb

Angels have lived among us for as long as we can remember. They don't have powers, but they do have wings. They've always hidden their wings, and who they are - until Kane.

Melodie Abbott remembers the day she saw Kane's taboo-shattering billboard. A beautiful model showing his wings on Oxford Street, on a photo as tall as a building.

When sixteen-year-old Mel finally meets her idol, disaster strikes. Can she find a way to free herself from his shadow, and what will her future hold?

'Angels' is a coming-of-age story, a university heartbreak novel with a twist, a celebration of friendship and desire, and an exploration of attraction, identity and self-expression.

It takes courage to find your wings ...


Author Bio

Rachel Churcher fell in love with space flight at the age of five, after watching the launch of the first orbital Space Shuttle mission. She fell in love with science fiction shortly after that, and in her teens she discovered dystopian fiction. She went on to earn a Masters Degree in Science Fiction Studies, and spent many years working as a magazine writer and editor. Her UK-based friendship-centred dystopian Battle Ground Series has won two international book awards, and five-star reviews from readers aged 11 to 80. She's always happy to meet writers and readers, and talk about SF, YA fiction, politics (in the widest sense), dinosaurs, writing, and the merits of various fictional starships.

Follow her online at RachelChurcherWriting on Instagram and GoodReads, and find her books at TallerBooks.com.

A young woman with long brown hair faces away from the camera. A queer rainbow flag is on her right pants pocket. The white outline of wings are painted on her back.A person with short, brown hair, smiling at the camera. She is wearing light blue with white embroidery over a dark shirt.




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