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Black Q***r Emancipation Open Mic - June 2024 — Vortex In honor, acknowledgment, and to celebrate the spirit and memory of Black Q***r folk during PRIDE with Juneteenth in mind, please join host Ebony Stewart and the community onstage at The VORTEX for an open-mic night on Monday, June 17th.

2nd Annual Carrying the Torch: A Juneteenth Remembrance and Reading for the Future https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2nd-annual-carrying-the-torch-a-reading-and-remembrance-for-the-future-tickets-917202065067?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Happy Pride Everyone!!! 🏳️‍🌈 Short on Q***r titles to read this month? Check out our stories everyday in June for our Gay Book of the Day! Don’t worry if you miss our picks, we’ll be posting weekly wrap-up’s of all our favorite Q***r titles all throughout the month. 🧡 This weeks round-up features our first eight picks of Pride:

🇵🇸 Day 1: Q***r Palestine and the Empire of Critique (Sa’eo Atshan)

🏳️‍⚧️ Day 2: Casa Susanna: The Story of the First Trans Network in the United States (Sophie Hackett)

🏀 Day 3: Coming Home (Brittney Griner)

💖 Day 4: Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar (Cynthia Carr)

🏛️ Day 5: After Sappho (Shelby Wynn Schwartz)

💌 Day 6: Nocturne for the King of Naples (Edmund White)

🚗 Day 7: Nevada (Imogen Binnie)

🐟 Day 8: The Pisces (Melissa Broder)

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TONIGHT-- BookWoman will be there with the author's book + much more!

Come join us! BookWoman will be there with Ariana Brown's books and much, much more!

Come join us! BookWoman will be there with Ariana Brown's books and much, much more!

Meet 2024 Rally Speaker Isra Cheema!

Isra Cheema (she/they) is a Q***r Pakistani Muslim Poet. Originally from the heart of Oklahoma, she holds an MFA from Texas State University. Isra is the founder and President of Q***r Muslims of ATX.

Q***rbomb 2024 is this Saturday, 6/1 1209 E. 6th St. - Doors @ 4pm - Resource Fair @ 5pm - Rally @ 7pm - March @ Sundown - Live DJs and Musicians all night until 2am!

www.facebook.com/events/414189198191144

Forever & Ever. Free Palestine. 🍉

Join us on Wednesday for a Q & A + Meet & Greet with Graphic Artist Lorian Merriman. We're hosting the Austin launch of their new book, Maelstrom

Once a peaceful pastoral kingdom overseen by a benevolent monarch, Valcrest is now ruled by the villainous Lady Renova, Mother of Evil, and her demon son and heir, Maelstrom, who has limited magic but can shape-shift. Valcrest’s denizens live a miserable, impoverished existence, suffering at Renova’s hand and waiting for the prophesied Hero of Virtue to arrive with the aptly named Sword of Virtue to end Lady Renova’s nefarious rule. Brown-skinned Twigs, a new Hero, seeks to assassinate Maelstrom, but it all goes awry, Maelstrom infiltrates the resistance (claiming to be on their side), and the two end up on the run from Renova’s soldiers together. As fate would have it, the improbable pair become close during their journey, which is replete with a glamorous ball (and the lush accompanying costuming), thrilling battles, double-crosses, and heart-fluttering romance. As feelings—and secrets—grow, Twigs and Maelstrom, who has pale peach-toned skin and blue hair, must confront their own truths before the kingdom disintegrates under Renova’s command. Fans of ND Stevenson’s Nimona will adore Merriman’s graphic novel debut, which is a sheer delight that mixes a wholly original and cleverly wrought fantasy with deeper issues of self-acceptance, friendship, found family, and identity. The book’s illustrations are striking, with a muted palette using splashes of color for dramatic, cinematic effect.

Sweet, exciting, and immersive: This exceptional fantasy has it all- Starred Kirkus Review

Our friend Zoë Lewis is coming to town-- ticket info at bottom of poster!

Greater Austin Book Festival Greater Austin Book Festival Discover local authors at this inaugural book festival. Central Library hosts authors from all over the greater Austin area – including Travis, Hays, and Williamson Counties – to engage with their community. Meet over 80 participating authors, shop local booksellers,...

The Library Foundation is delighted to sponsor a conversation among poets at the Greater Austin Book Fest, 4 p.m. May 11 at Austin Central Library. Join us to hear from KB Brookins, Laurie A. Filipelli, Roger Reeves, and Sergio Hernandez, with moderator Sarah Renee Beach.

The all day FREE fest runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Austin Public Library

The Library Foundation is excited to sponsor a panel on Medical Memoir at the Greater Austin Book Fest on May 11. Listen in on the conversation between. Lisa Doggett, author of "Up the Down Escalator: Medicine, Motherhood, and Multiple Sclerosis," and Greg Marshall, author of "Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It,"
The all day FREE fest runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Austin Central Library!

https://library.austintexas.gov/event/lectures-panels-conversations/gab-fest-medical-memoir-conversation-7747764

Austin Public Library