#hari conner

[anineillustration]

Here's one of the drawings I contributed to the fantastic Hari Conner's new book Into The Tower which is coming out in September! It sounds super good and all the other artists are amazing, I'm a little star struck.

✨You can pre-order here if you so wish ✨

[bookaddict24-7]

(New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (October 8th, 2024)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Releases:

The Art Thieves by Andrea L. Rogers

The Dividing Sky by Jill Tew

Red in Tooth & Claw by Lish McBride

If You're Not the One by Farah Naz Rishi

Divine Mortals by Amanda M. Helander

I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner

Lucy, Uncensored by Mel Hammond & Teghan Hammond

The Terrifying Tales of Vivian Vance by Joshua Ulrich

Light Enough to Float by Lauren Seal

Giddy Barber Explodes in 11 by Dina Havranek

Wrongs Answers Only by Tobias Madden

Zodiac Rising by Katie Zhao

Sally's Lament by Mari Mancusi

A Vile Season by David Ferraro

Fledgling by S.K. Ali

Only for the Holidays by Abiola Bello

Twenty-Four Seconds From Now... by Jason Reynolds

New Sequels:

Under All the Lights (When It All Syncs Up #2) by Maya Ameyaw

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Happy reading!

[transbookoftheday]

I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner

The Prince and the Dressmaker goes to Austenland in this historically inspired, joyfully queer, stunningly romantic graphic novel mash-up of Jane Austen novels—where two friends discover their feelings for each other and find a space in their world for their love and identity.

George has major problems: They’ve just inherited the failing family estate, and the feelings for their best friend, Eleanor, have become more complicated than ever. Not to mention, if anyone found out they were secretly dressing in men’s clothes, George is sure it would be ruination for the family name.

Eleanor has always wanted to do everything "right," including falling in love—but she’s never met a boy she was interested in. She’d much rather spend time with her best friend, George, and beloved cousin Charlotte. However, when a new suitor comes to town, she finds her closest friendships threatened, forcing her to rethink what "right" means and confront feelings she never knew she had.

Perfect for fans of Alice Oseman and Ngozi Ukazu, I Shall Never Fall in Love shines a light on what it means to be true to yourself and rewrites the rules for what makes a happily ever after.

[bookshelvesandtealeaves]

✨ BOOK REVIEW ✨

I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner

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THIS BOOK IS EVERYTHING OH MY GOSH. Thank you so much to Tandem Global and Simon & Schuster for sending me a copy of this one.

This is the kind of Emma retelling I’ve been looking for. It is absolutely perfect. Sort of Emma meets Gentleman Jack. I was LIVING for it.

The art style is absolutely gorgeous. I am absolutely in love with the art and these characters and everything about the aesthetics of this book. It’s soft and pretty and a little comical at times. The characters expressions are absolutely perfect in every frame and all the colours fit the tone perfectly.

I adored every character. So, so much. George and Eleanor are such a lovely, ridiculous couple, and Charlotte and Sophie are fantastic side characters.

This book explores heavy societal topics such as racism, classism and gender and sexual identity with so much care and nuance and love. I especially loved George’s gender journey and the way so many people accepted them as they are. Queer joy can and SHOULD exist in historical stories too.

I really just can’t recommend this enough.

[tiffbaxter]

🔔The Procession🔔 Last year I did some work for @haridraws upcoming book 'Into The Tower' and I can now show you a sneak peek!

Preorder links here.

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The newest graphic novel from stellar Quindrie Press editor Hari Conner!

hey happy valentines, behold: the (american) COVER REVEAL FOR MY NEW BOOK ✨🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎩☕

it's a queer regency rom-com out later this year and IF you’re based in US/ Canada, it's now available to pre-order

If you're somewhere else - more news coming soon. in an exciting win for the gay agenda, this book is actually getting its own UK (ireland australia etc) version and some translations.

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INSPIRATION / VIBES:

tbh I'm an Austen nerd / fan of repressed period drama LONGING

been wanting to do a fun vaguely chaotic comic version with a n-b transmasc love interest since literally 2018

the inherent absurd comedy (tragicomedy?) of people assuming you're cis or straight despite literally all the evidence

got very into pre-victorian queer history, generally v interested in real histories of marginalised people that rarely get taught in schools

decolonial undertones... come for the lovely fun queer romance, stay for the gateway ideas deconstructing the regency genre...

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Hear when it comes out here

[hiddenbookcasepodcast]

Our episode on Finding Home by @haridraws is here! Let's talk art style, portrayals of abuse in fiction, and arboreal emotions 🌳🏡🌱

Listen here or find us wherever you get your podcasts.

Transcripts are available on our website. Closed captions are available on our YouTube.

[blushedfemmes]

screamingggg i need every single butchfemme who’s ever loved jane austen or regency era period dramas to read “I Shall Never Fall in Love” by Hari Conner it’s a graphic novel feat. a queer romance and a transmasc MC and it’s extremely butchfemme and it’s so realistic to the time period and not sugarcoated at all and i literally just stayed up way later than i should have to finish it and oh my fucking god i need someone else to read this so i can scream about it with them. my fellow pride & prejudice femmes if you have ever daydreamed abt a butch darcy READ THIS BOOK I BEG

[dtaphanel]

Last year I had the pleasure of illustrating a piece for Hari Conner's (@haridraws) "Into the Tower", an illustrated game-in-a-book. You can pre-order the book here: https://hari-illustration.com/into-the-tower

insta | masto | portfolio | prints | kofi | patreon

[lakecountylibrary]

any recommendations for light/silly fantasy for someone who's read most of them? favourites are: finding home by hari conner, so this is ever after, emily wilde, the ruthless lady's guide to wizardry, legends and lattes, terry pratchett. also liked the very secrety society of irregular witches, the league of gentlewomen witches, tress of the emerald sea, some other f t lukens books, swordheart, fangs by sarah anderson. so anything with those vibes that are not one of those. I do want to read half a soul and psalm for the wild-built but I can't get them currently through my library.

Wow you were not kidding when you said you had read most of them! Many we would typically recommend are already in your list, but we DO have some more for you that hopefully you haven't read!

Oh, and real quick: You may have already done this, but if you haven't - check and see if your library has a purchase request or interlibrary loan service. Many libraries do, and often people don't know about it. They might be able to get you Half a Soul and Psalm for the Wild-Built if they know you're looking for them!

Now on to the recs:

Rachel says:

I have not read it yet, but I have heard great things about A Lady's Guide to Marvels and Misadventure by Angela Bell. And as a kid, I loved Bunnicula by James & Deborah Howe.

Abby says:

Try A Spell for Heartsickness by Alistair Reeves. The MC is a manic witch with a snarky corvid familiar, and they have to navigate setting up shop in a remote village that's harboring secrets and surrounded by some creepy woods.

Since you like FT Lukens I think you'd like this too.

Robin says:

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan - it's portal fantasy and the main character is incredibly genre aware. And sarcastic about it. The author is on tumblr and it shows (in a good way!)

Since you like T. Kingfisher, if you haven't continued on with Paladin's Grace yet it's very much in the vein of Swordheart so give that a look. You could also try A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking which is a bit different to the World of the White Rat books but still great!

The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede was a formative read for me. Princess Cimorene is determined to avoid marriage so she arranges to get herself carried off by a dragon. It's a delight. Start with Dealing with Dragons.

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Hopefully there are a few there you haven't read yet and that you'll like! You can also check out our fantasy tag for all the fantasy recs we've made here over the years, light-hearted and otherwise!

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🌈 Queer Books Coming Out in October 2024 🌈

🌈 Good afternoon, my bookish bats! Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Happy reading!

❓What was the last queer book you read?

[ Release dates may have changed. List below! ]

❤️ Back in the Hunt - K. Sterling 🧡 The Connoisseur's Christmas Courtship - L.M. Bennett 💛 Shoestring Theory - Mariana Costa 💚 The Black Hunger - Nicholas Pullen 💙 Wild Fire - Radclyffe 💜 Because Fat Girl - Lauren Marie Fleming ❤️ The Ace and Aro Relationship Guide - Cody Daigle-Orians 🧡 Soul Survivors - River Kai 💛 Stolen Hearts - Michele Castleman 💙 Reverence - Milena McKay 💜 Love Immortal - Kit Vincent

❤️ Take a Sad Song - Ona Gritz 🧡 Showmance - Chad Beguelin 💛 Redundancies & Potentials - Dominique Dickey 💚 Alexander - Karla Nikole 💙 Rest in Peaches - Alex Brown 💜 Rise of the Wrecking Crew - Kalynn Bayron ❤️ Language Lessons - Sage Donnell 🧡 Legend of the White Snake - Sher Lee 💛 Sorcery and Small Magis - Maiga Doocy 💙 Cried Out - Kate Hawthorne 💜 Skysong - C.A. Wright 🌈 No Rules Tonight - Kim Hyun Sook, Ryan Estrada

❤️ My Mother's Ridiculous Rules for Dating - Philip William Stover 🧡 I Shall Never Fall in Love - Hari Conner 💛 Castle Swimmer - Wendy Martin 🧡 The Hollow and the Haunted - Camilla Raines 💙 How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund? - Anna Montague 💜 The Arizona Triangle - Sydney Graves ❤️ Every Rule Undone - Nancy S.M. Waldman 🧡 Mister Nice - Jamie Jennings 💛 Under the Mistletoe with You - Lizzie Huxley-Jones 💙 How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnameable Disaster - Muriel Leung 💜 The Snowball Effect - Haley Cass 🌈 This Will Be Fun - E.B. Asher

❤️ Our Evenings - Alan Hollinghurst 🧡 Don't Let the Forest In - C.G. Drews 💛 Finding Delaware - Bree Wiley 💚 The Reeds - Arjun Basu 💙 The Bloodless Princes - Charlotte Bond 💜 Women's Hotel - Daniel M. Lavery ❤️ Alex McKenna and the Academy of Souls - Vicki-Ann Bush 🧡 A Vile Season - David Ferraro 💛 Synchronicity - J.J. Hale 💙 Writ of Love - Cassidy Crane 💜 Di-Curious - Erin Branch 🌈 Swordcrossed - Freya Marske

❤️ Stand Up! - Tori Sharp 🧡 Haunt Me, Baby - Rose Santoriello 💚 Planet Drag: Uncover the Global Herstory - Various 💙 Until We Shatter - Kate Dylan 💜 Metal from Heaven - August Clarke ❤️ Vicious Fates and Vast Futures - Tilly Bramley 🧡 The Daughter of Danray - Natalia Hernandez 💛 If I Stopped Haunting You - Colby Wilkens 💙 The Darkness Behind The Door - Mira Gonzalez 💜 Hunt Monsters, Do Magic, and Fall in Love - A.M. Weald 🌈 Jasmine Is Haunted - Mark Oshiro

❤️ Model Home - Rivers Solomon 🧡 Haunting Melody - Chloe Spencer 💛 The Door in Lake Mallion - S.M. Beiko 💚 The City in Glass - Nghi Vo 💙 Fang Fiction - Kate Stayman-London 💜 The Merriest Misters - Timothy Janovsky ❤️ Make the Season Bright - Ashley Herring Blake 🧡 My Kind of Trouble - L.A. Schwartz 💛 To Become A Flower - CEON 💙 What Was Lost - Melissa Connelly 💜 The Forbidden Book - Sacha Lamb 🌈 This Dark Paradise - Erin Luken

❤️ The Sound of Storms - Anya Keeler 🧡 Country Queers - Rae Garringer 💛 A Spell for Heartsickness - Alistair Reeves 💚 The Stars Inside Us - Kristy Gardner 💙 October's Ocean - Delaine Coppock 💜 Haunt Your Heart Out - Amber Roberts ❤️ The Dark Becomes Her - Judy I. Lin 🧡 Power Pose - Emily Silver 💛 The Magic You Make - Jason June 💙 House of Elephants - Claribel A. Ortega 💜 Tegan and Sara: Crush - Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, Tillie Walden 🌈 The Brightness Between Us - Eliot Schrefer

❤️ The Spring before Obergefell - Benjamin S. Grossberg 🧡 Pray For Him - Tyler Battaglia 💛 Coup de Grâce - Sofia Ajram 💚 Coal Gets In Your Veins - Cat Rector 💙 He Who Bleeds - Dorian Valentine 💜 The Revenge of Captain Vessia - Leslie Allen ❤️ Camelot's Tower - Brooke Matthews 🧡 The Manor - Tiffany E. Taylor 💛 Arcanum - Ashlyn Drewek 💙 Strange Beasts - Susan J. Morris 💜 On Vicious Worlds - Bethany Jacobs 🌈 Death Song - B. Ripley

❤️ Best Hex Ever - Nadia El-Fassi 🧡 I'll Be Gone for Christmas - Georgia K. Boone 💛 Make My Wish Come True - Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick 💚 Gentlest of Wild Things - Sarah Underwood 💙 Troth - E.H. Lupton 💜 Solis - Paola Mendoza & Abby Sher ❤️ Lucy, Uncensored - Mel Hammond, Teghan Hammond 🧡 Mama - Nikkya Hargrove 💛 Under All the Lights - Maya Ameyaw 💙 Reclaimed - Seth Haddon 💜 The Devil's Dilemma - Alex J. Adams 🌈 The Jovian Madrigals - Janneke de Beer

❤️ Blood Price - Nicole Evans 🧡 Worship Me - K.C. Blume 💛 All the Hearts You Eat - Hailey Piper 💚 The Nightmare Before Kissmas - Sara Raasch 💙 Rogue Community College - David R. Slayton 💜 Mistress of Hours - Emma Elizabeth ❤️ The Dog Trainer's Secret - Sav Uong 🧡 Most Wonderful - Georgia Clark 💛 Antenora - Dori Lumpkin 💙 House of Frank - Kay Synclaire 💜 Sir Callie and the Witch's War - Esme Symes-Smith 🌈 Prince of Fortune - Lisa Tirreno

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🌟 Enter the TAGS Fest fundraising raffle!

This Saturday, Dec 7th 2024, TAGS Fest is taking place at Fruitmarket, Edinburgh! If you'd like to support future TAGS events, you can buy a raffle ticket and enter to win one of two signed books from Edinburgh-based creator Hari Conner @haridraws! You can find a link to buy raffle tickets right here or buy tickets on the day at the TAGS welcome desk, right next to the entrance to the Warehouse.

Rules & more info about the books below the cut:

🏛️ INTO THE TOWER (14+) is a choose-your-own pathbook, out now internationally & online! - Illustrated solo RPG - Suitable for beginners, all you need is a pencil - Good gift for your nerdy partner, friend or DM - (By the same author: INTO THE DUNGEON (10+) for shorter, kid-friendly fun!)

💕 I SHALL NEVER FALL IN LOVE (14+) is a new graphic novel that just came out! - Jane Austen mashup x real marginalised history - ‘What if Mr Darcy was trans’ energy - Waterstones and bookshop.org ‘Best YA of 2024’ list

✏️ These books are by local author/illustrator HARI CONNER who extremely wishes they could attend TAGS Fest, but can't due to disability + immune problems. Their spirit is haunting the con and their books are here as tribute/prizes, though.

📄 RULES: One ticket = one entry. There is no limit on entries per customer. Two winners will be drawn to win one of each book. The winners will be contacted by email after TAGS Fest 2024. If a winner does not respond within one week of being contacted, another winner will be chosen. Prizes will be posted to the winners. UK addresses only, not open internationally.

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TAGS Fest is a free-to-attend market event in Edinburgh dedicated to spotlighting Scotland’s small press talent, from comics and graphic novels to tabletop games and board games.

WHEN: December 7th 2024 WHERE: Fruitmarket, Edinburgh WHAT: A marketplace with over 40 independent creators, and a Board Game Zone with both drop-in and bookable games available!

🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest and our other exhibitors at tagsfest.co.uk

[bookshelvesandtealeaves]

🚨 TANDEM READALONG ALERT 🚨

Thank you so much Tandem Collective and Simon & Schuster Australia for sending a copy of this one my way! The date for this readalong is tomorrow (I think? 😂) so go grab a copy and join in!

I can’t wait to hear everyone’s thoughts.

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✨ I SHALL NEVER FALL IN LOVE BY HARI CONNER

SYNOPSIS:

George has always been in love with their best friend, Eleanor – and has always tried to ignore it.

Now Eleanor is coming of age and expected to marry a suitable man, it doesn’t matter how George feels – they have to let her go. Besides, George is busy avoiding their aunt’s matchmaking, taking over the failing family estate, and trying to keep their dressing in men’s clothes a secret.

Eleanor has always wanted to do everything ‘right,’ including falling in love – but she’s never met a boy she’s interested in. She’s more concerned with finding the perfect match for her cousin Charlotte, and working out why George is suddenly pulling away. But Eleanor’s friendships seem to be falling apart, and she’s beginning to realise that she likes George more than any man she’s met at a ball…

[haveyoureadthisqueerbook]

Tash Hearts Tolstoy, Kathryn Ormsbee, ace

Transmogrify! 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic, edited by g haron davis, trans and many other things

The Secret History, Donna Tart, mlm

Black Water Sister, Zen Cho, lesbian

Spell Bound F T Lukens, nb/m romance

In Deeper Waters, F T Lukens, mlm

So This is Ever After, F T Lukens, mlm

Hench, Natalie Zina Walschots, bi main character

Legends and Lattes, Travis Baldree, wlw

She Drives Me Crazy, Kelly Quindlen, wlw

The Atlas Six, Olivie Blake, idk everyone's bi

These Violent Delights, Micah Nemerever, mlm

The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry, C M Waggoner, wlw

The Girls I've Been, Tess Sharpe, wlw

Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses, Kristen O'Neal, bi main character

Between Perfect and Real, Ray Stoeve, trans main character

Kemosha of the Caribbean, Alex Wheatle, wlw

Tarnished are the Stars, Rosiee Thor, aro and wlw rep

Golden Boys, Phil Stamper, mlm

Vespertine, Margaret Rogerson, aroace

Malibu Rising, Taylor Jenkins Reid, lesbian part-main-character (one of four)

The Henna Wars, Adiba Jaigirdar, wlw

I'm Afraid of Men, Vivek Shraya, trans author (autobiographical)

The Gilded Wolves trilogy, Roshani Chokshi, mlm and poly rep

That Inevitable Victorian Thing, E K Johnston, wlw and intersex rep

Girls of Paper and Fire, Natasha Ngan, wlw

Daja's Book, Tamora Pierce, wlw

If We Were Villains, M L Rio, mlm

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid, wlw

Ramona Blue, Julie Murphy, sapphic but questioning main character

The Fascinators, Andrew Eliopulos, mlm

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, Hank Green, bi main character

On a Sunbeam, Tillie Walden, wlw

Wilder Girls, Rory Power, wlw

Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit, Jaye Robin Brown, wlw

We Are Totally Normal, Naomi Kanakia, mlm and some unaddressed trans undertones

Like a Love Story, Abdi Nazemian, mlm

Pet, Akwaeke Emezi

The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass, Adan Jerreat-Poole, nb gay queer rep

Finding Home series, Hari Conner, mlm

The Sea in You, Jessi Sheron, wlw

Love Letters, Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West, wlw

The Summer of Jordie Perez, Amy Spalding, wlw

I Was Born for This, Alice Oseman, trans, mlm, and unlabelled main characters

Radio Silence, Alice Oseman, demisexual and bi main characters

Ash, Malinda Lo, lesbians

Our Wives Under the Sea, Julia Armfield, trans and wlw main characters

Confessions of Frannie Langton, Sara Collins, wlw

A Taste of Gold and Iron, Alexandra Rowland, mlm

Even Though I Knew the End, C L Polk, wlw

Huntress, Malinda Lo, wlw

Hope that's better, sorry I missed the submissions form! I checked everything against your list so these are all new.

These are finally all queued! Thanks for your patience :)

[beyondtheclose]

I was tagged by @otpcutie, thank you for tagging me💖 and sorry it took me so long to do it! This was fun to do and turned out kinda cute

Type your name or blog name followed by "core" into Pinterest and post the first 9 pictures with a quote from a book of your choice.

There's a comfort in being lost. A solace in the unmapped forest. No guide or direction but the sun and stars. But there's a different sort of comfort to routine. To a space carved out for yourself, where something neatly fits. ~ Hari Conner (Finding Home, Vol. 4)

Tagging: @basicallyahedgehog @katia-anyway @peachpety @nv-md @laudh8 @crazybutgood @mxlfoydraco and of course no pressure to do it! Please tag me if you do though, I'd love to see it 💛

[haridraws]

Hey, just a heads up that your I Shall Never Fall In Love bookshop.org page has two versions of the book - same details but different cover and slightly different pub dates. Not sure which one is correct. https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/i-shall-never-fall-in-love-hari-conner/7629282

HMM ok damn, thanks for telling me!

The one with the blue, plainer background is the correct one for the UK! (and Ireland, Australia & NZ/ Aotearoa).

Not actually sure if trying to order the other one on bookshop would even work from the UK - I've asked the publisher about it and will try to sort it out, I don't want anyone's order to be messed up...