Debut Books at Fall Fiction October 10

Three new books, debut fiction by Laura J. Merrell, Kate Jessica Raphael, and Hilary A. Zaid, will be featured at Perfectly Queer's Fall Fiction night, Monday, October 10, 7pm at Dog Eared Books Castro. Need more info? Go to https://www.facebook.com/events/1765349943718579/

And don't forget: you have to know the magic word to win a door prize.  It's debut.  Yep, debut.  

Fall Fiction: Queer Authors With First Books

 Laura J. Merrell, author of The Hedge Tree

Kate Raphael, author of Murder Under the Bridge

 Hilary Zaid, author of The Dark Between the Stars

Novelists Laura J. Merrell, Kate Jessica Raphael, and Hilary A. Zaid read from their new books at Perfectly Queer "Fall First Fiction" Monday, October 10, 7pm at Dog Eared Books Castro, 489 Castro St. in San Francisco. Panel discussion on publishing debut books follows the readings. Free admission, free refreshments, and the possibility of a door prize.  Say the magic word--debut--and you may win one of these fine prizes: Hilary Clinton paper dolls, a cranberry-glass perfume bottle, nifty Ozone socks, or a chic Lesbian Farmer t-shirt.  www.facebook.com/events/1765349943718579/

Our First Event at Dog Eared Books was a huge success!

For our "Award-Winning Authors" panel, Willy Wilkinson and Vincent Meis drew a crowd of almost 50 people! For the first time, we had more attendees than chairs. It was so exciting. You can watch videos of the readings on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/perfectlyqueerreadings/

It was so fulfilling to see that we can bring a crowd of folks into a bookstore in the Castro to hear queer authors read. We are looking forward to working with Dog Eared Books to bring authors into the neighborhood to share their works with us.

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New Digs (Again)

Like many in San Francisco these days, Perfectly Queer has found itself a little peripatetic of late, which means, yes, we have a new (new) home--Dog Eared Books Castro--and here we hope to stay for many a moon. We certainly feel welcome!: dogearedbooks.com/castro

So, starting with the August Perfectly Queer book reading--Award-Winning Authors for August facebook.com/events/1741912596068410/--we'll be setting up wine and desserts, handing out door prizes, and providing a bookstore venue for lots more terrific Queer authors reading books you need to buy.  But, more about August in later blogs.  [Watch this space.]

DEB Castro brings a bookstore back to the Castro, for which many citizens are very thankful to owner Kate Rosenberger, manager Alvin Orloff, and staff.  And, just to prove that life is spiral--if not cyclical, DEB Castro is located in the same spot as another, iconic Castro bookstore, A Different Light, at 489 Castro, conveniently located next door to Cliff's Hardware, across from Strut, and just down the street from the Castro Theater.  What a gayborhood!

DEB Castro is hosting other readings too, such as Trebor Healey in late September and Martin Hyatt and Anne Raeff in early November so make their website one of your favorites and stay tuned.

See you in August!