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Bella Books @bellabooks.bsky.social · 18h

It’s that time of year when things might go bump in the night! These eBooks are on sale for $5.99. Limited time!

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Lee Zimmerman @zim2918.bsky.social · 18h

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Bella Books @bellabooks.bsky.social · 20h

Take a look at Beth Strauss' Tangled Webs. This title is a Bella Books October release. For more information on this title visit bellbooks.com/product/9781642476941e/

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GabrielConstans @gabrielconstans.bsky.social · 19h

📽️ When abandonment and cultural isolation threaten to destroy a new mother's spirit, a passing acquaintance proves that home isn't a place—it's the people who choose to care. #immigrant #USA #India #SemiFinalist We are grateful for the recognition of our short #film.

The image is a promotional poster for the San Diego International Film Festival.

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C. Jean Downer @cjeandowner.bsky.social · 17h

Deep appreciation to Allyson Whipple, founding editor, and Kelly Barnes Sargent, guest editor, of Haiku Summer Girl, for nominating my poem for a 2025 Touchstone Award. I’m honoured and grateful for the kind recognition. Congratulations to all the nominees for this year’s award.

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Library Girl @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social · 5d

Just an FYI for #bannedbooksweek. This fight isn't about books. It's about freedom.

#TLSky #TLSkyChat #Booksky #Edusky #Librarians #Skybrarians

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Bella Books @bellabooks.bsky.social · 4d

Author Justice Woods tells us about Pillow Talk, her debut romance with Bella Books.

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GabrielConstans @gabrielconstans.bsky.social · 7d

📽️ When abandonment and cultural isolation threaten to destroy a new mother's spirit, a passing acquaintance proves that home isn't a place—it's the people who choose to care. #immigrant #USA #India💃🏽 See our #film in Albany, NY on 10/11 at 11am. Tickets: tinyurl.com/3m7dwedz

This image is a promotional graphic for the "YASODHARA" short film, an official selection at the Renaissance Black Film Fest, with a "Save the Date" reminder.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 8d

Same.

#AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files

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C. Jean Downer @cjeandowner.bsky.social · 7d

May you watch the moon rise today and feel life's abundance... 🌕❤️

#haiku
#shortformpoetry
#supermoon
#harvestmoon
#moonology

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C. Jean Downer @cjeandowner.bsky.social · 8d

"Censorship is the mother of metaphor” ~ Jorge Luis Borges.

Our pens, our words, our stories, our lives will continue to create a deeper understanding of our world.

I stand with @goldencrownls.bsky.social and @s-a-s-s.bsky.social against book bans.

#bannedbooksweek
#SapphicsWithTheBanned

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C. Jean Downer @cjeandowner.bsky.social · 12d

A beautiful and poignant story that I immensely enjoyed. Potter’s deeply emotive writing draws you in and brings you along on Amelia, Charlie, Lindsey, and Teri's journeys of loss, grief, love, and hope before, during, and after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. ❤️
#bookrecommendations

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C. Jean Downer @cjeandowner.bsky.social · 13d

Available at @bellabooks.bsky.social and other book sellers.
www.bellabooks.com/product/9781...

#romanticsuspense #suspensethriller #lesfic #wlwbooks #pacificnorthwest #smallpress

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Bella Books @bellabooks.bsky.social · 14d

Take a look at Jaime Clevenger's One Weekend in Tahoe. This title is a Bella Books September release. For more information on this title visit bellabooks.com/product/9781...

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Bella Books @bellabooks.bsky.social · 14d

Let's take another look at our new September releases. These titles are available now at BellaBooks.com

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Bella Books @bellabooks.bsky.social · 19d

We call it ... Love at First Page!

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C. Jean Downer @cjeandowner.bsky.social · 19d

Always delighted to be in Haiku Canada's Members' Anthology. The 2025 issue is filled with beautiful, touching, and whimsical pieces, a true delight to read.
Thank you to Editors Maxianne Berger and Mike Montreuil ❤️

#haiku #haikucanada

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C. Jean Downer @cjeandowner.bsky.social · 20d

Truly enjoyed Gilles Fabre’s translation and adaptation of the Japanese Saijiki, the Japanese Poetic Almanac. This English-language saijiki features hundreds of kigo (season-words) and example haiku divided into five sections. A definite must-have resource!
#bookrecommendations #haiku

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LGBTQReads @lgbtqreads.bsky.social · 21d

Happy Bi Visibility Day 2025!

It's Bi Visibility Day, and we're celebrating as we do with books starring bi main characters! For even more recs, check out past years' posts! Young Adult Wish You Weren’t Here by Erin Baldwin All’s fair in love and Color War. Juliette doesn’t hate Priya Pendley. At…

Happy Bi Visibility Day 2025!

It's Bi Visibility Day, and we're celebrating as we do with books starring bi main characters! For even more recs, check out past years' posts! Young Adult Wish You Weren’t Here by Erin Baldwin All’s fair in love and Color War. Juliette doesn’t hate Priya Pendley. At least, not in the way teen movies say she should hate the hot popular girl.

lgbtqreads.com

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C. Jean Downer @cjeandowner.bsky.social · 21d

Join us this Saturday for @thelesbianreview.com’s Big Online Event: Nice Genres. Big Stories. 10-2pm Pacific Time, Four Panels. I’ll be discussing the Sloane West Mysteries during the 12pm and 1pm panels. Looking forward to talking with you live!

Tickets: ticketstripe.com/events/30801...
#BookEvent

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C. Jean Downer @cjeandowner.bsky.social · 26d

#CoverReveal Thrilled with Swallow the Shadow's cover! The next installment of the Sloane West Mystery series is coming soon!
#UrbanFantasy #urbanfantasybooks #crimefiction #mystery #lesfic #sapphicbooks #paranormalbooks

Bella Books @bellabooks.bsky.social · 27d

@coverreveal Coming in February, book 3 of the acclaimed Sloane West series, Swallow the Shadows by C. Jean Downer. Pre order your copy today.

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C. Jean Downer @cjeandowner.bsky.social · 27d

Join us in one more week! Get your tickets now!
ticketstripe.com/events/30801...

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Bella Books @bellabooks.bsky.social · 27d

Enter the thrilling world of suspense with our wide selection of mystery and crime books.

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Bella Books @bellabooks.bsky.social · Sep 14

We're celebrating Women in the Arts and having an eBook sale now through this weekend! Don't miss out!

bellabooks.com/category/artist-sale/

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C. Jean Downer @cjeandowner.bsky.social · Sep 12

It’s the final read-through for book three of the Sloane West Mystery series! Then she’s off to my publisher, @bellabooks.bsky.social I’ve loved every minute I've spent in Sloane's worlds this year!

#urbanfantasy #witches #paranormal #mystery #lesfic #slowburn #wlw #sapphic

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