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Permalink Reply by Mandy Baggot on May 23, 2011 at 9:18

Hi Kate

 

Im not sure which award I would be eligible for. I'm published by Youwriteon.com so pay a small subsidy for inclusion on Amazon etc. Does this rule me out of the Reader Award and into the New Talent award?

 

Thanks!

 

Mandy

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Permalink Reply by Carol Wright on May 23, 2011 at 14:43

Have added the press release to my blog.

 

regards

carol

 

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Permalink Reply by Erastes on June 24, 2011 at 11:55

Can someone confirm that "in the UK" means the publisher must be based in the UK, because if so that's a blow, considering no publishers willl pubish gay romance in the UK - or is it "books must be available in the UK"?

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Mandy Baggot on June 24, 2011 at 12:03

Hi

Embrace books have a new imprint called Saffron. Below is an extract from their website:-

Saffron at Embrace

Quality lesbian fiction, including short romance and erotica.

Our first Saffron title is THE DREAMERS by Tanwen Coyne.

These stories engage the reader within a world of female-female relationships, in a range of romantic, erotic, historical, paranormal, crime, thriller and suspense fiction.

From significant commercial fiction to hot, irreverent erotica, Embrace Books provides a brand-new British home for powerful lesbian writing with a global outlook.

 

I hope this helps!

Mandy

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Permalink Reply by Erastes on June 24, 2011 at 14:11

it's useful, and I'll certainly pass the information on to the UK writers, but it's not helpful for me--I don't write lesbian fiction.  I woudn't risk going with a new publisher, though.

 

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Kate Allan on July 4, 2011 at 10:15

Does not matter where publisher is based - just that novels must be published (i.e. available) in the UK.

In terms of gay romance in the UK I know that both Xcite Books and Total-E-Bound publish gay romance and both will be involved with the Festival of Romance which is great.

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