On the Shelf for September 2023 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 267

On the Shelf for September 2023

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 267 with Heather Rose Jones

Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.

In this episode we talk about:

• Book Shopping
  • Goodman, Ruth. 2016. How to be a Tudor: A Dawn to Dusk Guide to Tudor Life. W.W. Norton & Company, New York. ISBN 978-1-63149-253-2
  • Cleland, Elizabeth & Adam Eaker. 2022. The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. ISBN 978-1-58839-692-1
  • Ball, Krista D. 2012. What Kings Ate and Wizards Drank. Tyche Books, Ltd, Alberta. ISBN 978-0-9878248-9-9
  • Ndiaye, Noémie & Lia Markey. 2023. Seeing Race Before Race: Visual Culture and the Racial Matrix in the Premodern World. Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Press, Tempe. ISBN 978-0-86698-842-1
  • Leonardi, Camillo (trans. Liliana Leopardi). 2023. Speculum Lapidum: A Renaissance Treatise on the Healing Properties of Gemstones. The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park. ISBN 978-0-271-09539-4
  • Hindley, Katherine Storm. 2023. Textual Magic: Charms and Written Amulets in Medieval England. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago. ISBN 978-0-226-82533-5
  • Warr, Cordelia. 2023. Medieval Clothing and Textiles 17. The Boydell Press, Woodbridge. ISBN 978-1-78327-598-4
  • Not Just the Tudors (podcast)
  • Girl Culture in the Middle Ages and Renaissance by Deanne Williams
• Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction
  • Ember of a New World by Ishtar Watson
  • Sanditon: The Lesbian Solution by Garnet Marriott and Jane Austen
  • Where Pleasant Fountains Lie (The New Countess #3) by Lady Vanessa S.-G
  • Haven's End (Daughters Under the Black Flag #2) by Eden Hopewell
  • The Birdwatchers by Louise Vetroff
  • The Haunted Diamond by Becky Black
  • He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor #2) by Shelley Parker-Chan
  • Carving a New Shape by Rhiannon Grant
  • For Love and Liberty by Eden Hopewell
  • Her Duchess by Brooke Winters
  • Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix (Remixed Classics # 8) by Cherie Dimaline
• Other Titles of Interest
  • The Girl Who Fled the Picture by Jane Anderson
  • The Valkyrie by Kate Heartfield
• What I’ve been consuming
  • The Great Roxhythe by Georgette Heyer
  • Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
• Call for submissions for the 2024 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.
• This month we interview Rhiannon Grant and talk about:
  • The appeal of a Neolithic setting
  • Worldbuilding in archaeological settings
  • Exploring spirituality
  • Publications mentioned:
    • Carving a New Shape by Rhiannon Grant
    • Between Boat and Shore by Rhiannon Grant
    • The Dazzle of Day by Molly Gloss
    • Ember of a New World by Ishtar Watson
    • Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel
• This month we interview Katharine Quarmby and talk about:
  • The historic inspiration for the story
  • The work of turning archives into fiction
  • Finding queer relationships in the historic record
  • Fiction and non-fiction as reflections of each other
  • Reclaiming marginalized histories
  • Publications mentioned:
    • The Low Road by Katharine Quarmby
    • The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph
    • Gentleman Jack (tv series)
    • The Fascination by Essie Fox

A transcript of this podcast is available here. (Interview transcripts added when available.)

Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online

• Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
• Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
• RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
• Twitter: @LesbianMotif
• Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
• The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon

Links to Heather Online

• Website: http://alpennia.com
• Email: Heather Rose Jones
• Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop
• Twitter: @heatherosejones
• Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

Links to Rhiannon Grant Online

• Facebook: Rhiannon Grant
• TikTok (main): @ rhiannonbookgeek
• TikTok (books): @ sapphicprehistory
• Twitter: @bookgeekrelng
• Bluesky: @rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social
• Mastodon: >@rhiannongrant@mastodon.org.uk

Links to Katharine QuarmbyOnline

• Website: katharinequarmby.com
• Twitter: @KatharineQ
• Facebook: Katharine Quarmby (writer)