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Lillian Barry
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indie romance author 🩷 THE SANTA PAGEANT out now 🩷 they/she/he
https://linktr.ee/lillianbarry
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May 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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And here's the short blurb for my upcoming queer romance! Announcing on Instagram later and I wanted my friends here to know first 🥰
Short blurb for The Island Festival by Lillian Barry. With his ten-year high-school reunion coming up, Dair is determined to get a life. Maybe joining a brass band will help his ex-classmates forget the disastrous proposal he never quite lived down. But when Dair finds out the band's next gig is the reunion itself, it's only a matter of time before he embarrasses himself again, and this time not just in front of his classmates, but the hot music teacher he's falling in love with.
April 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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First look at the microtrope map for my next queer romance, out 9th May!
Trope map for The Island Festival, out 9th May. Tropes clockwise are: brass band; teacher/student but they're both adults; shy, anxious mmc; school reunion; music lessons; TTRPG group; cooking together as quality time; embarrassing past; celebrating liberation; reliable non-binary mc; mid 20s ennui; pan4pan; romance on a small island.
April 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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I have a book coming out on 9th May! It's about an anxious homebody and his non-binary music teacher. I'll post the trope map soon!
Book cover of The Island Festival by Lillian Barry. It features simple graphic art of a euphonium - a brass instrument - on a pale pink background.
April 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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We've begun a Kickstarter to help make this annual queer SFF anthology an annual project! Rewards include ebooks and paperbacks 🌈📚
www.kickstarter.com/projects/695...
Book cover for Of Stardust: Lore Reshaped. It depicts rainbow rays of light emanating from a pale circle in the centre. Motifs of green leaves and mushrooms abound.
April 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Find and follow me @itch.io !
My ebook and audiobook are now up for the best price you'll find anywhere 🌈📚
lillianbarry.itch.io/
Graphic of The Santa Pageant book cover and audiobook cover on a deep pink background. White text reads: find and follow me lillianbarry.itch.io/. Ebook and audiobook now available at the cheapest you'll find anywhere (and the highest royalty rate for me - I'll keep 90%!)
March 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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"aw man, where did I put my nuts?"
A squirrel, recently out of hibernation, digs in the dirt with its paws. The discerning viewer might notice the dirt is actually full of small holes where the squirrel has already tried digging.
March 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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🌈💜Day 1 of The Santa Pageant audiobook listenalong was yesterday and obviously I forgot to post the QOTD!

Do you have a favourite or nostalgic decoration?
Square graphic with a pair of pink headphones and The Santa Pageant audiobook cover. Listenalong. 10 days till Christmas. Chapters 1 to 2. Question of the day: do you have a favourite or nostalgic decoration?
December 16, 2024 at 1:45 PM
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If you like sapphic romances, I'm hosting an audiobook listenalong from 15th to 25th December for The Santa Pageant! Starts Sunday! Audio available everywhere (and requestable in libraries) 💕
Square graphic with pink watercolour background. The Santa Pageant audiobook cover is on the right. Text reads: audiobook listenalong begins Sunday. Grab the audiobook, tell your friends, and watch out for the Question of the Day. 15-25 December.
December 10, 2024 at 8:53 PM
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Sapphic romance fans, I'm giving away an audiobook on a flash drive in an exclusive case! I would love if you entered 🥰 ⬇️
A custom flash drive case, square and about the size of a handspan. It's red velvet with a pink ribbon and The Santa Pageant is printed in gold gilt on the velvet, styled like the book title. The inside of the case. On the left, a print of The Santa Pageant audiobook cover, complete with sapphic yearning. On the right, the flash drive itself is nestled in a red velvet nook and secured with red elastic.
November 24, 2024 at 11:21 AM
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My giveaway is starting in a few hours and I like Bluesky so you get to see what I'm giving away first!!

It's a sapphic romance audiobook on a flash drive with a custom case! I'm in love with it!

Find me on Insta to see when the giveaway goes live later today www.instagram.com/solillianbar...
A custom flash drive case, square and about the size of a handspan. It's red velvet with a pink ribbon and The Santa Pageant is printed in gold gilt on the velvet, styled like the book title. The inside of the case. On the left, a print of The Santa Pageant audiobook cover, complete with sapphic yearning. On the right, the flash drive itself is nestled in a red velvet nook and secured with red elastic.
November 16, 2024 at 1:10 PM
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The ebook for my Christmassy queer romance is on sale again 😱

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CF...
Square graphic with 0.99 dollar sale in a red spiky bubble. The Santa Pageant book cover is framed by rainbows. Other text says 11-15 November, IHeartSapphic Reading Challenge, and trans non-binary main character.
November 11, 2024 at 3:38 PM
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Micro-tropes in my Christmassy queer romance! available everywhere in ebook, paper, and audio ✨🩷

Blurb is linked: www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CF...
Micro trope graphic for The Santa Pageant. Clockwise around the book cover: Santa cosplay competition, second chance (they kissed one time), sunshiney lesbian MC, intentional loving, found family, ex-best friends, only one tent/bath/bed, rejection sensitivity dysphoria, emotional healing, grumpy non-binary bisexual MC, mid 20s ennui, Christmas carols, romance on a small island.
November 4, 2024 at 9:43 AM
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My sapphic romance set at Christmas is on sale today to celebrate its first birthday!! Thanks for an amazing first year 🥰

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CF...
Graphic of The Santa Pageant book cover. Orange words read Book Birthday. Below, in pink, Flash Sale. There is a white bubble showing today's sale price of 0.99 dollars with some birthday candles sticking up out of it.
November 1, 2024 at 9:22 AM
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What I gave my cover artist versus what my cover artist made!

✨sapphic romance set at Christmas, out now in ebook, paperback, and audio✨
What I gave my cover artist versus what my cover artist made. On the left, a photo of a cover design I did on a whiteboard. It has stick figures and looks really bad. And on the right, the gorgeous illustrated book cover!
October 22, 2024 at 9:46 AM
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OOP.

(This is the excellent Talia Hubert btw)
Photo of a page on my kindle. Dialogue reads: "Like, Hey Minnie, I also hate Dickens. Let's get pancakes." "Bruh. Not Dickens. Everyone loves Dickens." Well, that can't be true. I had to read A Tale of Two Cities last year and almost clawed my own eyes out.
October 3, 2024 at 1:27 PM
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Last day of this here queer Christmassy ebook sale 🥰
🌈📚💜📚
books.bookfunnel.com/XmasJuly24/d...
Pink graphic showing The Santa Pageant cover with text saying ebook sale this week only, and three bubbles with the prices 0.99 US dollars, 0.78 pounds sterling and 0.92 euro.
July 7, 2024 at 12:58 PM
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🔔Merry July! 🔔 My sapphic romance ebook is on sale FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER along with a bunch of other queer books! 99c this week! 🌈📚💜📚

books.bookfunnel.com/XmasJuly24/d...
Graphic reading LGBTQ+ $.99 Book Sale, July 1st to 5th, Christmas in July. There is a list of participating authors and a picture of The Santa Pageant cover art.
July 1, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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Turns out I read a lot in June! 🌈📚
Graphic showing books I read in June and their covers: None of the Above by Travis Alabanza, Dandelion by Merlina Garance, A Cure for Magic by Talia Greer, The Labyrinth Beckons by Aimee Donnellan, Friday I'm in Love by Camryn Garrett, Dulhaniyaa by Talia Bhatt, Spoken For by A. Lee Welles and Saints of Storm and Sorrow by Gabriella Buba - this one is marked as my current read.
June 29, 2024 at 4:10 PM
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My queer romance audiobook is out on a bunch of platforms with more to come!!! Notably: on sale on Audible THIS WEEK ONLY; should be requestable in libraries; plus a bunch of other retailers. I'm over the moon I got to do this! 🌈💜🌈📚
Audiobook cover for The Santa Pageant by Lillian Barry narrated by Kaylynn Creighton! Two sapphics in Santa suits gaze into each other's eyes with a backdrop of a town rising up the hill at sunset.
June 11, 2024 at 10:25 PM
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Authors for Palestine giveaway! 50+ books to win plus participation rewards for all. All info on the website: afp.ju.mp
Authors for Palestine: a giveaway of books, bonus scenes, swag packs and more. Donate $5, $10 or $15 to one of the families listed at https://afp.ju.mp/ then full out the form with your proof of donation and select the bundle you'd like to enter.
June 10, 2024 at 8:40 PM
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Been planning this for months and I'm glad I finally did it!

I think the social activism stuff in The Santa Pageant may come across a little heavy handed - but I think that's a craft issue rather than a sincerity one!
30% of all income from The Santa Pageant (ebook, paperback, and audiobook) will be donated to three causes: homeless support in Dublin, domestic abuse victim support in Guernsey, Palestinian aid. Details of the organisations to which I have donated based on first six months of sales are on Instagram.
June 1, 2024 at 8:42 AM
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Made some unhinged Barbenheimer inspired graphics for my friends' shared release day
A square graphic. The left side has a black background with the atmospheric cover of a sapphic sci-fi book, First Comes Death. The right side has a pink background with the cheery illustrated cover of a romance, Unless It's You. Text at the bottom reads "out today". Text at the top reads "first comes you", with the first two words in an all-caps gothic font and the word "you" in a curly script font. There are background images of a heart, a dagger, a rose and stars. A square graphic. The left side has a pink background with the cheery illustrated cover of a romance, Unless It's You. The right side has a black background with the atmospheric cover of a sapphic sci-fi book, First Comes Death. Text at the bottom reads "out today". Text at the top reads "unless it's death", with the first two words in a curly script font and the word "death" in an all-caps gothic font. There are background images of a heart, a dagger, a rose and stars.
April 15, 2024 at 2:13 PM
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Surprise! I'm in an anthology! OF STARDUST contains 9 queer speculative stories and it's out on 1st June ✨

The ebook is up for preorder: www.amazon.com/Stardust-que...
Cover reveal for OF STARDUST! It's an illustrated cover, with a bright star in the centre radiating a rainbow of pastel light, and ringed with soft turquoise clouds. List of contributing authors: Avrah C. Baren, Lillian Barry (me), Gabriella Buba, Talia Greer, P.H. Low, Alistair Reeves, Rose Regeant, Valo Wing and TB Wright.
April 1, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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Cover reveal for Chrissy Hopewell's next romance, Unless It's You!! It's an enemies to lovers bucket list romance set in London ❤️

Preorder here, Romancelandia: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CKFD448...
Cover reveal for Chrissy Hopewell's next romance, Unless It's You. The cover is light pink with a stencil background of a fountain, the London Eye and Big Ben. The two main characters are illustrated in the foreground: a blonde white woman wearing a red shirt and red high heels, and a tall bearded white man with tattoo sleeves with a rugby ball at his feet. There is a motif of red English roses.
February 13, 2024 at 12:46 PM