anna larner

Hi, my name is Anna Larner and I’m the author of Highland Fling, Hooper Street (short story) and Love’s Portrait. Welcome to my website and blog.

Here you will find extracts from my books and poetry. I also keep this site up-to-date with information on upcoming book festivals.

♥ Excitingly my debut novel Highland Fling was recommended as one of the Top Ten Summer Reads of 2017 by AfterEllen and was a finalist in the 2018 Golden Crown Literary Society Awards. ♥

My second novel Love’s Portrait, due out in April, has been featured in Publishers Weekly Spring 2019 Announcements and is now available to pre-order.

If you would like a signed copy of my books please contact me direct.

All the best, Anna x

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Spring 2019 Announcements: Publishers Weekly Sparks fly between Molly, an art curator, and Georgina, her museum’s aloof benefactor, as they research the portrait of a 19th-century lesbian social activist and try to convince the museum’s board to display it.

What an interesting book this has been! There is a passion that flows throughout the whole story and that surrounds you completely…it is really interesting and very, very recommendable. – Netgalley

♥ Here’s an extract and links to pre-order. ♥

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Can courage and love overcome past regrets?

I can normally work out the plot in a book after reading the first few chapters and I thought I had with this book but it just kept surprising me at every turn! I had a few moments of “really did I just read that?” and “did she just say that?”. I love when a book does this because you feel the writer is writing outside the box. Traditionally Lesfic seems to follow certain rules and I love a rule breaker. – Les Rêveur

Here are some more reviews and links to buy.

Hooper Street (2)

When the optimistic and enthusiastic Abbie Lawrence moves in next door to the heartbroken and cynical Jem, life on Hooper Street is never the same again.

Here are some reviews and links to buy.

Some of the literary events happening in 2019 :

3rd April 2019 – Leicester LGBT Centre