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Author: anna larner

Lesbian romance author published By Bold Strokes Books. I have written three lesbian romance novels Highland Fling, Love's Portrait and Highland Whirl and a sapphic short story called Hooper Street.

Sapphic Book Reading Challenges 2023

January 29, 2023January 30, 2023 ~ anna larner

Sapphic Book Reading Challenges 2023 - If you love your Sapphic Books, where the 'girl always gets the girl', why not join in!

ALBW 2023 – Anne Lister Birthday Week – Bold Strokes Books Writing Workshop

December 22, 2022January 2, 2023 ~ anna larner

ALBW 2023 - Anne Lister Birthday Week Free Bold Strokes Books Writing Workshop : Writing Gender Non-Conforming Characters Past and Present. I'm delighted to be taking part in this workshop which celebrates diverse modes of sapphic storytelling and world-building.

Lesbian Romance 2023: Exciting New Book – Invisible

November 26, 2022January 13, 2023 ~ anna larner ~ Leave a comment

Lesbian Romance 2023: Violet Unwin is convinced she is invisible. Overlooked by her adoptive family, her only solace is her uncle’s mysterious costume shop.

LGBTQ+ Pride Events – Bold Strokes Books Authors

August 9, 2022December 4, 2022 ~ anna larner

LGBTQ+ Pride events are so special - great music, lovely vibes, interesting stalls and most of all a wonderful community spirit!

Poetry: For Those Who Seek To Rule

May 27, 2022December 22, 2022 ~ anna larner ~ Leave a comment

Poetry by Anna Larner - For Those Who Seek To Rule - Ruling is not easy. It asks too much, too often, from us humans full of flaws.

Surprise Yourself – Rhyming Couplets

May 26, 2022November 22, 2022 ~ anna larner

Rhyming Couplets - Surprise yourself with your courage and resilience. Be wowed by your gutsiness, not to mention your brilliance.

Autobiographical Poetry

May 25, 2022November 25, 2022 ~ anna larner ~ Leave a comment

Autobiographical Poetry by Anna Larner - I live my life upon a home-made raft. Much tested in the doldrum and the storm,this bravest of ships, this noblest of craft, hewn from wise words, life bent, and battle worn.

Queer The Shelves LGBTQ+ Book Festival

May 24, 2022November 21, 2022 ~ anna larner

I appreciate how special weekends like Queer The Shelves really are, both for us as individuals and as part of an LGBTQ+ creative community.

Highland Whirl – Kitty Kat’s Book Review

December 9, 2021November 23, 2022 ~ anna larner

Highland Whirl by Anna Larner is the third book I’ve read by this particular author and I’ve loved every one.

Today I Shaved My Hair Off

February 9, 2021November 11, 2022 ~ anna larner

Today I shaved my hair off. To see me, to know me, to own me, to free me. To be me.

Love’s Portrait – A Walking Tour

May 17, 2020December 13, 2022 ~ anna larner

Real-life locations in the historic city of Leicester that inspired the fictional settings and scenes of Love’s Portrait. 

Raymond Carver – Short Story Collection

August 19, 2019November 11, 2022 ~ anna larner

Raymond Carver - The most disturbing of reads I find those works that meticulously describe the human condition in a state of poverty.

Kirsty Logan – Rental Heart & Other Fairytales

July 18, 2019November 7, 2022 ~ anna larner

The Rental Heart & Other Fairytales - I was struck by the sensuality of the evocative language, the vivid images, and thought-provoking premise.

Love’s Portrait – Omnivore Bibliosaur Review

May 29, 2019November 23, 2022 ~ anna larner

Love’s Portrait by Anna Larner - a satisfying mix of humor, family & workplace dynamics, opposites attract romance, and history.

Best Lesfic Reviews -Love’s Portrait

May 3, 2019November 23, 2022 ~ anna larner

Best Lesfic Reviews Love's Portrait - The relationship between the two MCs grabs you and the chemistry is oh, so there.

Love’s Portrait – Bella to Ylva Review

April 23, 2019November 23, 2022 ~ anna larner

This book pulled me in so amazingly fast I’m pretty sure I got reading whiplash. It was awesome.

The Lesbian Book Club – Author Interview

April 13, 2019December 4, 2022 ~ anna larner ~ 2 Comments

Lesbian Book Club - Fab time chatting about my latest book Love's Portrait with Clare Lydon. We also chatted about the craft of writing and the importance of never giving up.

European Lesfic Literary Conference

July 28, 2018November 25, 2022 ~ anna larner

Lesfic author Anna Larner delivers heartfelt lesbian and sapphic romances with depth and poignancy, packed with tension and scenes of breathless attraction.

Love’s Portrait – Book Teaser

May 9, 2018November 23, 2022 ~ anna larner

Love's Portrait Book Teaser - Molly returned to her office, dropped her notes back into the bin where they belonged, and slumped onto Fran’s desk.

Highland Fling – Gscene Magazine Review

January 17, 2018December 31, 2022 ~ anna larner

Highland Fling Gscene Book Review - Wonderful engaging Lesbian Romance by novelist Anna Larner

Poetry: Writing is a leap of faith

November 12, 2017November 23, 2022 ~ anna larner

Autobiographical poetry - Dickens' narrative - Writing Lives Together - Leicester University

Gay’s The Word & LFest: Champions of Our Words

July 27, 2017November 22, 2022 ~ anna larner ~ 1 Comment

Gay's The Word and LFest - Champions of our words, our stories, and the providers of sanctuary for our hearts

A Writer’s Creativity – Finding a Way In

July 6, 2017November 30, 2022 ~ anna larner

A writer’s creativity sparks, igniting an imagined scene or character or dialogue. It is where the story begins.

Interview: Bold Strokes Books Author Jenny Frame

April 26, 2017December 3, 2022 ~ anna larner ~ 2 Comments

Jenny Frame interviews Anna Larner about her book debut Lesbian Romance novel Highland Fling.

Lesbian Lives Conference – Presentation Paper

February 27, 2017November 22, 2022 ~ anna larner ~ 1 Comment

Lesbian Lives Conference - Lesbian Love in Popular Fiction - Presentation Slides and Paper.

Carol Ann Duffy – Poems – Literary Crush

November 30, 2016November 8, 2022 ~ anna larner ~ 2 Comments

Carol Ann Duffy - Literary Crush - UK’s first female Poet Laureate. Open, engaged, and fearless defender of poetry, social justice and equality.

A Sonnet – On Reflection – Life Writing

November 20, 2016November 30, 2022 ~ anna larner

LGBTQ+ Poetry - inspired by nineteenth-century life writing and the autobiography genre.

Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown

September 28, 2016October 30, 2022 ~ anna larner

The most revolutionary thing you can do is to be yourself. These are the words of Rita Mae Brown author of the seminal novel Rubyfruit Jungle.

Virginia Woolf – Literary Crush

August 31, 2016November 13, 2022 ~ anna larner ~ 1 Comment

Virginia Woolf - Discovering the writing in the shadows of the writer.

DIVA Magazine Collection – Objects We Treasure

August 12, 2016January 12, 2023 ~ anna larner

I remember buying my first DIVA magazine in 1994, the year DIVA was first published. I remember thinking a whole magazine for lesbians, WOW.

Ali Smith – Literary Magician – Other Stories

July 30, 2016December 31, 2022 ~ anna larner ~ 1 Comment

Ali Smith, Literary Magician - her stories resonate way beyond the actual page - Literary Crush by Anna Larner

W H Auden – Literary Crush

June 26, 2016November 11, 2022 ~ anna larner ~ 1 Comment

W H Auden showed me the power of personification as a tool for description - the art of bringing alive the inanimate elements of a scene.

Bold Strokes Books – Writing Lesbian Romance

June 6, 2016January 6, 2023 ~ anna larner ~ 2 Comments

Bold Strokes Books - put into the story what it feels like to long for someone, the uncertainty, the self-doubt, the tortured agony of it all...

Maurice by E M Forster – Literary Crush

May 23, 2016November 11, 2022 ~ anna larner ~ 1 Comment

Maurice by Forster, one of the first gay books I read at 17. With no language to express my longing, to find the words that spoke of it meant everything.

Elizabeth Bishop – Reaching for the Moon

April 15, 2016January 10, 2023 ~ anna larner

Elizabeth Bishop - Reaching for the Moon. One Art. New Yorker. The Village

Silver Moon Bookshop – Iconic Women’s Bookshop

March 28, 2016November 21, 2022 ~ anna larner

Silver Moon Bookshop - Anna Larner - We all have certain objects that we treasure that evoke cherished memories of moments, people, and places.

Nancy Garden – Annie on My Mind

March 16, 2016November 22, 2022 ~ anna larner ~ 1 Comment

Nancy Garden - Let’s begin, where I began, in the UK in the 1980’s, as a geeky teenager, standing awkwardly at the reception desk of my local library.

Epistolary Poem – I Will Not Retreat

February 11, 2016November 21, 2022 ~ anna larner

Epistolary poem form - Women's Writing in the Midlands, 1750-1850. Susanna Watts and Elizabeth Heyrick.

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