Broadway! Books! Brandilyn! -BGFP episode 143

Registration is now open for the Coastal Magic Convention 2019! We’ll be there. Will you?

Jeff and I review the plays and musicals we saw on our recent New York trip, including Angels in America, The Boys in the Band, Afterglow, Once on this Island, A Letter to Harvey Milk and Carousel.

We also discuss watching Man in an Orange Shirt (it’s so damn good!) and I review Andrew Grey’s The Best Worst Honeymoon Ever.

Brandilyn stops by to recommend the audiobooks of North on Drummond by K.C. Burn and Blood from a Stoner by L.A. Witt.

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Libraries, of the Lavender Sort – BGFP episode 142

Big Announcement! The Big Gay Fiction Podcast will be joining the fun at the 2019 Coastal Magic Convention (February 28 – March 3 in Daytona Beach, Florida).

For movies this week, Jeff talks about the extras on the Love, Simon Blu-Ray while I talk about two older films featuring gay leading men of yesteryear–Jack the Giant Killer and The Female Animal.

We remind everyone that Maiden Voyage, the second book from the duo behind last year’s Promised Land, arrives on June 26. I review Prince & Knight and The Story of Harvey Milk & The Rainbow FlagMeanwhile, Jeff discusses C.B. Lee’s Not Your Sidekick.

Jeff and I visited Sacramento’s Lavender Library, Archives, and Cultural Exchange to interview board member Trevor Neeley. We talk about the history of the library, what its mission is, how it serves the community and what’s coming as it prepares to celebrate its 20th Anniversary. To see Trevor give a tour of the library, go to the last eight minutes of this week’s YouTube video.

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Talking With Charlie David – BGFP episode 140

To kick things off, Jeff and I talk about how much we love Pose, the new FX series from Ryan Murphy that looks New York City’s ball culture in the late 80s. The Netflix original film Alex Strangelove is also discussed. Jeff reviews the first two books in Layla Reyne’s Agents Irish & Whiskey SeriesSingle Maltand Cask Strength.

Jeff interviews Charlie David about his new anthology TV series Shadowlands, which is based on his short story collection. Charlie talks about adapting his stories for television, what it was like directing scripted television for the first time (including directing himself) and what projects are coming next for him.

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Pride Month 2018 Begins! – BGFP episode 139

Jeff and I wish everyone a happy Pride month. We hope you June is filled with light, love, fun and unicorns!

Speaking of unicorns, Jeff reviews The Lightning-Struck Heart by TJ Klune and Running with Lions by Julian Winters.

Jeff interviews debut author Julian Winters. They discuss Running with Lions along with how Julian was encouraged to write the book, his love of comic books and what’s coming next.

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Wrestling and Romance – BGFP episode 138

We had lots of great stuff to talk about this week as well as a terrific author interview that you won’t want to miss!

Jeff reviews the new anthology TV series from Charlie David, Shadowlands. We talk about Jason Gaffney’s new movie Analysis Paralysis as well as the new short film, Something New, starring Ben Bauer. Jeff also reviews Off the Ice by Avon Gale & Piper Vaughn with narration by Kirt Graves.

We had the opportunity to interview Christa Tomlinson and it was a lot of fun! She talks about her Cuffs, Collars, and Love series as well as the Champions of Desire series. We also get the lowdown on her roller derby past as well as discuss her recent blog post on the lack of diversity in gay romance.

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