National Coming Out day is Wednesday, October 11 and we discussed why the day continues to  be important. There’s a second book coming from the Promised Land creators. The Kickstarter for Maiden Voyage begins October 11 and we encourage listeners to back the project.

Dani from Love Bytes Reviews joins the show to discuss a number of authors she’s been reading lately that she’s enjoyed, plus two books that are coming up soon that she’s looking forward to.

Jeff reviews The Lawrence Brown Affair and The Ruin of a Rake, both by Cat Sebastian, as well as the recently released gay hockey romance charity anthology Changing on the Fly: The Second Period. I review City Boy by A. E. Wasp (OMG sooo damn good!).

The 2017 GRL Blog Tour continues with Meghan Maslow who discusses her new book and tells us what she loves about going to GayRomLit. She also got a giveaway for that new book.

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The charity anthology Changing on the Fly: The Second Period, which benefits the You Can Play project, releases on October 4. The anthology features four terrific new stories by Jeff, Heather Lire, V.L. Locey and RJ Scott.

We briefly recap our trip to Sacramento, where we’ll likely move in 2018.

We congratulate Derek & Romaine for winning Best LGBTQ Podcast in the 12th Annual People’s Choice Podcast Awards. Jeff and I also give a shout out to one of our new favorite podcasts, Talk of the Toon, which recaps Masters of the Universe episodes.

Christina from Christina Bookshelf stops by to talk about her recent focus on debut authors.

Jeff & Will review the Matthew Bourne production of The Red Shoes, which just wrapped up its U.S. premiere in Los Angeles.

Jeff talks to Author Marshall Thornton and voice artist Joel Leslie about their collaboration on the audiobook of Femme, Marshall’s 2016 novel that was nominated as Best Gay Romance at the Lambda Literary Awards. They also discuss what Marshall and Joel have coming up next.

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The American Library Associations’ Banned Book Week runs September 24-30 and we talk about some of the 2016 stats on banned books. Jeff also discusses one of the books on the top 10 list that he’s read, David Levithan’s Two Boys Kissing.

Lisa from The Novel Approach talks with Jeff about what the blog is planning for Banned Book Week and also offers up a couple of book recommendations.

I review The Ruin of a Rake by Cat Sebastian (Loved, LOVED, LOVED it). We also review the excellent French coming-of-age film, Being 17.

Addison Albright stops by as part of the 2017 GRL Blog Tour. She talks about her Vows Box Set along with the arrival of Til Death Do Us Part on audiobook. She’s also got a giveaway for listeners.

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We  pay tribute to Edith Windsor, the LGBTQ activist whose Supreme Court case legalized marriage equality in the U.S.

Jeff talks more about the editing that went on in the past week.

Jeff reviews the new Love & Luck Podcast that premieres this week. It’s a fictional radio play podcast that focuses on the romance between Kane and Jason. We also discuss the film Handsome Devil, a coming of age / sports / find your own voice movie.

Best-selling writer Suzanne Brockmann returns to the show. This time she discusses her author journey, which includes making sure her son could find himself in her books.

All this and more can be for in the latest episode of the BigGayFictionPodcast!