Continuing our celebration of PRIDE month, Join us for this special Spinoff episode of Gabbing with the Librarians where we talk about our favorite LGBTQ+ novels and the importance of representation. 

Podcasters in this episode: Jennifer Finch , MC Brickell, Jennifer Longoria , Leslie Espinoza 

You can find the books discussed at www.hcpl.net
Books in our catalog: 

Albertalli, B. (2020). Simon vs. the Homo sapiens agenda: Epic Reads editions

Bildner, P. (2021). A High Five for Glenn Burke. Square Fish

FOX. (2017). Love, Simon

Healey, K. (2016). Guardian of the Dead. Murdoch Books 

Ireland, J. (2018). Dread Nation

McQuiston, C. (2019). Red, white & royal blue

Oseman, A. (2020). Heartstopper

Oseman, A. Heartstopper  

Oseman, A. (2018). Solitaire

Roehrig, C. (2018). Last Seen Leaving

Salvatore, S. (2021). Can't take that away

Sáenz Benjamin Alire. (2012). Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe

Tagame, G., & Ishii, A. (2020). My brother's husband

Thomas, A. (2021). Cemetery boys

VILLA, J. O. N. N. Y. G. A. R. Z. A. (2021). Fifteen Hundred Miles From The Sun (Released June 8 2021)

Music: "Sputnik" artist Scanglobe
Link to License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ 


Created by the Podcast Team at the Harris County Public Library.
www.hcpl.net

Podcast Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Dylan Smith, Sadina Shawver, Gisella Parker, Kara Ludwig, Delaney Daly, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Logan Tuttle, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu

Original Music created by Bryan Kratish