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Rosiee Thor in conversation with Sydney Langford

Tue, June 2 from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

Kick off Pride Month at the Literary Bookstore & Cafe! We are excited to welcome Rosiee Thor to celebrate their book, Being Aro: A Collection of Aromantic Stories about Love.  Thor will be in conversation with local author Sydney Langford.


About the book:

Explore expansive aromantic love and connection in stories across genres

These twelve stories showcase aromantic people breaking generational curses, finding acceptance, and protecting the vulnerable while highlighting the infinite ways people find connection and love without romance.

A high school matchmaker learns a lesson about love. A rebellious spaceship pilot defies his culture’s compulsory coupling. A boy magically transforms banned romance novels into living dragons. A teen immune to romance, and the zombie virus, fights to survive the apocalypse. Being Aro is full of stories throughout real and imagined worlds that cross genres and disrupt the status quo.

Rosiee Thor

Rosiee Thor

Rosiee Thor is the Pacific Northwest Indie Bestselling author of Tarnished Are The StarsFire Becomes Her, and tie-in novels for franchises like Life is Strange and Firefly. Their debut cozy mystery, Dead & Breakfast, is out now from Berkley. They live in Oregon with a dog, two cats, and an abundance of plants.

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Sydney Langford

Sydney Langford

Sydney Langford (they/them) is a queer, Deaf-Hard of Hearing, and physically disabled author who resides in Portland, Oregon. Their biggest passion in life is creating stories that reflect the diverse world we live in—whether that be rom-coms about quirky, disabled teens; or contemporaries that feature queer joy. They are the author of The Loudest Silence and Someone to Daydream About.

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