Great Archives

The Friendly Young Ladies by Mary Renault

January 7, 2016 by NorthShore Noir Press

Mary Renault | The Friendly Young Ladies | Set in 1937, The Friendly Young Ladies is a romantic comedy of off-Bloomsbury bohemia. Sheltered, naïve, and just eighteen, Elsie leaves the st

Whispering Pines by Mavis Applewater

December 27, 2015 by NorthShore Noir Press

Mavis Applewater | Whispering Pines | Welcome to Whispering Pines, built in 1907 by sea Captain Horatio Stratton. On the morning of October 31, 1916, the servants arrived early to discover

Ammonite by Nicola Griffith

December 24, 2015 by NorthShore Noir Press

Nicola Griffith | Ammonite | Change or die. These are the only options available on the planet Jeep. Centuries earlier, a deadly virus shattered the original colony, killing the m

Gay American History by Jonathan Ned Katz

December 20, 2015 by NorthShore Noir Press

Jonathan Ned Katz | Gay American History | A collection of documents provides a continuous chronicle of homosexuality in America, from colonial times to the present, and of the persecution of g

Patience And Sarah by Isabel Miller

December 19, 2015 by NorthShore Noir Press

Isabel Miller | Patience And Sarah |

Winner of the 1971 American Library Assoc.’s first Gay Book Award, later called Stonewall Book Award

Set in the nineteenth century, Isabel M

The View From Here by Matthew Hays

December 16, 2015 by NorthShore Noir Press

Matthew Hays | The View From Here | Winner, Lambda Literary Award, LGBT Arts/Culture One of Quill & Quire’sBooks of the Year, 2007The history of gay and lesbian cinema is a storied one,

Women’s Barracks by Tereska Torres

December 12, 2015 by NorthShore Noir Press

Tereska Torres | Women’s Barracks |

Originally published in 1950, this account of life among female Free French soldiers in a London barracks during World War II sold four million cop

Edge of Twilight by Paula Christian

December 10, 2015 by NorthShore Noir Press

Paula Christian | Edge of Twilight | ‘One of the most candid and challenging novels ever written about today’s women who dare to live in that outcast world of ‘twilight’ love’

—