Get one before they’re gone.

Absolutely one of my favorite books of 2025, this clever straight t4m romance riffs on Twelfth Night and Much Ado About Nothing.

I think the drum on our laser printer either needs cleaning or is in need of replacement. ☠️

Fingers crossed cleaning it does the trick :-/

Trope map for To Own the Libs: The Ultimate Prank Gone Wrong The Densest Egg Dormitory Drama Meet Cute Found Family Enemies to Besties

Trope map for The Heart of the Woods and Other Stories: Quest for the True Self Magical Transitions Ancient Healing Magic Dethroning the Patriarchs Forbidden Queer Romance Accidental Gender Change

And of course, you could always add in the amazing @zoestorm.bsky.social's The Heart of the Woods and Other Stories, or To Own the Libs... or both ;)

You can hear Zoe chatting about writing and editing here: www.patreon.com/posts/149371...

Trope map for Bottle Blondes by Rhiannon Swanson. The book is pictured on a beach, the cover features a young man and young woman standing back to back but looking over their shoulders at each other. The woman's holding a bottle of hair bleach. The trope map lists: - Found Family - Sisters' Sanctuary - Southern College Double Life - Messy Mentor - Secret Identity - Two Person Love Triangle Along with the quote: "Deeply Gratifying" - The Transfeminine Review

If you want to grab one of the (not that many remaining) copies of the locally printed / 1st edition of #BottleBlondes - it's here: antithesispress.com/shop/

#lgbtqia #lgbt #trans #fiction #romance

Rhiannon Swanson talks about Bottle Blondes - The Antithesis Press Podcast | Antithesis Press Get more from Antithesis Press on Patreon

...and for our Patreon members today we have the extended cut of @transcect.bsky.social's interview for the Antithesis Press Podcast... www.patreon.com/posts/156127...

...I just sent out two contracts to *fingers crossed* our newest authors. Also, we've still got two submissions to read which look really exciting.

It was definitely mine, so I have to agree. I was so affected by it, the moment I finished it I went back to page 1 and read it all again!

Thick Egg A look at Zoe Storm's novel To Own the Libs, a book about a person who fakes a transition only to find how much she likes being a woman

@zoestorm.bsky.social's "To Own the Libs is an ideal introduction to trans lit." - Roz Milner

Check out her full review here: buttondown.com/milner/archi...

(...and, of course, buy it here: antithesis press.com/shop )

I know we've been quiet of late - mainly working on accounting stuff (and starting to calculate royalties...)

...but in small news from a small press, our ebooks are now available through itch: antithesispress.itch.io

Cat attempting to pick up an anglepoise lamp by hanging off our piano

Fortunately I noticed the problem now.

I realize this isn't a proper promotional post, but this arsehole and his accomplice woke us up at 3:00 a.m., just 3 hours after I went to sleep, and now I'm wearing my other work hat...

So, uh, check out antithesispress.com/shop for some amazing queer books.

So, turns out I had to redo the accounts because we made a decision early on that would later give us issues...

...I'm nearly back to up-to-date after a full day of work on them yesterday and have a way more sustainable process for getting them into our bookkeeping software from sales platform.

I have finally finished transferring our accounts from our setup spreadsheet into our book keeping software.

@emilystjams.bsky.social
Woodworking absolutely *wrecked* me last year - adore it - recommend it a bunch. So yeah, thank you for the follow :)

God how did I miss that opportunity?!

Hopefully I can get done with catching up on accounts and calculating royalties tomorrow (hope springs eternal) and then we can get on to editing the podcast with myself and @never.horse interviewing @transcect.bsky.social ...

Between this and @zoestorm.bsky.social's To Own the Libs, we've shipped so many copies we had to order new shipping boxes...

If you're wanting to have a first print run of Bottle Blondes or To Own the Libs (or the Heart of the Woods) you can order it here: antithesispress.com/shop

I've also been having a *lot* of fun with DB Browser after I broke our accounts by misentering something and somehow deleting only part of the transaction in Frappe books, then realizing my backup was older than I thought.

If you're wondering why we've been so quiet - I'm doing accounts.

...and yes, I am thrilled that the "transfer report" generated by square shows individual transactions, not transactions that they group together to transfer daily.

...this is definitely my thrilled face.

Cover for the book Bottle Blondes by Rhiannon Swanson. Features a college age boy and girl stood back to back on a yellow background.

"The only thing he knew with absolute certainty was that David Oliver always looked a little like he was floating..."

antithesispress.com/shop

the downside to being @incisionpress.bsky.social's US distributor is that I'm not allowed to keep all the books for myself. if you like australian poetry, queer/trans kink, or monsterf#ckery without usurious shipping, you should come take them from me, i guess.
kithbooks.com/incision

Thank you so much! And thank you for taking the time to write such a thorough review on the storygraph! It's a huge help to a new press like ours to get the word out.

bottle blondes is an absolute delight; one of the strongest trans romances i've ever read and a book i could not put down from beginning to end

Well, I didn't expect to pack up a third of the print run last night...and we're not done.

Thank you - @transcect.bsky.social worked really hard on the edits from our editor, Kirstyn... And we worked hard to present it well :)

The new edition of "Bottle Blondes" by @transcect.bsky.social published by @antithesis-press.bsky.social is delightful. antithesispress.com/product/bott...

A favourite read of 2025. Super duper recommend picking it up. Especially if you're in the USA where the shipping prices are nicer.

This is a truly wonderful depiction of a Clueless Egg, and of how transness will find a way into their actions.

I found it very relatablerrrrrr I mean a very good read.

This is kind of a tough question to answer. There're a lot of small changes throughout the book. Language tweaks, edits for flow, edits that Zoe just wanted to make to improve things.

Joe's more fleshed out as a character... Lily's parents' relationship gets a bit more dialogue...

Absolutely one of my favorite reads in 2025!

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