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Author Talk: Máire Roche and Thien-Kim Lam for Bromantasy!

A conversation for Pride Month

Kick off DC Pride with the Library and Loyalty Bookstores with Bromantasy! This heartwarming, hilarious, and hot novel launches us unto summer fun and a beautiful romance of friendship, being known (ack!), and  adventure revealing our best. 

ABOUT THE BOOK
Two heroes. One brain cell. BROMANTASY is a cozy, queer fantasy about the mortifying ordeal of being known by your totally platonic best friend and the epic quest that might force you to confront the truth.
This deluxe limited first run edition will feature beautifully designed colored edges—while supplies last! Fellas, is it gay to kiss your bff while on a quest through the forest you’re unqualified for?
Juniper O'Reilly is good at only two things: demolishing a pint of mead and finding the perfect skincare routine. Everything else—taking care of the farm, bartering for goods, any sort of manual labor—falls to Juniper’s best friend, the absurdly capable, endlessly patient Mo Elmthorn. But when Juniper accidentally volunteers them both for a quest to kill a fearsome monster, he knows he’s finally gotten in over his head. Juniper hates camping, he hates the dark, and there’s no way all these foraged mushrooms are going to sit well in his stomach. One thing he doesn’t hate? How good Mo’s thighs look in his questing pants—he doesn’t have time to think about that, though, with a monster to hunt and their futures on the line.
But monsters come in all shapes and sizes. When Juniper and Mo realize that the terrifying beast they’ve sworn to kill is just a scared little girl torn from her family, they’re off to find not only the true villain of the story, but maybe even a happy ending.

Copies of the book will be available for sales and signing after the event. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 
Máire Roche is a former teacher who now dreams up new worlds and characters for a living. When she is not writing stories that are both magical and at least a little silly, Máire enjoys running, teaching martial arts, and curating a growing collection of memes for any occasion. Máire lives in St. Paul with her wife and their very disagreeable cat, Lulu. She also writes thrillers and mysteries under the name Mary E. Roach.

ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER
Thien-Kim Lam is a queer writer who tells stories about Vietnamese characters who smash stereotypes and find their happy endings. A recovering Type-Asian, she guzzles cà phê sữa đá, doodles in her sketchbook, and and binge watches crime dramas. Her debut book Happy Endings was a Washington Post Romance Novel of the Year. Her Mardi Gras romance Full Exposure is a love letter to her Vietnamese community in Louisiana. Something Cheeky is her Asian AF Broadway bound showmance. Thien-Kim is a book coach for queer writers and writers of colors. She is also an EDSE certified sex educator who teaches workshops on writing intimacy with a focus on inclusivity. She shares personal essays at On the Lam. Thien-Kim has taught workshops at Sarah Lawrence Writing Institute, Grubstreet Writers, Writing the Other, and James River Writers. She’s been featured on Writer’s Digest, Bustle, Entertainment Weekly, and Oprah Daily. 

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