This is a big thing for a newcomer book blogger like me. It’s meaningful for me to participate in this project along with other judges and support books and authors promoting diversity and inclusion.

WriteHive is organizing this event to highlight marginalized authors’ self-published and small-press books. There are two categories: “Best In” and “Writing The Future We Need”. I’ll be judging some books competing for Wiliest Character, Gay Representation, and Trans Representation awards. (More info: Indie Ink Awards 2022)

I was assigned 6 books to read and score through October 2022-April 2023.

I’ll be posting my reviews along with my Upcoming reads.


Wiliest Character

The Gatekeeper’s Staff: An Old Gods Story
by Antoine Bandele

Writing the Future We Need: Gay Representation

Mazarin Blues
by Al Hess
Cover of Odder Still by D.N. Bryn
Odder Still
by D.N. Bryn

Writing the Future We Need: Trans Representation

The Fable of Wren
by Rue Sparks
Odder Still
by D.N. Bryn
Structural Integrity
by Tabitha O’Connell
Of Honey and Wildfires
by Sarah Chorn
Mazarin Blues
by Al Hess

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