My guest for Pride month's premium episode is Nina Haines, the founder of the virtual sapphic book club Sapph-Lit and the brand new publishing imprint of the same name. Nina is an advocate for queer authors and a community builder both online and offline. I asked her about her career as a bookish content creator, her thoughts on sapphic representation, and her decision to partner with Bindery to publish sapphic romance novels. Yes, you will hear the word “sapphic” a million times in this episode! We also gossiped about brands turning their backs on the LGBTQ community, and why book reviewers are so hard on lesbian characters. 

Listen to the full episode at patreon.com/brosandprose ! 

Rebel Ever After be back on July 14th. If you miss me, get on the Rebel ever After Discord and chat with me and fellow listeners! Patreon subscribers have access.

Join the Sapph-Lit community on Bindery: https://sapphlit.binderybooks.com/

Follow Nina on Instagram as @nina.haines, and Sapph-Lit as @sapphlit.

Books mentioned this episode include:

• The Warrior Cats series by Erin Hunter

• The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

• Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

• The works of Audre Lorde, Cookie Mueller, and Eileen Myles

• Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

• Saturn Returning by Kim Narby (coming in Spring 2026)

• Bless The Blood: A Cancer Memoir by Walela Nehanda

• All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews

• You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat

• Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner

• The Bright Falls series by Ashley Herring Blake

• Here For The Wrong Reasons by Annabel Paulson and Lydia Wang

• The work of Emily Austin

• Triple Sec by TJ Alexander

• Single Player by Tara Tai

• The Secret Summer Promise by Keah Brown

• One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston