What does diversity really mean? C., an experienced freelance editor and sensitivity reader, tackles the true meaning of diversity and gives tips for being more inclusive. As a developmental editor and sensitivity reader/editor, diversity is an integral part of [...]
French lesbian activist Élie Chevillet compares the reality in her queer community with the one her partner experiences having a fundamentalist religious past. “What you’re doing with Élie is wrong. We miss our Anna. It’s not too late—come back.” [...]
Here at Ylva we love to start a new year not only by setting goals for the next twelve months, but also by looking back at our past year and seeing all that we accomplished. And we have to [...]
A new year has started and with it a new reading challenge for readers of lesbian books! Here at Ylva, we love making reading more interesting for readers of women-loving women books, so we are jumping into the Sapphic [...]
As we approach the end of the year, we’re having a look at all we’ve done in 2022, starting by going through all the sapphic audiobooks we’ve released (and will be releasing through December 31). It turns out, there [...]
Can you hear “All I Want For Christmas Is You” playing in every store on the planet? With the year coming to a close, we thought we’d have a look at all the work we did in 2022. In [...]
Author Catherine Lundoff’s fab lesbian fantasy Silver Moon is translated into German by Ylva. Here she tackles the burning questions, including that big one: Why menopausal werewolves? Bringing older women to sci-fi, fantasy, and horror How many women over [...]
French lesbian activist Élisabeth Chevillet looks at the politics of labels: confronting them, owning them, and why avoiding them can be a privilege. The other day, my friend Nadine said she was thrilled that I’m as much of [...]
Age difference is one of the greatest lesfic tropes. There’s something captivating about the mutual pining of two women who each think the other is out of her league. They’re flirting, admiring, each thinking the other woman is a [...]
For the last six weeks, Ylva Publishing welcomed Lenir from Brazil as an intern and office dog whisperer. In this blog post, she tells us about her impressions of our team and office and what she learned about the [...]