(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Bookchat: Romancing the Vote is back! [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-26 Welcome to bookchat! Where you can talk about anything; books, plays, essays, and audio books. You don’t have to be reading a book to come in, sit down, and chat with us. Remember 2020? That awesome runoff in Georgia? Two fundraisers — Romancing the Runoff and Mystery Loves Georgia — raised money for that successful effort. And 2022? RtV once again raised money to register voters and GOTV. They’re back, with tons of awesome stuff for book lovers, writers — of all kinds, both page and screen; and lovers of handmade jewelry, cuddly quilts, scarves, etc. From their press kit: We are romance authors, readers, and fans who care about the future of this country and are inspired by fellow romance author Stacey Abrams to do what we can to preserve the right to vote. Democracy only thrives when every vote can be cast and counted, and we are fighting to help dismantle the legacy of voter suppression both in Georgia and across the country. All funds raised through our project will go to voting organizations. (In 2024: Fair Fight and VoteRiders) Past years have included awesome things like a zoom chat with the Queen of Romance, Beverly Jenkins, and book bundles from everyone from Tessa Dare to Kristen Ashley to Mike Chen. And not just Romance stuff, there’s lots of Science Fiction and Fantasy, and there are books and bundles from all kinds of authors. For writers & creators, there are critiques, consults & mentorships from successful authors, publishers, TV & film people. Podcast production assistance, a zoom chat with a publishing assistant, marketing & merchandising experts….. there’s just so much here for creators! If you are writing or filming anything — or need a gift for someone who is — you need to check this auction out. Romancing the Vote 2024 is going to be awesome. The auction starts on July 1. The things I have wanted most in past years (though they always go way above what I can afford, which is fine because the point is to raise money) are book bundles from authors like Stacey Abrams/Selena Montgomery, Tessa Dare, Kit Rocha (have I told you how much I love their post apocalypse romance/take down The Man trilogy?) and others. And gorgeous earrings and other jewelry. History of Romancing the Vote: The initial auction has raised a total of $498,000, including an epilogue to auction off an original, autographed copy of Rules of Engagement by Selena Montgomery aka Stacey Abrams... who donated it to them personally. In 2022 they got the band back together to raise close to $250,000 to enable voting access in the midterms. 2024 will be their third time joining forces for democracy! The auction site just went live. Here are some recent donations they’ve tweeted about: x @RomancingVote Auction donations are OPEN! Here’s a sneak peek of the Molly Harper Gift Basket that will be up for bid! Signed books, bookmarks, stickers, tea, candy and more! Be sure to stay tuned! There are so many cool items going up and it’s for a great cause. https://t.co/sJBNtAxCKS pic.twitter.com/IPyPP9dTKa — Molly Harper (@mollyharperauth) June 14, 2024 x Photographed all the quiltlets for upload to @RomancingVote auction next month! Plus three baby/lap quilts! pic.twitter.com/S8cYLmQSUb — Gin Jones (@GiniaJo) June 11, 2024 [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/26/2248415/-Bookchat-Romancing-the-Vote-is-back?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=latest_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/