Jutta Swietlinski's Blog

It’s Book Lovers Day today – the day to celebrate reading and literature! 📚🥳

So put away your smartphone (or do you need it to read your ebooks?), pick up a book and take your time to read! 🏖️📖

How about some good sapphic stories with a twist? 👭🌈

If you like multifaceted lesbian/lesfic/ff/wlw/queer books that dive deep, just take a look at my works: ✍️🏳️‍🌈

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jutta-S...

HAPPY READING! 😍❣️

“The parade is gigantic. Like an enormous, brightly colored, roaring lindworm consisting of human beings, it’s crawling slowly but steadily through the streets of San Francisco, a hybrid of political activists and people who want to party, in most cases both at the same time. […] The sensational, dazzling, iridescent spectacle is unfolding right before me. I see demonstrators with self-made placards or huge banners on which they’ve written their demands, hopes and dreams.”
From my novel Returning Home to Her

Hi everyone,

It’s Pride Month, Audiobook Month and Queer Reading Month! 🏳️‍🌈📚👂📖🥳🎉
And as sad and infuriating as it may be, in times like these, reading and listening to LGBTQIA+ literature is a revolutionary act in some countries.
So don’t hesitate to read and listen to as many good queer books as you can, talk about them and share your insights with other readers!
For example, you could read my own novels, which are very diverse, but always lesbian / sapphic / queer: 👭👩‍❤️‍👩🌈

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jutta-S...

My three English books and some of my German books are on sale over the course of June. 💸
Stay tuned! ❣️

Happy reading and HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!! 📖🏳️‍🌈📖🏳️‍🌈📖🏳️‍🌈📖🏳️‍🌈📖🏳️‍🌈📖🏳️‍🌈📖🏳️‍🌈📖🏳️‍🌈

Hi everyone,

Today is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia! 🥳🎉
Now it's more than important than ever to fight for our right to live in freedom, to love who we want to love and to be who we are. 🏳️‍🌈⚧
And to read every book we want to read! 📚😊
All my own books are lesbian/sapphic and queer 👭🌈:










So let's fight and resist, celebrate and read! ✊📖

Hi everyone,

there are always lots of good reasons to read good literature, but this week, there are even more reasons to read interesting books, especially my own novels! 📚📖😊

1) Toaster Oven / Sapphic Awakening Week (April 21-April 25) for the I Heart SapphFic Reading Challenge has begun, which means that a lot of “Toaster Oven” / “Sapphic Awakening” books are on sale, including my own novel Flowing like Water! 🌊🧜‍♀️
https://iheartsapphfic.com/2025/04/21...

2) April 23 is World Book Day, also known as International Day of the Book – a celebration to promote the enjoyment of books and the perfect day to engage in reading activities! 📚📖

3) International Lesbian Visibility Week is an annual observance in several countries dedicated to increasing the awareness of lesbian women and their issues, starting with Lesbian Visibility Day on April 26. 👩‍❤️‍👩📖
On this occasion, I Heart SapphFic is hosting a 99c sale. Sale dates are April 24 through April 26, 2025, which means that you can indulge yourself in sapphic books for three whole days! And maybe you’ll find something written by me there, too … 😉📖

4) Buying and reading books, especially lesbian and sapphic books, is a great way to support (particularly lesbian / sapphic, in this case) writers in these difficult times. 📚💰

5) It’s well worth it and it’s fun: now, next week and always! 📖💕

If you want to know more about my novel and my #writing, here’s my brand-new All About the Books post on I Heart SapphFic: ✍️📖
https://iheartsapphfic.com/2025/04/18...

Happy reading, everyone! 📖🌈❣️

My gaze travels to Clara. She’s standing upright, tall and triumphant like a glorious goddess of vengeance, impressive and ethereally beautiful with the thermos flask in her hand like a divine weapon. A sacred, powerful weapon—that old, slightly dented, checkered red thermos flask that my mother gave me several years ago.
And then she yells at the top of her lungs, “You’re right, we’re women! And don’t you forget it!”

– From my novel The Awakening of the Butterfly ✍️ 📖 🦋

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN*'S DAY! 🥳 💪 ✊ 📣 🏳️‍🌈 ♀️ ❣️

This time, for once, the blog post is for German readers only (or mainly -- any Swiss readers around here? 😎). Sorry, everyone else! 🌻

Hallo, ihr Lieben,
am Samstag, den 22. Februar, findet in Stuttgart-Fellbach die zweite Stuttgarter Buchmesse statt und ich werde daran teilnehmen -- meine erste Messe als als Autorin bzw. Ausstellerin! 📚📚📚🤩
Habt ihr Lust vorbeizukommen? Besucht mich an meinem Stand, sagt hallo und werft den einen oder anderen Blick auf meine Bücher. 📖 Und kaufen dürft ihr natürlich auch ... 😉 Ich würde mich freuen! 😊

Alle Infos gibt's hier:
https://www.stuttgarter-buchmesse.de/

Wir sehen uns! 🙋

P.S.: Am Sonntag Menschlichkeit und Demokratie wählen! 🇩🇪 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈

Hi everyone, and Happy Valentine's Day! 💖

I guess we all need something nice and beautiful to sweeten our day. 😖
Good news: It's Valentine's Week, so you can escape into the world of sapphic fiction! 👭 🌈
Head over to I Heart SapphFic for a huge 99¢ eBook sale! 📚 📚 📚 💸
Why not buy one of my three romance novels Returning Home to Her, Flowing like Water and The Awakening of the Butterfly—or maybe all of them? 📖📖📖 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 🌈 🥰
Or even more of all the wonderful discounted books? 😇
I'm quite sure you'll find something you like. 😎
Happy romantic reading! 😘💕

https://iheartsapphfic.com/2025/02/13...

When PhD student Dara sees Clara on stage at a Pride event, she’s immediately captivated by the beautiful singer. On their first date, the two become very close, but Clara flees after their first kiss. And then Dara learns something surprising about Clara that turns her world upside down ... 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩💘

Do you want to know more about my new sapphic novel The Awakening of the Butterfly and its author? 🦋🌈
It's featured in the I Heart SapphFic New Releases newsletter right now: 📚🏳️‍🌈
https://iheartsapphfic.com/2025/01/14...
Find out some fascinating facts and astonishing answers to questions about my latest book -- “All About the Books”: ✍️ 👩‍🦰
https://iheartsapphfic.com/2025/01/09...

Curious? Read the book (Kindle Edition and paperback):
https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B0DQBR...
📖💻
Happy reading! I look forward to hearing your feedback. ☺️👋

“Look, Clara,” I say enthusiastically and raise my hand to show my lover the beautiful butterfly couple, but then I realize that she’s already noticed them.
She turns to me, with a smile that lights up her deep, dark eyes. “That’s certainly a good omen,” she says.
“For what?” I ask, smiling.
She winks at me. “For the future. For our life. For whatever you want.”

– Quote from my latest novel The Awakening of the Butterfly



I wish you all a lot of good omens for a peaceful, healthy and happy 2025 full of love and wonderful surprises! ✨🌈🌞🌻🍀
And, of course, enough books worth reading at all times! 📚📖😊

Hey, all you sapphic romance lovers out there, do you still need a Christmas present or a romantic read for the holidays? 🤶🎄
Just in time for Christmas, I proudly present my first hardcover in German (Die Nacht hinter mir) as well as my new (third) novel in English: The Awakening of the Butterfly ✍️🦋

Busy writing her dissertation in Gender Studies, Dara hasn’t had a girlfriend for a while. At a Pride event, she sees Clara perform on stage. She’s immediately captivated by the beautiful singer. On their first date, the two become very close to each other, but Clara flees after their first kiss. It turns out that she never had a date with a woman before. And Dara learns something else about Clara, something surprising that turns her world upside down ... 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩🌈

A romantic queer-sapphic love story 👭💘

Interested? Get it here: https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B0DQBR...

For the sake of completeness, my three English novels (so far) at a glance:









And here are the original German editions:









Have yourself a sapphic little Christmas reading, everyone! 📖📚👩‍❤️‍👩