Michele Karlsberg brings a unique combination of skills to effectively carry out publicity/marketing campaigns for authors, organizations and film/theater
Michele Karlsberg brings a unique combination of skills to effectively carry out publicity/marketing campaigns for authors, organizations and film/theater professionals. She has also worn many hats in her 34-year book Publishing career. Michele was one of the founders of Amethyst Press. As curator of Outspoken, a nationwide LGBTQ Literary series, she helps new and established voices reach a wider
audience. Michele also served as Publisher of Bywater Books and published many award winning authors in those years. In 1989 along with the Publishing Triangle Michele launched Le***an and Gay Book Month. She was recently presented with the Publishing Triangle Leadership Award which along with Michael Denneny was the first co-chairs of the Triangle. She worked with David Rosen and The Book Of The Month Club/Quality Paperback Books on their GLBT Book Club Insight/Out along with the Triangle Classic series. She was also inducted in the Saints and Sinners Literary Hall of Fame in New Orleans, LA. She produced Holland America cruise lines first BOOK EXPO along with Olivia Travel. In 2010 she produced BACK 2 BACK at the St George Theater in NY with Lily Tomlin and Kate Clinton She is the author of Self Publishing GLBT Books (1989) and is the co-editor of To Be Continued and To Be Continued: Take Two (1998). Her non-fiction piece entitled The Isle Of Staten will appear in the book Love, Christopher Street. (Chelsea Street Editions). Her column WORDS appears in the San Francisco Bay Times. Michele has won the Publishing Triangle Leadership Award, Community Health Action Advocacy Award, Lambda Literary Foundation Publishing Professional Award, One Island/One Pride Award. The Publishing Triangle established its Leadership Award in 2002, specifically to honor contributions to LGBTQ literature by those who are not primarily writers, such as editors, agents, booksellers, and institution. As of 2023 tis award will now be known as the Michele Karlsberg Leadership Award,
Her activism includes working with many organizations but not limited to CHASI, Lambda Literary Foundation, Soulforce, The Publishing Triangle, GLAAD, New York City GLBT Center, Gay Men's Health Crisis, Project Hospitality, SAGE, Helping Our Women and God's Love We Deliver. She is most proud of her dedication to building community.
07/02/2025
Bookstore Owners Exit South Dakota Over Anti-Trans Legislation
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06/29/2025
Happy Pride, America
Today on LinkedIn Assotto Saint, Banned Book Coverage From Publishers Weekly, Pride Across America in Los Angeles, Hover by Liza Flum, American Library Association , Tik Tok Publishing ends, Free Q***r books in NYC and a Supreme Court Ruling.
06/27/2025
FREE BOOKS FOR PRIDE
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Jun 26—Jun 29
610 5th Avenue, Channel Gardens
Open to the public
Founded on a belief in the transformative power of q***r storytelling, the Aesop Q***r Library returns to select stores across the US and Canada, making it's New York stop at Rockefeller Center. The ephemeral installation offers complimentary books by LGBTQIA2S+ authors and allies, no purchase required.
Open June 26-29, Aesop Rockefeller Center will see their shelves cleared of most products and stocked with books instead—along with aromatic accompaniments to enhance reading moments.
Discover the full list of titles that will be available at this year's Q***r Library below.
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Aesop stores in the Americas are becoming an ephemeral q***r library to mark Pride. Clearing away product we give prominence to LGBTQIA+ authors and allies.
06/22/2025
Today on our LinkedIn-
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BookTok Takes Center Stage: How TikTok Is Shaping Publishing at the LA Times Festival
Supreme Court Ruling Could Threaten Education & Publishing
: Writers Use TikTok to Defend Their Work
Working‑Class Voices Clash with Elite at Writers’ Workshop
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06/16/2025
Good Times!
Hear from Lambda Literary Award winner Trebor Healey about his love for SASFest!
You can help us continue our endeavors to inspire LGBTQ+ writers, readers, and other literary professionals by donating to our campaign here: https://www.giveoutday.org/organization/Sasfest
06/14/2025
Good Saturday"NO KINGS" Morning
Fired up and ready to go----
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The 2025 Saints and Sinners Literary Festival has come and gone, leaving behind a vibrant trail of inspiration, connection, and community. Held in the heart of New Orleans, the beloved LGBTQ literary event once again gathered writers, readers, and thinkers from across the country to celebrate storytelling in all its powerful, provocative, and poetic forms. With a full weekend of panels, readings, workshops, and social events, SASFest offered space not only for craft and conversation but for true creative nourishment.....
The 2025 Saints and Sinners Literary Festival has come and gone, leaving behind a vibrant trail of inspiration, connection, and community. First-time attendee Kara Zajac stepped into this world of literary kinship with curiosity, and enthusiasm.
06/06/2025
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I’ve written so much about how there are too many books and not enough places to cover them, but I still have more to say. So this time I thought I’d go deeper and do a case study. Last year I wrote about the wonderful and terrible overstuffedness of the month of March 2024. This time, instead of looking at a whole month, let’s just look at one single day that broke my brain and compelled me to make a spreadsheet about...
Michele Karlsberg brings a unique combination of skills to effectively carry out publicity/marketing campaigns for authors, organizations and film/theater professionals. She has also worn many hats in her 36-year book Publishing career. Michele was one of the founders of Amethyst Press. As curator o...
06/04/2025
RIP White leading gay American writer and a co-founder of GMHC. Condolences to Michael Carroll and Ed’s friends, extended family and fans. Give Felice Picano a hug.
11/24/2024
Hello. This is Pearl. I work with the Marketing and Management.
We will be moving all business, exciting updates, publishing and entertainment news, WORDS column, client news, conference updates, AI updates and so much more to LinkedIn. Please feel free to follow us there. Our LinkedIn account is under Michele Karlsberg.
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Looking forward to a successful 2025.
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11/03/2024
What’s Next for Scribd After Ending Everand’s Unlimited Ebook Subscription?
After negotiating wider catalog access with the Big Five, Scribd pivots Everand's unlimited reading model to a credit-based system.
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Michele Karlsberg shows how ordinary people make extraordinary contributions to their communities. Her philosophy is simple: “It is our giving that makes us strong, not our receiving.” Bottom line, she loves what she does. She is grateful for her beloved mentors, some of whom are Nancy Bereano, Sasha Alyson, Barbara Grier, Richard Labonte, Carol Seajay, Roz Parr who helped her gain knowledge and confidence in the book publishing industry.
She has worn many hats in her twenty-nine year career.
As a publicist, she brings a unique combination of skills to effectively carry out publicity/marketing campaigns for authors, organizations, events, comedians, musicians and film/theater professionals. Her list of clients has included Katherine Forrest, Felice Picano, Kate Clinton, Stephen Fry, Jewelle Gomez, Assotto Saint, Dorothy Allison, Martin Duberman, Judy Grahn and Minnie Bruce Pratt to name a few. From her home office stateside, Michele represented many International Publishing companies: Spinifex Press (Australia), Second Story Press (Canada), Bruno Gmunder (Germany) and Creation Books (UK). She generously speaks at many conferences about the business of publishing, publicity and marketing. When she gets to share what she knows about marketing and publicity in the world of publishing, she is one happy woman.
She is one of the founders/publishers of Amethyst Press, home of groundbreaking authors Dennis Cooper, Kevin Killian, Mark Ameen, Stan Leventhal and Patrick Moore. She is a strong advocate for independent booksellers and worked with Carol Seajay on the Feminist Bookstore Network. She is a curator of Outspoken, a nationwide LGBTQI literary series that helps new and established voices reach a wider audience. As publisher at Bywater Books, she published many award winning authors.
She is an innovator and in 1989 along with the Publishing Triangle, Michele launched Le***an and Gay Book Month. Along with Michael Denneny she was the first co-chair of the Publishing Triangle and is still active today. She worked with The Book Of The Month Club/Quality Paperback Books to launch their LGBT Book Club InsightOut along with the Triangle Classic series.
She is a passionate advocate for the Pride Center on Staten Island, whether it was to help supply books to build their library, participate in the LGBTQI Pride celebrations, helping build visibility for the Pride Center or helping other LGBTQI people in need. In 1991 she was part of the team that opened the Pat Parker/Vito Russo Library at the NYC LGBTQI Community Center. For many years she also worked with the Astraea Writers Awards and The Le***an Herstory Archives.
She is a producer:she produced Holland America Cruise Lines’ first BOOK EXPO along with Olivia Travel. In 2010 she produced BACK 2 BACK at the St George Theater in NY with Lily Tomlin and Kate Clinton. She is most proud of producing events to honor the passing of Audre Lorde, Melvin Dixon, Stan Leventhal and John Preston.
As literary executor for Assotto Saint, Roy Gonsalves and Stan Leventhal, Michele manages their creative works for publication today.
Michele is a planner; she has been instrumental in planning the programming of many conferences and festivals such as OUTWRITE, Saints and Sinners, San Francisco Book Festival, BookExpo America, In Our Own Write, Behind Our Masks, GCLS, Readers and Writers and the Gay Games Cultural Festival.
She is an author; her non-fiction piece entitled The Isle Of Staten appears in the book Love, Christopher Street (Chelsea House Editions). Her WORDS column appears monthly in the San Francisco Bay Times. She wrote Self Publishing LGBTQI Books and is the co-editor of the Lambda Literary Award finalist To Be Continued and To Be Continued: Take Two (Firebrand Books).
She is an awardee: Publishing Triangle Leadership Award. Community Health Action Advocacy Award. Saints and Sinners Literary Hall Of Fame. One Island/One Pride Award from the S.I. LGBT Community Center.
When Michele is not focusing on the visibility of the LGBTQI community she persists to resist the current administration.
