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The article announces that the "Harrington Lesbian Literary Quarterly (HLLQ) will have its final issue in December 2007. It states that the publisher, Haworth Press Inc., has determined that it is no longer economically feasible to continue the publication. In connection, the quarterly publication has provided a forum for lesbian fiction, essays as well as art, while lesbian photographers have had representative work displayed in color and in black and white.

The article discusses the findings of a research on lesbian fiction and public libraries in Scotland. Only 8% of lesbians surveyed use public libraries due to discriminatory treatment by library staff. More than 75% of the respondents would appreciate a separate gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) section as a good way of locating new lesbian fiction. All of the respondents believed that libraries should support the creation of literary award for gay and lesbian writing.

The plot of the Dutch novel Maak me blij (Make me happy) (2005) by Karin Giphart draws from the culture of online fan communities. It describes the life of a lesbian in her late 20s, Ziggy, who has a terminally ill mother. Ziggy is an active fan who writes and reads femmeslash fan fiction--that is, lesbian interpretations of characters from mainstream series such as Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2001). By providing through Ziggy a personal view of fan communities and the genres that flourish there, Maak me blij connects the romantic motives of original lesbian fiction with its underground sister, fan fiction. The novel draws from various source texts and illustrates how fans interpret texts within a wider literary landscape. I use the concept of intermediality to analyze how Maak me blij mediates different types of original fiction (lesbian romances, science fiction) and fan fiction (femmeslash, Star Trek fan fiction) to establish new views on fandom and its construction of gender and intimacy. These motives are not only apparent within the text itself but also within the character of Ziggy as a fan writer with her own original alien characters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]