# @bookstrofficial on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DPMjgJiDo95
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/35702205-bookstrofficial-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-09-29T18:26:43.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Bookstr (@BookstrOfficial) — https://gondola.cc/BookstrOfficial

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We went One-on-One with Dawn Chen (dawn.writesstuff), author of THE WITCH WHO CHASES THE SUN, a queer high-fantasy about anti-colonialism, grief, generational trauma, and the cycles of war.

Dawn dives deep into the aftermath of war, weaving alchemy, prophecy, and dark secrets into every page. Ying Cai-Li, the Blood Hawk, and Anne Barberry, the reclusive Oracle, carry scars of love and loss as heavy as their magic. The village hosts a mystery of monsters and vanished souls, but the heart of the novel lies in its characters: haunted women whose paths twist together like fate itself, daring readers to question whether love can heal or only reopen old wounds.

Dawn has also been actively supporting LGBTQ+ authors in China who have faced persecution and censorship for their work. There is a fundraiser to help support an author from facing incarceration through wchereads, who is the manager of the fundraiser. To support publishing companies that support diverse reads, go to padroparo2 to sign their petition.

Swipe through to read more, then visit the link in our bio for the full article. 🔗

[🎨Graphics by Krysten Winkler (adrop_oflife) | 📋Outreach & 🖋️Article Kristi Eskew (kristi_eskew87)]
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danmei, booknerds, booklovers, historicalfantasy, lgbtq, queerliberation, asainlit, queerwriters, currentlyreading, newbook

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