Category Archives: Black

The Best Historical Queer Women’s Fiction: A List of Personal Favourites

Posted on September 4, 2014 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

Sometimes you just don’t feel like living in your current time and place and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that.  Luckily, we have historical fiction to fill that need.  Personally, I love reading books that were written in ye olden … Continue reading →

Posted in Bisexual, Black, Canadian, Coming-of-age, Fiction, Halifax, Jewish, Lesbian, Nalo Hopkinson, Non-Canadian, Queer, Romance, Rural, Sex Work, Trans Masculine | Tagged | 5 Comments

Wonder-full, Sexy, Smart, and Scary: A Review of Nalo Hopkinson’s Short Story Collection Skin Folk

Posted on August 17, 2014 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

I’ve really been spoilt by fantastic short story collections this summer, and Skin Folk by Nalo Hopkinson is no exception.  When I say fantastic, I mean it in more than one sense: these stories are remarkable, especially wrapped as they … Continue reading →

Posted in Bisexual, Black, Butch, Canadian, Caribbean, Erotica, Fantasy, Fiction, Lesbian, Nalo Hopkinson, Postcolonial, Science Fiction, Sex Work, Short Stories, Toronto | Tagged | 8 Comments

“To Let Yourself Want Something”: A Review of Natalie Meisner’s Double Pregnant

Posted on May 10, 2014 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

Beware, if you pick up Double Pregnant: Two Lesbian Moms Make a Family by Natalie Meisner and you’re at all at the stage in your life where you’re beginning to feel the baby fever.  I spent a good portion of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Alberta, Black, Butch, Lesbian, Non-Fiction, Queer, Rural | Tagged , | 3 Comments

A Magical, Tantalizing Recreation of Historical Space for Queer Black Women: A Review of Nalo Hopkinson’s The Salt Roads

Posted on March 26, 2014 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

My first thought after beginning to read The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson was “Why did it take me so long to read this book?  It’s SO AWESOME.” My second thought: “Holy crap, there’s lesbian sex twice in the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Bisexual, Black, Canadian, Caribbean, Fantasy, Fiction, Gay, Nalo Hopkinson, Postcolonial, Queer, Sex Work, Toronto | Tagged , | 11 Comments

The Wisdom of Youth, The Perspective of Age: A Review of Letters Lived: Radical Reflections, Revolutionary Paths Edited by Sheila Sampath

Posted on February 11, 2014 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

I feel pretty lucky to be regularly sent books to review.  Free!  Books!  It’s like a dream come true.  Often I haven’t heard of the book or author and I am glad to be made aware of a new writer … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthology, Asian, Black, Canadian, Graphic, Indigenous, Lesbian, Non-Canadian, Non-Fiction, Postcolonial, Queer, Toronto, Trans, Trans Feminine, Trans Masculine, Young Adult | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments