Category Archives: Kristyn Dunnion

Queer Books Coming in Fall 2017 from Arsenal Pulp Press

Posted on August 31, 2017 by

As always, Vancouver’s wonderful Arsenal Pulp Press is about to publish some great books. These ones, slated to come out this fall, all have queer themes and/or are by queer authors. Oracle Bone by Lydia Kwa Lydia Kwa is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Asian, Canadian, Fiction, Graphic, Kristyn Dunnion, list, magic realism, Non-Canadian, Queer, Science Fiction, Vancouver | 2 Comments

A Special Lesbrarian Request: Canadian YA with Gay Boys

Posted on September 30, 2016 by

Welcome to a special gay boy version of my queer book advice column! In case you haven’t noticed, Ask Your Friendly Neighbourhood Lesbrarian has officially found a new home at Autostraddle, which I couldn’t be more thrilled about. My first … Continue reading →

Posted in Asian, ask your friendly neighbourhood lesbrarian, Gay, Kristyn Dunnion, South Asian, Young Adult | 5 Comments

A Feat of Queer, Feminist, Punk Dystopian YA: A Review of Kristyn Dunnion’s BIG BIG SKY

Posted on April 22, 2016 by

Big Big Sky by Toronto punk author Kristyn Dunnion is perhaps the strangest book I’ve ever read. But I mean strange in that’s it’s wonderfully weird in a way that makes your brain stretch a little bit in a direction … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian, Coming-of-age, Fiction, Kristyn Dunnion, Queer, Science Fiction, Young Adult | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Ask Your Friendly Neighbourhood Lesbrarian #2: Lesbian/Bi Dystopian YA Novels

Posted on February 25, 2015 by

Hi Casey! I heard about this through the Lez Liberty Lit column on Autostraddle.com and I thought I would see if maybe you could help me out! I’ve been really into reading YA dystopian novels lately (e.g., Divergent series). I … Continue reading →

Posted in ask your friendly neighbourhood lesbrarian, Bisexual, Canadian, Fiction, Kristyn Dunnion, Lesbian, Non-Canadian, Queer, Science Fiction, Trans, Trans Feminine, Trans Masculine | Tagged , , , , , , , | 19 Comments

The Best Erotica I’ve Ever Read: A Review of With a Rough Tongue: Femme Writes Porn, Edited by Amber Dawn and Trish Kelly

Posted on May 25, 2014 by

Can I just start this review by saying that With a Rough Tongue: Femmes Write Porn (edited by Vancouver writers Amber Dawn and Trish Kelly) is by far THE BEST EROTICA I HAVE EVER READ.  It’s like really good sex—when … Continue reading →

Posted in Amber Dawn, Anthology, BDSM, Bisexual, Butch, Canadian, Caribbean, Erotica, Fiction, Kristyn Dunnion, Lesbian, Nalo Hopkinson, Non-Canadian, Postcolonial, Queer, Sex Work, Short Stories, Trans Feminine, Trans Masculine, Vancouver, Zoe Whittall | 8 Comments

Hello, Queer YA: An Introduction to Queer Canadian Young Women’s Fiction

Posted on November 16, 2012 by

Having started reading Beth Goobie’s young adult novel Hello, Groin this morning (I’m liking it so far—although the title is a bit unfortunate), I decided it was time to do some talking about queer young adult books on this blog.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Asian, Bisexual, Canadian, Coming-of-age, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic, Hiromi Goto, Ivan E. Coyote, Jewish, Kristyn Dunnion, Lesbian, Mariko Tamaki, Montreal, Queer, Toronto, Trans Masculine, Young Adult | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

A Collection at Once Tough and Tender: A Review of Kristyn Dunnion’s The Dirt Chronicles

Posted on July 27, 2012 by

In The Dirt Chronicles, Kristyn Dunnion writes brilliant, moving stories about a diverse crowd: anarchist punks, dumpster-diving freegans, a First Nations lesbian teenager, queer brown kids in foster care, trans sex workers, middle-aged ostensibly straight men with intense homoerotic cross-cultural … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian, Fiction, Gay, Indigenous, Kristyn Dunnion, Lesbian, Queer, Sex Work, Short Stories, Toronto, Trans, Trans Masculine, Transgender | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments