Category Archives: Short Stories

March Queer Can Lit Newsflash: Events Featuring Casey Plett, Amber Dawn, &Joshua Whitehead, Queer BC Book Prize Nominees, and More!

Posted on March 28, 2018 by

There are a lot of exciting things happening in the queer can lit world! Let’s get to them: Did you know Casey Plett has a new novel called Little Fish coming out? If you’ve been reading my blog, then yes … Continue reading →

Posted in Amber Dawn, Canadian, femme, Fiction, Indigenous, Lesbian, News, Poetry, Postcolonial, Queer, Rural, Short Stories, Trans, Trans Feminine, Transgender, Vancouver | 2 Comments

Some Personal Favourites and Canadian Finalists for the 2018 Lambda Literary Awards

Posted on March 26, 2018 by

Can you believe I’m only writing about the announcement of Lambda Literary Award finalists now? It happened like 2 weeks ago! Well, better later than never. Here are some highlights, of personal favourites and also Canadian finalists: Fiction Finalists In … Continue reading →

Posted in Bisexual, Canadian, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic, latina, Lesbian, list, memoir, News, Non-Canadian, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Queer, Science Fiction, Short Stories, South Asian, Toronto, Trans, Trans Feminine, Trans Masculine, Transgender | 7 Comments

The Ten Queer Black Books I’m Most Excited to Read in 2018

Posted on February 21, 2018 by

Happy Black History Month! Some of these are new, some of these are old, all of them are undoubtedly going to be awesome when I finally read them. They range from magical realism and science fiction to middle grade and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bisexual, Black, Caribbean, Fiction, Jewish, Lesbian, list, magic realism, mystery, Non Binary, Non-Canadian, Non-Fiction, Postcolonial, Queer, Romance, Science Fiction, Sex Work, Short Stories, Trans, Trans Feminine, Transgender, Young Adult | Tagged | 4 Comments

The Best (Mostly Queer) Books I Read in 2017

Posted on January 18, 2018 by

I recently published a lengthy post reviewing my 2017 year in books, but I thought my top eight deserved a post all to themselves. Here are my absolute favourite books that I read last year (many published in 2017, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Asian, Bisexual, Black, Canadian, Fantasy, Fiction, Indigenous, Lesbian, memoir, Non-Canadian, Poetry, Queer, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Uncategorized, Vancouver | Tagged , | 13 Comments

Looking Back at My 2017 Year of Reading: A Bookish Survey

Posted on January 15, 2018 by

This is a year-end reading survey I’ve been using for a couple years now that I stole from Danika at The Lesbrary in 2014. If you’re not following The Lesbrary, you’re missing out on a lot of rad queer women’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthology, asexual, Black, Canadian, Fantasy, Fiction, list, memoir, mystery, Non-Canadian, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Queer, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Trans, Trans Feminine, Trans Masculine, Transgender, Vancouver | Tagged , | 5 Comments