Category Archives: Trans Feminine

The Best Queer Women’s Fiction of 2014

Posted on December 30, 2014 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

Another year is ending, and another year where I added more books to my to-read list than  I scratched off.  Oh well.  New Years also means it’s time for the best of 2014.  I didn’t read as many new books … Continue reading →

Posted in Alberta, Amber Dawn, Asian, Bisexual, Canadian, Dionne Brand, Erotica, Fiction, Lesbian, Postcolonial, Queer, Romance, Shani Mootoo, Short Stories, South Asian, Toronto, Trans, Trans Feminine, Vancouver | 5 Comments

#crazyforcanlit: This Year’s Queer Offerings from the Canadian Publishing Season

Posted on August 26, 2014 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

So there’s kind of a fun thing happening over at the Giller Prize website. They’ve got a big, pretty picture list of all the Canadian fiction published (and yet-to-be-published) this year and are inviting people to make creative lists with … Continue reading →

Posted in Asian, Bisexual, Canadian, Caribbean, Coming-of-age, Dionne Brand, Emma Donoghue, Fiction, Lesbian, Queer, Rural, Short Stories, South Asian, Toronto, Trans Feminine, Trans Masculine | Tagged , | 3 Comments

Not a Bad Apple in the Bunch: A Review of Casey Plett’s Short Story Collection A Safe Girl to Love

Posted on August 16, 2014 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

Around this time last year, I read an amazing debut short story collection by Nancy Jo Cullen that I raved about, saying it was the best fiction I’d read all year.  There must be something in the air in late … Continue reading →

Posted in Bisexual, Canadian, Fiction, Lesbian, Queer, Rural, Short Stories, Trans, Trans Feminine | Tagged | 13 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 CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

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

Canadian Women in the 26th Lammy Finalists: Some Enthusiastic Rants, and Some Just Plain Enthusiasm

Posted on March 7, 2014 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

It’s that time of year again: lammy nominations!  Oh, how I love and hate them.  At best, I have complicated feelings about the Lambda Literary Awards.  As Autostraddle writer Carolyn reported last year, in 2004 (!!!) a transphobic book made … Continue reading →

Posted in Amber Dawn, Andrea Routley, Anthology, Asian, Canadian, Farzana Doctor, Fiction, Lesbian, News, Poetry, Queer, Rural, Sex Work, Short Stories, South Asian, Trans, Trans Feminine | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments