Tag Archives: Nalo Hopkinson

Ask Your Friendly Neighbourhood Lesbrarian # 8: LGBTQ Magic Realism

Posted on July 5, 2015 by

My friend L writes: Any (well written!) magic realism books with LGTBQ characters? Preferably not YA or NA. Any books where a queer woman protagonist is a scientist of some kind and that’s not used as a shorthand for her … Continue reading →

Posted in Amber Dawn, ask your friendly neighbourhood lesbrarian, Black, Canadian, Caribbean, Fiction, latina, magic realism, Non-Canadian, paranormal | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 11 Comments

Reading Projects Past and Reading Projects Present: A Year of QTPOC Books

Posted on January 1, 2015 by

So I’ve had a look at the books I read last year, and found some surprising and some not so surprising results. One thing that was pretty interesting is that I read more books by and/or about bisexual women than … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthology, Asian, Bisexual, Black, Canadian, Fiction, Ivan E. Coyote, Lesbian, Nalo Hopkinson, News, Postcolonial, Queer, Science Fiction, Shani Mootoo, Short Stories, South Asian, Toronto, Trans, Trans Feminine, Trans Masculine, Zoe Whittall | Tagged , | 5 Comments

Happy Victoria and Toronto Pride! Some Literary Events for Queer Book Nerds

Posted on June 27, 2012 by

For those of us book-inclined queer folks, pride season not only means parades and general fuzzy feelings of being surrounded by queer family, but awesome literary events featuring some of the best in queer writing, storytelling, theatre, poetry, and more.  Canadian … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian, Farzana Doctor, Kristyn Dunnion, Lesbian, News, Queer, Toronto, Transgender, Victoria | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment