by Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian In a unprecedented display of awesomeness last week, the Canada Council for the Arts announced this year’s winners for the Governor General’s Literary Awards and they included not one, not two, but three books penned by queer authors. First, we take over...
Leah Horlick (Vancouver) “JackPine Press describes this gorgeous, hand-bound collection of poems from Adrienne Gruber as “a book that literally swings both ways”—how could you resist? “Featuring mythic and magical blue pencil illustrations by Zachari Logan, Intertidal Zones is a...
Another great evening with some of Vancouver’s Favourite Queer Writers, coming up on November 29th!
Matthew Hays (Montreal) “I have thoroughly enjoyed Chloé Griffin’s new book, Edgewise: A Picture of Cookie Mueller, a fantastic, exhaustively-researched book about the work and life of the late great “child of suburban 1950s Maryland,” who John Waters freaks (and I count myself among them)...
Farzana Doctor (Toronto) “I’m thrilled to promote two unique contributions to Can-Lit and Queer-Lit released this past September. “Vivek Shraya’s first novel, She of the Mountains, is a must-read. Frankly, I’ve never seen bisexuality addressed quite like this; Shraya pairs a tender love...
Plenitude Magazine invites emerging Canadian queer writers to enter the Emerging Writer Mentorship Award. This winter, the award is for fiction. Eligible writers have yet to publish their work in book form. One mentorship with an established queer writer will be awarded. The mentorship will take...
