Casey Plett, A Safe Girl to Love (Topside Press, 2014.) Paperback, 216 pp., $16.95. Reviewed by Amber Dawn Let’s hear it for being at the right place at the right time. In early June, I found myself at the right place, which was Blue Stockings Books—Manhattan’s Lower Eastside stronghold indie...
Thank you to everyone who came out to The Steady Cafe on Thursday, June 12th! It was a great night, lots of fun, and such an appreciative audience. We’d also like to thank The Steady Cafe for hosting the event, and Scott Dagostino at Glad Day Bookshop for his support. Thank you also to Vici...
We have teamed up with The Steady Cafe, Glad Day Bookshop and these fantastic queer writers for another sure-be-be excellent reading. Hear the latest from these exciting authors — and preview their forthcoming work! Thursday, June 12 | 9 pm The Steady Cafe 1051 Bloor Street, Toronto Join the...
Interview by Rachna Contractor Vivek Shraya is a Toronto-based artist working in the media of music, performance, literature and film. His Lambda Literary Award-nominated collection of short stories, God Loves Hair, has recently been re-published. On May 5th he launches a new video project, Holy...
Lydia Kwa, sinuous (Turnstone Press, 2013.) Paperback, 107 pp., $19.95 Reviewed by Chris Fox and Arleen Paré As avid readers of Lydia Kwa’s fiction (This Place Called Absence, The Walking Boy, shortlisted for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and Pulse), we were excited to find her second book of...
Jane Eaton Hamilton is the author of seven books of fiction and poetry. Her writing has appeared on the Guardian’s Best of the Year list and on the Sunday Times bestseller list. Her short work has appeared in the New York Times, the Globe and Mail, Numero Cinq, among other places. She has been...
