Category Archives: Butch

The Eight 2017 Lammy Winners I’m Most Excited about, Including Three Canadians!

Posted on June 13, 2017 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

The 29th Annual Lambda Awards ceremony happened last night, which means we have a whole new list of acclaimed LGBTQ books to add to your TBR. These are the winners I’m most excited about, some that I’ve read and reviewed … Continue reading →

Posted in Asian, Bisexual, Black, Butch, Canadian, Caribbean, Fiction, Lesbian, list, News, Non-Canadian, Poetry, Queer, Science Fiction, South Asian, Trans, Trans Feminine, Young Adult | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Five Queer Canadian New Adult Books

Posted on April 29, 2017 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

So there’s some debate as to whether new adult is actually a legit thing or not, as the term was only coined in 2009 by St. Martin’s Press in order to market books that were a kind of older YA … Continue reading →

Posted in Asian, Bisexual, Butch, Canadian, Fantasy, Fiction, Jewish, Lesbian, Mariko Tamaki, Montreal, mystery, Queer, Zoe Whittall | Tagged | 1 Comment

The Seven Canadian and Indigenous Lambda Finalists I’m Most Excited About

Posted on March 21, 2017 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

In case you missed it, last week the finalists for the 29th Lambda Literary Awards for LGBTQ+ Literature were announced, and there were some pretty rad Canadians and/or Indigenous folks on the list! Here are the finalists that I’m most … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthology, asexual, Asian, Bisexual, Butch, Canadian, Coming-of-age, Fantasy, femme, Fiction, Lesbian, magic realism, memoir, Montreal, News, Non-Fiction, paranormal, Poetry, Postcolonial, Queer, Science Fiction, Sex Work, Short Stories, Toronto, Trans, Trans Feminine, Transgender, Vancouver, Young Adult | 1 Comment

“the big empty abandoned town hall their heart is echoing inside of”: A Review of Ivan Coyote’s TOMBOY SURVIVAL GUIDE

Posted on February 27, 2017 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

In case you had the wild notion that it wouldn’t be: Ivan Coyote’s latest and unbelievably 11th book is just as great, and possibly greater, than everything they’ve done up until now. If you’ve never read an Ivan Coyote book … Continue reading →

Posted in Butch, Canadian, Ivan E. Coyote, Queer, Rural, Trans, Trans Masculine, Transgender, Young Adult | Tagged , , | 9 Comments

A Quiet Journey of Looking for Respect and Recognition: A Review of M-E Girard’s GIRL MANS UP

Posted on October 7, 2016 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

Despite the plethora of queer YA these days, there was something that I didn’t even quite realize that was mostly missing in contemporary LGBTQ+ YA, let alone Canadian LGBTQ+ YA: stories about butch/genderqueer lesbians and their gender journeys. Girl Mans … Continue reading →

Posted in Butch, Lesbian, Young Adult | 5 Comments