Category Archives: Gay

My 2018 Year in Reading: Favourite Books of the Year, Most Memorable Character, Best Cover, and More!

Posted on January 8, 2019 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

I love looking back on what I read the past year, don’t you? This is a kind of survey that I’ve adapted a bit from where I originally found it on The Lesbrary in 2014. If you’re not following The … Continue reading →

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The 10 Best Queer Books of 2018 (that I read, at least)

Posted on January 3, 2019 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

Some of these were published in 2018, some I just read in 2018! They span pretty much every genre and are all 5 stars, I-can’t-believe-how-much-I-loved-this-book kind of books. In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan I predicted in my January … Continue reading →

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“You’s napêw iskwewisehot, m’boy, Two-Spirit”: A Review of Joshua Whitehead’s Debut Novel JONNY APPLESEED

Posted on October 11, 2018 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

What a damn fine book Jonny Appleseed is. That’s my eight-word review. Here are some more words: When I finished reading this debut novel by Joshua Whitehead (an Oji-Cree/nehiyaw, Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer member of the Peguis First Nation [Treaty 1]), I remember … Continue reading →

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Interview With A Queer Reader: Sam Talks SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA, Feeling Less Alone While Reading Queer Books, and More!

Posted on February 28, 2018 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

This month’s second queer reader is Sam, who writes LGBT+ stories under the name Anthony James. He’s bisexual (or maybe pansexual), transmasculine, and likely autistic too (although undiagnosed for now). Even if his writing isn’t focused on any of those … Continue reading →

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Three New Must-Read Queer Canadian Poetry Books

Posted on February 1, 2018 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

Don’t miss these collections! If you get them soon, you may even finish reading them before me—I’ve currently got All Violet and This Wound Is A World on my bedside table and just recently posted my review of Lyric Sexology … Continue reading →

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