Category Archives: News

Vancouver’s LGBTQ2IA+ Library Out On The Shelves’ Holiday Book Drive Is The Perfect Gift This HoliGay Season

Posted on December 7, 2017 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

Wondering what to get a queer book lover in your life, especially one who seems to have already read every book or who’s already drowning in unread books on their shelves and doesn’t need any more? I have the PERFECT … Continue reading →

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Queer Can Lit Newsflash: New Queer Library in Vancouver, LGBTQ Festival of Words in Toronto, and New Work by Vivek Shraya and Zoe Whittall

Posted on October 31, 2017 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

Hello and welcome to this new segment on Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian! In response to reader feedback asking for more news posts and cause it would be nice to share all the little tidbits of information about queer and trans … Continue reading →

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Vivek Shraya and Arsenal Pulp Press Launch Dream Mentorship & Publishing Project for Emerging Writers Who Are Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour

Posted on August 1, 2017 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

Last month multi-faceted artist Vivek Shraya (author of She of the Mountains, The Boy and the Bindi, and Even This Page is White) and Arsenal Pulp Press announced a dream collaboration: A mentorship and publishing opportunity for an Indigenous or … Continue reading →

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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 →

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2017’s Very Exciting Shortlist for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for Emerging LGBTQ Writers: Kai Cheng Thom, Eva Crocker, and Ali Blythe

Posted on May 25, 2017 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

If you’re at all interested in Canadian LGBTQ2IA+ books, you have probably at least heard of the Dayne Ogilvie Prize. It’s an annual $4000 prize given by the Writers’ Trust of Canada for emerging LGBTQ-identified writers. Every year amazing writers … Continue reading →

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