Category Archives: Poetry

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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“I didn’t mean to become an I”: A Review of Trish Salah’s Poetry Collection LYRIC SEXOLOGY VOL 1

Posted on January 25, 2018 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

Once again, Trish Salah has written a collection of poetry that somehow manages to make old, familiar topics—this time: the self—brand new. She also again somehow made me feel like I was getting smarter every minute I was reading the … Continue reading →

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The Best (Mostly Queer) Books I Read in 2017

Posted on January 18, 2018 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

I recently published a lengthy post reviewing my 2017 year in books, but I thought my top eight deserved a post all to themselves. Here are my absolute favourite books that I read last year (many published in 2017, but … Continue reading →

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Looking Back at My 2017 Year of Reading: A Bookish Survey

Posted on January 15, 2018 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

This is a year-end reading survey I’ve been using for a couple years now that I stole from Danika at The Lesbrary in 2014. If you’re not following The Lesbrary, you’re missing out on a lot of rad queer women’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthology, asexual, Black, Canadian, Fantasy, Fiction, list, memoir, mystery, Non-Canadian, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Queer, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Trans, Trans Feminine, Trans Masculine, Transgender, Vancouver | Tagged , | 5 Comments

Interview with a Queer Reader: Estlin McPhee Talks LOTS of Queer YA and more!

Posted on December 20, 2017 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

Estlin McPhee is a writer and collective organizer living on Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh land in Vancouver. They work with youth and live with cats. For five years, they co-organized REVERB, an anti-oppressive queer reading series. Estlin’s writing can be … Continue reading →

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