Tag Archives: Lesbian Fiction

Canadian Women in the 26th Lammy Finalists: Some Enthusiastic Rants, and Some Just Plain Enthusiasm

Posted on March 7, 2014 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

It’s that time of year again: lammy nominations!  Oh, how I love and hate them.  At best, I have complicated feelings about the Lambda Literary Awards.  As Autostraddle writer Carolyn reported last year, in 2004 (!!!) a transphobic book made … Continue reading →

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A Review of Farzana Doctor’s Six Metres of Pavement: A Moving Novel about Chosen Family

Posted on August 29, 2012 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

I bought and started reading Farzana Doctor’s second novel Six Metres of Pavement with specific and high expectations: not only has it just been shortlisted for the 2012 Toronto Book award, it was named one of Now Magazine’s top ten books … Continue reading →

Posted in Bisexual, Canadian, Farzana Doctor, Fiction, Queer, South Asian, Toronto | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

Shani Mootoo’s Cereus Blooms at Night: A Visceral, Sensual, and Compassionate Novel

Posted on August 14, 2012 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

A few months ago when I reviewed Shani Mootoo’s most recent novel, Valmiki’s Daughter, I prefaced the review with an admission that I already loved Mootoo’s writing before I even started the book.  It was her first novel, Cereus Blooms … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian, Caribbean, Fiction, Lesbian, Postcolonial, Queer, Shani Mootoo, South Asian, Transgender | Tagged , , , , , , | 5 Comments

An Ideal Read for a Thoughtful Night at a Coffeehouse: A Review of Gail Scott’s Main Brides

Posted on July 29, 2012 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

Montreal writer Gail Scott’s 1993 book Main Brides is less a novel than a series of snapshots, taken with the camera of the main character Lydia’s eyes.  It’s a book where mood and atmosphere are more important than plot or … Continue reading →

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A Collection at Once Tough and Tender: A Review of Kristyn Dunnion’s The Dirt Chronicles

Posted on July 27, 2012 by CaseytheCanadianLesbrarian

In The Dirt Chronicles, Kristyn Dunnion writes brilliant, moving stories about a diverse crowd: anarchist punks, dumpster-diving freegans, a First Nations lesbian teenager, queer brown kids in foster care, trans sex workers, middle-aged ostensibly straight men with intense homoerotic cross-cultural … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian, Fiction, Gay, Indigenous, Kristyn Dunnion, Lesbian, Queer, Sex Work, Short Stories, Toronto, Trans, Trans Masculine, Transgender | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments