Queer Little Nightmares

Edited by David Ly & Daniel Zomparelli
Categories: Anthologies, Fiction, LGBTQ+ Literature, LGBTQ+, Gay Literature, Lesbian Literature

The fiction and poetry of Queer Little Nightmares reimagines monsters old and new through a queer lens, subverting the horror gaze to celebrate ideas and identities canonically feared in monster lit. Throughout ...

Hustling Verse

Edited by Amber Dawn & Justin Ducharme
Categories: LGBTQ+, Lesbian Literature, Poetry, Anthologies, Trans Literature, Gay Literature

Lambda Literary Award finalist

In this trailblazing anthology, more than fifty self-identified sex workers from all walks of the industry (survival and trade, past and present) explore their lived experience ...

The Remedy

Edited by Zena Sharman
Categories: LGBTQ+, Trans Literature, Lesbian Literature, Anthologies, Social Issues, Health

Lambda Literary Award winner

To remedy means to heal, to cure, to set right, to make reparations.

The Remedy invites writers and readers to imagine what we need to create healthy, resilient, and thriving ...

AlliterAsian

Edited by Julia Lin, Allan Cho, and Jim Wong-Chu
Categories: Poetry, BIPOC, Asian Literature, Anthologies, Fiction

A wide-ranging anthology of Asian Canadian literature to celebrate 20 years of Ricepaper.

2015 marks the 20th anniversary of Ricepaper magazine, a pioneering periodical devoted to Asian-Canadian writing. ...

Craftivism

Edited by Betsy Greer
Categories: Cultural Studies, Politics, Anthologies, Visual Arts, Crafts & Hobbies

Craftivism is a worldwide movement that operates at the intersection of craft and activism; Craftivism the book is full of inspiration for crafters who want to create works that add to the greater good. ...

V6A

Edited by John Mikhail Asfour & Elee Kraljii Gardiner
Categories: Anthologies

Finalist, City of Vancouver Book Award

"V6A" is the postal prefix for what is often described as "the poorest neighbourhood in Canada"--Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES). Statistics about the area depict ...

Persistence

Edited by Ivan Coyote & Zena Sharman
Categories: LGBTQ+, Trans Literature, Women's Literature, Anthologies, Social Issues, Lesbian Literature

Named a Stonewall Honor Book by the American Library Association

Lambda Literary Award finalist
In the summer of 2009, butch writer and storyteller Ivan Coyote and gender researcher and femme dynamo Zena ...

Fist of the Spider Woman

Edited by Amber Dawn
Categories: LGBTQ+, Lesbian Literature, Anthologies, Women's Literature, Fiction

Lambda Literary Award Finalist

Traditional horror has often portrayed female characters in direct relation to their sexual role according to men, such as the lascivious victim or innocent heroine; even ...

First Person Queer

Edited by Richard Labone & Lawrence Schimel
Categories: Biography & Memoir, LGBTQ+, Lesbian Literature, Social Issues, Anthologies, Cultural Studies, Gay Literature

Winner, Lambda Literary Award, LGBT Anthologies

Winner, Independent Publisher Award (GOLD), Gay/Lesbian

In this amazing, wide-ranging anthology of non-fiction essays, contributors write intimate and honest ...

Seminal

Edited by John Barton & Billeh Nickerson
Categories: Poetry, LGBTQ+, Gay Literature, Anthologies, Canada

A groundbreaking, comprehensive anthology of Canadian gay male poetry, the first of its kind, that reveals a national queer poetic that is equal parts eloquent, subversive, and moving. The material, from ...