Girl Unwrapped

By Gabriella Goliger
Categories: LGBTQ+, Lesbian Literature, Fiction

Winner, Ottawa Book Award for Fiction

A powerful tale of the burdens and blessings of history, the divided self, and the quest to be whole, Girl Unwrapped is a coming-of-age story set in 1960s Montreal. ...

Sub Rosa

By Amber Dawn
Categories: LGBTQ+, Lesbian Literature, Fiction, Women's Literature

Lambda Literary Award Winner

In this stunning debut novel, Amber Dawn subverts and transgresses the classic hero's quest adventure to create a dark post-feminist vision not for the faint of heart. Sub ...

Second Person Queer

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

First Person Queer, an anthology of non-fiction essays written in the first person by a variety of gay and lesbian authors, was a snapshot of LGBT life and experience in the modern age. Published in 2007, ...

Fist of the Spider Woman

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

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 ...

The Dictionary of Homophobia

Edited by Louis-Georges Tin
Translated by Marek Redburn
Categories: Social Issues, LGBTQ+, Gay Literature, History, Lesbian Literature, Cultural Studies

Based on the work of seventy researchers in fifteen countries, The Dictionary of Homophobia is a mammoth, encyclopedic book that documents the history of homosexuality, and various cultural responses to ...

The Child

By Sarah Schulman
Categories: LGBTQ+, Gay Literature, Fiction, Lesbian Literature

Shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award and the Ferro-Grumley Women's Fiction Award

The Child is the eleventh and perhaps most controversial book by acclaimed lesbian writer Sarah Schulman, available ...

Rat Bohemia

By Sarah Schulman
Categories: Fiction, LGBTQ+, Lesbian Literature, Women's Literature

First published in 1995, this award-winning novel, written from the epicentre of the AIDS crisis, is a bold, achingly honest story set in the "rat bohemia" of New York City, whose huddled masses include ...

First Person Queer

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

The View from Here

By Matthew Hays
Categories: LGBTQ+, Gay Literature, Film & Media, Lesbian Literature, Biography & Memoir

Winner, Lambda Literary Award, LGBT Arts/Culture

One of Quill & Quire's Books of the Year, 2007

The history of gay and lesbian cinema is a storied one, and one that became much larger with the recent success ...

Comfort Food for Breakups

By Marusya Bociurkiw
Categories: Cooking, LGBTQ+, Lesbian Literature, Women's Literature, Biography & Memoir

Finalist,The Golden Crown Literary Award, Lesbian Short Story Essay Collection
Winner, Independent Publisher Award (SILVER), Autobiography/Memoir
Winner, ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award (GOLD), ...