Getting Glam at Gram's

Text by Sara Weed
Illustrated by Erin Hawryluk
Categories: Children's & Young Adult, Children's, LGBTQ+ Literature

A colourful and celebratory picture book that embraces all gender expressions through a fun family fashion show

Alex, a young person who identifies as non-binary, eagerly awaits Sunday dinner with all ...

Something, Not Nothing

By Sarah Leavitt
Categories: Graphic Novels & Non-Fiction, Biography & Memoir, LGBTQ+ Literature, Women's Literature, LGBTQ+, Lesbian Literature

A poignant and beautifully illustrated graphic memoir about love and loss and navigating a new life

In April 2020, cartoonist Sarah Leavitt's partner of twenty-two years, Donimo, died with medical assistance ...

East Side Story

By Nick Marino
Categories: Popular Culture, Canada, British Columbia, Humour, Biography & Memoir
Series: Robin's Egg Books

A sly, sentimental, and wickedly funny memoir about growing up at the local fair

A ROBIN'S EGG BOOK

The PNE (Pacific National Exhibition) is a Vancouver tradition, an annual fair started in 1910 that is ...

The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book: Revised and Expanded

By Gord Hill
Foreword by Pamela Palmater
Categories: Graphic Novels & Non-Fiction, BIPOC, Indigenous Literature

A new and expanded version of Gord Hill's seminal illustrated history of Indigenous struggles in the Americas.

When it was first published in 2010, The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book was heralded as ...

Sharp Notions

Edited by Marita Dachsel & Nancy Lee
Categories: Anthologies, Crafts & Hobbies, Biography & Memoir

Personal essays from diverse voices about their relationships to the fibre arts

Sometimes the reliability of a knit stitch, the steady rocking of a quilting needle, the solid structure of a loom is all ...

Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

Edited by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Categories: LGBTQ+, Trans Literature, Gay Literature, Social Issues, History

An enthralling and incisive anthology of personal essays on the persistent impact of the AIDS crisis on queer lives.

Every queer person lives with the trauma of AIDS, and this plays out intergenerationally. ...

A Dream of a Woman

By Casey Plett
Categories: Fiction, LGBTQ+, Trans Literature, Women's Literature

Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize

Award-winning novelist Casey Plett (Little Fish) returns with a poignant suite of stories that center transgender women.

Casey Plett's 2018 novel Little Fish won ...

A Safe Girl to Love

By Casey Plett
Categories: Fiction, LGBTQ+, Trans Literature, Women's Literature

A new edition of the acclaimed debut story collection by two-time Lambda Literary Award winner Casey Plett.

By the author of Little Fish and A Dream of a Woman:eleven unique short stories featuring young ...

An Evening with Birdy O'Day

By Greg Kearney
Categories: Fiction, LGBTQ+, Gay Literature

A funny, boisterous, and deeply moving novel about aging hairstylist Roland's childhood friendship with Birdy O'Day, whose fevered quest for pop music glory drives them apart

Roland Keener is an aging ...

Curious Sounds

By Roger Mooking & francesca ekwuyasi

A collaborative, multi-faceted book by two extraordinary Black artists about finding beauty in the chaos

Roger Mooking is a Trinidadian-born, Canadian-raised talent who creates immersive experiences in ...