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Canada Reads Queer Books
Canada Reads is a battle-of-the-books competitors that could be very fashionable right here in my residence nation. One of many contenders this yr is A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder by Ma-Nee Chacaby, represented by Shayla Stonechild. Ma-Nee Chacaby and Shayla Stonechild had been interviewed by CBC, and Ma-Nee Chacaby shared how her grandmother acknowledged that she was Two-Spirit earlier than she had phrases for it, and the way Two-Spirit individuals used to have a spot of respect in her group, earlier than colonization:
“Two-spirit people were highly regarded in those days, they were very special people in our lives in that time of my grandmother’s and even now with me, she said we were special people. There was a reason why the Creator made us that way.”
Talking of queer Canadian authors, Joshua Whitehead shared suggestions for 3 books that centre queerness. Whitehead is the creator of Jonny Appleseed, which has a Two-Spirit predominant character. It received Canada Reads in 2021. In regards to the books he selected, he says,
“I feel a query I’ve requested myself frequently again and again is: Is all literature a type of grieving? Actually particularly, as a queer one who is Indigenous, we at all times have these tragic endings or trauma. And these books don’t draw back from the actual fact all three cope with loss, with demise with suicide, with psychological well being.
However they accomplish that in ways in which actually take these items that we deem are unhealthy or painful — after which in addition they flip them, they rework them or mutate them in such a means that we will additionally see magnificence and pleasure in remembrance. We will see dread and worry and nervousness. However once they’re inverted, we additionally see their antithesis, corresponding to awe and assurance and presence.”
It’s By no means a Unhealthy Time to Learn Queer Horror
Certain, we’re counting down the times till spring within the Northern Hemisphere, however horror isn’t confined to October. It’s at all times a very good time to learn queer horror. Autostraddle put collectively a listing of Queer Books To Learn if You Love Yellowjackets, together with books about wilderness survival, trauma, rage, craving, obsession, twin timelines, poisonous feminine friendships, and—after all—cannibalism.
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Additionally, the Queer Books Database put collectively a listing of their favorite Black Queer Horror Titles, together with YA and grownup titles. Personally, I’d add Mannequin Residence by Rivers Solomon, which is a particularly unsettling learn the place the haunting is all too actual. That’s my first Rivers Solomon e book, however I think about any of their others would even be a very good addition. I additionally must second I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea, which is a YA horror e book a couple of bisexual Black ballerina who makes a cope with a river of blood. I cherished studying about Laure as a result of she’s unapologetically offended and impressive. I can’t wait to learn e book two of this duology.
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Hayley Kiyoko is Writing for the Tumblr Lesbians
In case you missed it, singer Hayley Kiyoko—identified to her followers as Lesbian Jesus—is following up her YA debut, Ladies Like Ladies, with a lesbian YA historic romance The place There’s Room For Us. It comes out on November 4th. Hayley Kiyoko describes it as a “queer hyper-reality set in the Victorian era. Imagine Pride and Prejudice meets Little Women and it’s inspired by my meet-cute with my girlfriend, Becca, of course. Our meet-cute was really interesting because Becca was actually trying to hook me up with her younger sister, and her younger sister bailed and so she went instead.”
She goes on to say, “This is for the fans, honestly, for queer representation with the current political climate. We need acts of joy, we need escapism, we need support, and we’re going to really be relying on artists and creatives to keep us afloat.”
Hayley Kiyoko additionally shared that she’s studying your Ladies Like Ladies fanfiction, so concentrate on that, and she or he added “This is for the Tumblr lesbians.”
…And Extra Queer E-book Lists
I can’t simply depart you with hyperlinks, although: listed here are a pair extra queer e book lists to develop your TBR. First off, these queer and comfy reads will preserve you heat within the final gasps of winter. It is a subgenre I like, so I hope the pattern continues and we get loads extra queer cozy fantasy books!