Royal Grand Resorts opens in Costa Rica, offering premium resort experiences designed exclusively for gay male travellers

posted Tuesday, September 15, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Travel

Royal Grand Resorts has officially opened in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica, entering the hospitality market with a focused purpose: delivering premium resort experiences designed for gay male travelers. The brand offers upscale, welcoming environments that prioritize authenticity, community, and quality, without the exclusivity of ultra-luxury price points, making elevated gay travel more accessible than ever. […]

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“Cutting Edge” delves into the world of ice hockey from a queer perspective, and the role of gender, masculinity, and sexuality

posted Tuesday, September 8, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Cutting Edge offers a fascinating and timely examination of ice hockey through a queer lens, as conversations around the phenomenal success of the TV series Heated Rivalry have put a spotlight on LGBTQ+ hockey players, at a cultural moment when queer and trans folk in sports are being bullied and scapegoated. When author Daniel Gawthrop […]

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Confluence – coming of age story about growing up queer in small town B.C. during the 1950s and 60s

posted Tuesday, September 1, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Confluence is an intimate, deeply moving queer coming-of-age novel that evokes ’50s small-town life, and the surprisingly wild pre-Stonewall ’60s. In 1956, lonely teenager Teddy is drawn to the water and woods surrounding his small town, where he meets bad boy Wade and becomes overwhelmed by his attraction to him. During the rapturous early period […]

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Making Music: Conversations with Record Producers – includes interviews with those who worked behind the scenes with the biggest names in the music industry

posted Tuesday, September 1, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Making Music: Conversations with Record Producers is a collection of interviews with people who have made records with some of the biggest names in music. Along the way, they might be engineering the recordings, picking the songs, guiding the singers, picking the best takes of songs, balancing egos, fixing the lyrics, booking the studio time, buying lunch, […]

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Super Girl Surf Festival debuts in Virginia Beach, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the world’s largest women’s sports, music, and lifestyle festival – Sept 5 to 7, 2026

posted Monday, August 31, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Travel

The inaugural Virginia Beach Super Girl Surf Festival is the world’s largest women’s sports, music, and lifestyle festival, taking place Labour Day weekend, Sept. 5–7, 2026. A World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying Series event (WSL QS4000), the highest-level women’s surfing competition in North America, anchors the free three-day event alongside live concerts, fitness and wellness […]

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After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal – the gripping story of Oscar Wilde and his enduring legacy, as recounted by his only grandson

posted Sunday, August 30, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Wilde died in November 1900, exiled in Paris, his reputation in tatters, exhausted by scandal and prison life. While the details of his life in the limelight are well known, often ignored are the reverberations of the Wilde scandal over the decades following his trial and death. With pathos, humour, and his grandfather’s signature wit, […]

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Beloved Disciples – a young gay man must choose between the ghost of his past and the truth of who he is

posted Monday, August 24, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Beloved Disciples is a haunting gay love story where grief becomes devotion, memory becomes myth, and a young man must choose between the ghost of his past and the truth of who he is. Asobsession dances on the edge of reality, a young man discovers the power of first love. Simón fell in love the […]

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Cherry Beach – Toronto based detective novel exposes secret real estate deals, and a corrupt police force

posted Friday, August 14, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

When two girls are found murdered in a rundown Toronto highrise, Jamieson Abel and his partner are first on the scene. Abel is a law school dropout turned police detective chronically at odds with his colleagues and perpetually on the brink of being terminated, and Davis is the department’s only female officer of colour. Both […]

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What Mattered Most – Ty Herndon, country music’s first openly gay male singer, reveals his struggles with addiction and mental health

posted Thursday, August 13, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

What Mattered Most is an intimate, often hilarious, but always sincere memoir from country legend Ty Herndon on his struggles with addiction, mental health, his career, relationships, and being the first openly gay male country superstar. Ty Herndon may be most known for his beautiful country songs, but behind the music Herndon’s own life could […]

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Stranded in the Future – Robyn Hitchcock’s second memoir spans the years 1968 to 1978, and the formation of the Soft Boys

posted Wednesday, August 12, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Community

Stranded In The Future is a kind of dystopian self-portrait. It’s about obsession, and obsessive behavior. Musician Robyn Hitchcock’s second memoir explores the formation of his seminal 1970s band the Soft Boys, and the obsessions that fueled his early creative output. Spanning from 1968 to 1978, it takes in the mythology surrounding Pink Floyd’s Syd […]

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