Rough Description: Love Letters and Ghost Stories From a Life in Music – memoir from Toronto queer musician and photographer Don Pyle

posted Tuesday, June 23, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Don Pyle’s tantalizing memoir, Rough Description, recalls first bands, the absurdity and incredible rewards of touring, and dubious-dealing stories of the groups he’s been in, most prominently as drummer and co-founder of beloved group Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet. It recounts friend and work relationships with musician Dallas Good, venerable producer/engineer Steve Albini, iconic comedy […]

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The Longest Death is a tale of two lovers who conspire to pull off a daring heist

posted Tuesday, June 16, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

The Longest Death is about two lovers who plot a daring heist in this atmospheric noir about fate and fortune on the fringes of the American dream. Post-war Riverton has little to offer Richard, a mild-mannered loner working a dead-end job at Eddy & Dowd Safe Deposit Company. When he meets Marlon, a smooth-talking confidence […]

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Villa Coco – a comedic tale about a young man who takes up residence and works for eccentric Baronessa as her all-purpose assistant

posted Tuesday, June 9, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Villa Coco is a tale of a young man who takes an unspecified job with a charismatic elderly Baronessa at her crumbling villa in the Tuscan hills. An aspiring archivist determined to begin a “serious” life after an undistinguished undergraduate career takes up residence in the Italian countryside. Here, he becomes the all-purpose assistant to […]

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The Two Roberts – a forbidden wartime love story borne of the passion for art, travel, and high society

posted Tuesday, May 5, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

The Two Roberts is an intoxicating, brave, and compassionate novel reimagining one of the most passionate love stories of modern British art. In Scotland, 1933, Bobby MacBryde is on his way to the Glasgow School of Art, after years grafting at Lees Boot Factory. As he sets off to his future, on his first day […]

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A Queer Inheritance: Alternative Histories in the National Trust

posted Tuesday, April 28, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

In A Queer Inheritance: Alternative Histories in the National Trust, author and historian Michael Hall explores not only the best-known examples of sexual difference, such as Lawrence of Arabia at Clouds Hill, Vita Sackville-West at Sissinghurst and the ‘Dancing Marquess’ at Plas Newydd; he also covers more recently unveiled stories, such as the lesbian community […]

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The Life of a Creature – story collection about the interconnection between humans and animals navigating love, loss, and healing

posted Tuesday, April 28, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

The Life of a Creature is a collection of short stories that examines how creatures swim, slither, and soar their way through the inextricable nature of humans and animals. It celebrates and bears witness to our fellow creatures and to the complex emotional terrain of our own lives. A woman’s personal trauma and anxiety are […]

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The Rolling Stones: The Biography – a deep dive into the minds of The Glimmer Twins, Mick and Keith

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

The Rolling Stones: The Biography is the latest book from the Bob Spitz, award-winning, bestselling author of classic histories of the Beatles and Led Zeppelin. Now he releases his groundbreaking reckoning with the world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band. What left is there to say about The Rolling Stones? A hell of a lot, it […]

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Temporary Palaces

posted Tuesday, April 21, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Temporary Palaces takes place in the fevered summer of 2001, when charismatic activist Rob and his collective set up a squat in an abandoned house. His bandmate and lover, Ben, watches anxiously as his own plans are threatened by Rob’s choice of radical politics over music. Meanwhile, photographer Alex finds herself torn between documenting the […]

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Super Castle Fun Park – tales of loneliness, desire for connection, and apparitions

posted Tuesday, April 14, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

In Super Castle Fun Park, the dead want to speak to you. But are you ready to hear their words?  Dario is an aimless pessimist staying at a themed hotel who is tasked with the care of his aunt at the end of her life. Jeremy is Dario’s anxious boyfriend who is trapped in his […]

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“River Running” is a collection of raw and confessional tales of queer youth struggles and survival

posted Wednesday, April 8, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

River Running dives gracefully into the intangible concept of home, be it person or place. “No more metaphors tonight,” writes Baillie, “I come to tell you nothing / but the truth.” This collection probes at memory and love, identity and grief, with achingly gentle hands, sifting through the fragments one both leaves behind and becomes. […]

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