“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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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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Bless This Hot Mess – 90s era comedy set within a small Canadian town, where faith meets gay pop at a struggling radio station

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Bless This Hot Mess is a hilarious, campy, musical and moving book that provokes you to ponder: If I steal a few hearts, can I still get into Heaven? When a failing radio station’s morning show starts stealing, sampling and remixing ‘90s pop songs in a Hail Mary attempt at attracting an audience, virtuous virgin […]

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Almost Grown: A New York Memoir – how a hyperactive kid from Queens made his dreams come true, and the hustlers, sweethearts, misfits, and lifelong friends he met along the way

posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Almost Grown: A New York Memoir is a coming-of-age story exploring native New Yorker Jesse Malin’s boundless creativity and triumph over daunting challenges, both physical and emotional. It’s a raw, honest, and often funny account of how a hyperactive kid from Queens made his dreams come true—and the hustlers, sweethearts, misfits, and lifelong friends he met […]

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John of John – down on his luck man returns to his hometown to discover nothing has changed but himself

posted Saturday, August 1, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

John of John tells the story of John-Calum Macleod, who is out of money and with little to show for his art school education. He decides to take the ferry back home to the island of Harris to find that little has changed except for himself. In the windswept croft where he grew up, Cal […]

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