A Nation of Tinkerers: A History of Electronic Music in Canada from 1945 to 1985 – the untold story of Canadian electronic music from post-war labs to global pop

posted Wednesday, September 23, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

A Nation of Tinkerers chronicles the history of Canadian electronic music that has only previously existed in fragments of footnotes, anecdotes, and half-remembered stories preserved by enthusiasts and archivists. Now, these scattered pieces are compiled into the first comprehensive account of how Canada helped shape the global evolution of electronic sound. Beginning in the post-war […]

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The Range Rules is an exploration of transgressive queer pornography, prison culture, twelve-step recovery, and a search for redemption, connection, and compassion

posted Sunday, September 20, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

The Range Rules is a daring, defiant, and darkly wondrous exploration of transgressive queer pornography, prison culture, twelve-step recovery, and a search for redemption, connection, and compassion in spite of the invisible laws that govern our lives. When Ryan and Shawn Sullivan’s socially ambitious father enrolls them in the prestigious Novato Towne School for Boys, […]

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The Disappointment explores the mutual exhilaration and terror of being placed centre stage, as seen through one married gay couple’s view

posted Friday, September 18, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

The Disappointment is set during a doom-fated vacation to the Oregon coast, and follows a couple trying to hold close to one another while a bent reality that’s warped by personal losses and an ever-increasing drift toward the surreal, that threatens to unravel them It’s the night before a much-needed vacation, Jack, a former playwright mourning […]

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Rachel Broadsky’s prescriptive biography “Lessons & Lace” offers highlights from the storied life of Stevie Nicks (includes interview)

posted Wednesday, September 16, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Lessons & Lace lets readers immerse themselves in Stevie Nicks‘s incredible life, to learn invaluable pearls of wisdom from this portrait of one of today’s most resilient music icons. Scroll down to find our more on the book, and read an exclusive interview with the author. Acclaimed music and culture journalist Rachel Brodsky has announced that her debut book […]

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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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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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