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posted Friday, November 18, 2022
Summer Sons is a sweltering, queer Southern Gothic that crosses Appalachian street racing with academic intrigue, all haunted by a hungry ghost. Andrew and Eddie did everything together, best friends bonded more deeply than brothers, until Eddie left Andrew behind to start his graduate program at Vanderbilt. Six months later, only days before Andrew was […]
posted Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Lavender House, 1952: the family seat of recently deceased matriarch Irene Lamontaine, head of the famous Lamontaine soap empire. Irene’s recipes for her signature scents are a well guarded secret—but it’s not the only one behind these gates. This estate offers a unique freedom, where none of the residents or staff hide who they are. […]
posted Sunday, November 13, 2022
Suzette Mayr has been named the winner of the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel, The Sleeping Car Porter, published by Coach House Books, taking home $100,000 courtesy of Scotiabank. Of the winning book, the jury wrote: “Suzette Mayr brings to life –believably, achingly, thrillingly –a whole world contained in a passenger train moving across the […]
posted Friday, November 11, 2022
Bono—artist, activist and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2—has written a memoir, SURRENDER, which will be published in hardcover, ebook and audio, with the audiobook narrated by Bono. The book will be released simultaneously around the world and will be published in 15 territories.. As one of the music world’s most iconic artists, Bono’s […]
posted Sunday, November 6, 2022
In My Rainbow Dads, readers experience the world through the eyes of little girl who is being raised by multiracial, same-sex parents. By illustrating one family’s individuality, teacher, author Ivy Hilay Wilcher seeks to highlight the importance and impact of supporting all types of families. When my two dads adopted me, my life became as colourful […]
posted Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Three finalists will be spotlighted for the 2022 Writers’ Trust of Canada Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers. The prize is presented annually to an emerging writer who identifies as (but is not limited to) lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or Two-Spirit for an outstanding debut book in any genre. Books published between January […]
posted Sunday, October 30, 2022
In 1978 Andy Warhol and Truman Capote decided to write a Broadway play. Andy suggested that he record their private conversations over the period of a few months, and that these tapes would be the source material for the play. The tapes were then filed away and forgotten. Their play was never completed. Now, award-winning […]
posted Friday, October 28, 2022
Fellow Travelers is a searing historical novel infused with political drama, unexpected humor, and genuine heartbreak.. It’s 1950s Washington, D.C.: a world of bare-knuckled ideology and secret dossiers, dominated by personalities like Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, and Joe McCarthy. Enter Timothy Laughlin, a recent college graduate and devout Catholic eager to join the crusade against […]
posted Friday, October 28, 2022
As Canada’s punk poet laureate, Art Bergmann has been tearing up stages, and terrifying the music industry, for half a century. Often referred to as “Canada’s Lou Reed,” Art’s story is one of rock and roll’s great tales untold. Until now. From his days helping to lay the foundation of the Vancouver punk scene with […]
posted Tuesday, October 18, 2022
In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor. Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that […]
