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Sharp in the Dark

Sharp in the Dark, Part 2

The suspicious wife

By Hope Thompson

A Familyversary (Part 1)

The child we lost and the child we found

By Serafin LaRiviere

Arts

Raziel Reid debuts new novel

Larry Fobes King inspired author to craft a queer YA novel

By Jeremy Willard

Arts

Celebrating Cookie Mueller

The cult actress and writer is feted in Chloe Griffin’s Edgewise

By Matthew Hays

Culture

Other worlds, other voices

At the end of Banned Books Week we look at why reading is amazing and subversive

By Michael Lyons

Culture

Julie Joosten finds poetry in science

Toronto poet melds botany with words in Light Light

By Lydia Perovic

Arts

My first gay writing retreat

A trip to Mulholland Drive for Lambda’s Emerging LGBT Voices gathering

By Hope Thompson

Travel

Writers’ retreats

Along with colourful leaves, fall is the season for artist retreats

By Aefa Mulholland

Opinion

Male sex work exposed

An academic look at one side of the ‘world’s oldest profession’

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Culture

Queer and trans fantasy book club

Tumblr user compiles list of LGBT-themed fantasy and sci-fi literature

By Michael Lyons

Culture

Matthew Vines wants to convince Christians

Author engages with religious conservatives with his book God and the Gay Christian

By Matthew Hays

The truth about sex

A collection of heartwarming and honest sexual mishaps from Halifax writer Kaleigh Trace

By Lydia Perovic

Arts

Sharp in the Dark, Part 1

Private investigator Sidney Sharp’s new case begins in a lesbian bar in 1984

By Hope Thompson

Opinion

Queer books thrive in the margins

The rise and fall of queer books

By Scott Dagostino

Culture

Blog Hop: Q&A with Raziel Reid

Culture

The Blitz Book Club: She of the Mountains

Arts

Katie Rain Hill and Arin Andrews pen memoirs

Young trans authors deliver important non-fiction works

By S. Bear Bergman

Books

Climb every mountain

Vivek Shraya’s first novel is a beauty, inside and out

By Scott Dagostino

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