Known in some internet circles as Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian, Casey Stepaniuk is a writer and librarian who holds an MA in English literature and an MLIS. Topics and activities dear to her heart include cats, bisexuality, libraries, queer (Canadian) literature, and drinking tea. She runs the website Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian, where you can find reviews of LGBTQ+ Canadian books. She also writes a monthly column on Autostraddle recommending queer books called Ask Your Friendly Neighbourhood Lesbrarian. Find her on Twitter: @canlesbrarian, Litsy: CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian, Goodreads: CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian, and Facebook: Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian.
Need to brush up on your French, or learning for the first time? Try these four fabulous graphic novels in French and let the pictures help you!
An introduction to the Indigenous, Canadian author Eden Robinson who writes gritty, raw fiction that is magical, hilarious, suspenseful, and moving.
This is a diverse #OwnVoices list of LGBTQA science fiction and fantasy YA, including books with trans, genderqueer, bisexual, and asexual characters!
A list of Canadian Muslim books, featuring YA, memoirs, mysteries, and literary fiction by authors like Kamal Al-Solaylee, Ausman Khan, and Farzana Doctor!
These five fantastic lesbian movies were first books! You should probably read the book and watch the movie. Or the other way around, you do you.
These six great trans audiobooks, ranging from YA to middle-grade to dark fantasy to memoir to feminist theory, are all by trans authors!
A list of excellent Indigenous YA novels by Indigenous women authors, ranging from science fiction to realistic fiction.
There's something for every reader in this round-up of the best books we read in November!
A list of YA novels that have positive, complex representations of both fat and queer people, even occasionally someone who is fat and queer!
A list of eight novels with queer polyamorous characters, including science fiction, fantasy, YA, and contemporary fiction.