A Solstice Friday Reads June 21: women and 2SLGBTQIA+ authors from Canada & the USA

In this booktube episode I talk about books by Canadians and Americans writing about mental health, being Indigenous, and real life; and by bisexual, gay and nonbinary authors. Happy Pride!
00:00 Intro - Sidney Pride and drag queen storytime presented by Staches and Lashes Collective
03:55 Lambda winners:
I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marissa Crane (LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction)
A Guest in the House by EM Carroll (LGBTQ+ Comics)
Creep: Accusations and Confessions by Miriam Gurba (Bisexual Nonfiction)
Dear Mothman by Robin Gow (LGBTQ+ Middle Grade)
Wild Geese by Soula Emmanuel (Transgender Fiction)
Biography of X by Catherine Lacey (Lesbian Fiction)
05:30 Women’s Prize and Carol Shields Prize winner: Brotherless Night by VV Ganeshananthan
06:20 🇺🇸🎧 Eve: How the Human Body Drove 200 Million Years of Evolution by Cat Bohannon; audiobook read by the author; published by Random House Canada
09:00 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🎧 Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe; audiobook read by the author and a full cast; published by Listening Library
11:36 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦🎧 Coexistence: Stories by Billy-Ray Belcourt [Néhiyaw]; audiobook read by Hunter Cardinal [Sakāwithiniwak], Trevor Mitchell and John Wamsley [Anishinaabe-Ojibway / British]; published by Hamish Hamilton
15:43 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 Wild Failure: Stories by Zoe Whittall; published by HarperCollins
18:56 🇨🇦 Xanax Cowboy: Poems by Hannah Green; published by House of Anansi
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Other mentions:
Mary Wears What She Wants by Keith Negley
Lambda Literary Awards: lambdaliterary.org/awards/202...
Heidi ‪@myreadinglife8816‬ talks about Eve in her BookTube Prize Quarterfinal Rankings video: • BookTube Prize Ranking...
BookTube Prize quarterfinals results and semifinals announcement: • Semifinals Announcement
This Wound Is a World by Billy-Ray Belcourt
A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt

[@readandre-read]

Hi Lindy! I love your zebra pride shirt! I've had Biography of X on my TBR for awhile. I requested my library to acquire it and they accepted the request but it's taking them forever to get it. Have a good weekend!

[@lindysmagpiereads]

Hi Angelia! I’m glad you like my shirt. I’ve had it for 29 years. (I get really attached to my clothes.) There’s going to be a new readathon happening in September, one related to art. I’ve already decided that will be the perfect occasion to read Biography of X.

[@tanyam6197]

Hi Lindy. Lovely to see you 😊 I’ve started Biography of X in audio and print. Love your tshirt

[@lindysmagpiereads]

Hi Tanya, it’s lovely to hear from you! I’m glad you like my shirt, which I have owned since the mid-90s. Let me know how it goes with Biography of X. 😊

[@HannahsBooks]

I just picked up Eve from the library-also on Heidi’s recommendation! It sounds really fascinating.

[@lindysmagpiereads]

Yes, before reading Eve, it never occurred to me to wonder why we don’t have two or more vaginas. There are endless things to marvel at and ponder in that book. Enjoy!

[@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711]

I just picked up the e-book. Maybe we could plan to have a chat when we've both read it Hannah. I haven’t started it yet.

[@lindysmagpiereads]

@@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 I would like that 😊

[@HannahsBooks]

@@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 I would love that! I’m a bit over-booked (!) right now and am not quite sure of my schedule. Will be in touch soon…

[@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711]

@@HannahsBooks that's fine. Me too so no rush but a Hannah, Lindy, Ros conversation would be fun.

[@sreilly66]

I’ve added to my library list thanks to you. 💜

[@lindysmagpiereads]

Are you ever in danger of running out of recommendations? 😁

[@sreilly66]

I am happily well stocked with plenty of books! 😊

[@lindysmagpiereads]

@@sreilly66 🎉🎉🎉

[@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711]

I was so pleased about Brotherless Night too. I hope to get to Biography of X from the LAMBDA list. I was fascinated to hear how the audio version of Gender Queer worked. I am about to read a couple of comics by Guy Delisle, Pyongyang and Factory Summers. Do you know him?

[@lindysmagpiereads]

Guy Delisle is great! I think I have read everything he’s done. Pyongyang was the first book I had ever read set in North Korea. His eerie experience of being chaperoned the whole time has stuck with me. Factory Summer is a more mature work, even though it’s about his youth. I love that one. I look forward to hearing what you think of his graphic style and dry humour.

[@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711]

@@lindysmagpiereads good to hear that from you. A young man who works in one of my teams recommended him and has lent me his copies.

[@_shannons]

That's a good shirt.

[@lindysmagpiereads]

Thanks ☺️