For Transgender Fiction:

✨Val Bah, sylvia.a.zéleny, Soula Emmanuel, @feministpress ✨

Full list here: bit.ly/3TBHkHz

Alex Gino Viking Children's Books Scholastic AKWAEKE Oni Press Tor Teen magdalene visaggio 🏳️‍⚧️ Knopf BFYR alison rumfitt (same handle on the other site) Ryka Aoki ✨ House of Anansi Press Soho Press Tachyon Publications Alexis Hall (is not here) 🦄 S. A. Chant Hanover Square Press Other Press ADULT (FIC)
🏳️‍⚧️ “Nevada” by imogen binnie
🏳️‍⚧️ “Summer Fun” by Jeanne Thornton
🏳️‍⚧️ “The Subtweet” by VIVEK SHRAYA 🆚
🏳️‍⚧️ “Dandelion Daughter” by Gabrielle Boulianne-Tremblay
🏳️‍⚧️ “Small Beauty” by Jia Qing Wilson-Yang

With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata , here are the 50 books from independent lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in Feb 2024. Feat. a top 10 from Coach House Books, ECW Press, Biblioasis, Arsenal Pulp Press, and Vehicule Press.

Our roundup of fiction by Black authors includes queer Black stories, monodramas, a New-Yorker Best Book, and a mythical journey.

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“The Haunting of Adrian Yates is a cautionary tale about the perils of destructive dependence, but it is also a tale about learning and growing in a relationship, healing, and reclaiming your independence.” Markus Harwood-Jones's new novel .Metonymy bit.ly/476G18u

“this holiday season I am finally going to dip into this thick tale of an imagined queer, historical art scene…”

A paranormal queer romance for #ALUCozyFest ? You bet!

Markus Harwood-Jones reads a passage from his book THE HAUNTING OF ADRIAN YATES (Metonymy), involving the arguably serenest of places—a graveyard

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“Bah is a storyteller like no other.” Shazia Hafiz Ramji's ★ review of The Rage Letters by Valérie Bah; Kama La Mackerel (trans.) Metonymy • bit.ly/3tjkkUt

#HappyHalloween ! The truly frightful thing would be not celebrating with books; which is why we've rounded up six great adult and YA novels (and matched them with your fave scary films).

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Here are a couple of spooky new books just added to our YA selection!
💀 Sunken Souls: A Black Horror Anthology
👻 The Haunting of Adrian Yates by Markus Harwood-Jones from @metonymypress

🎃 Visit ow.ly/uZZQ50Q1MxK today to see what else we have for young readers! 🎃🐈‍⬛

Our final batch of fresh #ALUhomegrown picks from your fave indie Canadian presses, include pop culture essays by Lisa WhittingtonHill; queer stories; a propulsive debut; poetry by rob mclennan; and 10-minute monodramas by Black writers.

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What a sweet surprise to find ourselves on this Book Riot list with Alice James Books Peepal Tree Press Feminist Press
Tilted Axis & Metonymy ❤️ Thank you Laura Sackton!
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Read an excerpt from The Rage Letters by Valérie Bah, translated by Kama La Mackerel - out later this fall! theoffingmag.com/fiction/the-ni…

Eli Tareq El-Bechelany Lynch, THE GOOD ARABS, Metonymy Press
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#sealeychallenge . i loved the candour & the portrayal intersection of trans & Arab worlds Metonymy

This summer’s a scorcher, but we’re staying cool with this 🍉JUICY 💦 list of opportunities for writers and artists, featuring exciting calls for submissions and first-of-a-kind mentorship opportunities!

Cute list including Metonymy books by sherlock homo 🤓 and Callum Angus. therumpus.net/2023/07/28/wha… also, mtl, see you at the trans march this Saturday?

Over 1,000 artists and writers have signed a letter directed at the Smithsonian Institution outlining concerns after the abrupt cancelation of the 2023 Asian American Literature Festival. hyperallergic.com/834279/outcry-…

Our interview with author Val Bah and translator Kama La Mackerel on The Rage Letters (out soon from Metonymy): mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/the-ra…