A reading list that delves into some of the most powerful tellings of queer realities, stories, and imaginings within CanLit. Experience the depth and diversity of Canada’s 2SLGBTQIA+ community, as a proud member, a questioner, or an ally. Here we are all readers, writers, and lovers of words.
Wordstock Sudbury Literary Festival proudly creates space for conversations that highlight marginalized voices and the issues most relevant to them. This reading list includes festival alumni, Shani Mootoo, Casey Plett, Farzana Doctor, Sarah Kurchak, Zoe Whittall, and Adam Mardero, and we look forward to the new conversations and queer authors who will celebrate our 10th Edition with us this November.
Fayne
By Ann-Marie MacDonald
Pageboy
By Elliot Page
The Sleeping Car Porter
By Suzette Mayr
Swollening
By Jason Purcell
Beast at Every Threshold
By Natalie Wee
My Volcano
By John Elizabeth Stintzi
Nothing Will Save Your Life
By Nancy Jo Cullen
Indigiqueerness
By Joshua Whitehead
Cut To Fortress
By Tawahum Bige
Cane Fire
By Shani Mootoo
Sister Seen, Sister Heard
By Kimia Eslah
Rave
By Jessica Campbell
Claimings and Other Wild Things
By Nyx (Noelle) Schmidt
Little Fish
By Casey Plett
A Safe Girl to Love
By Casey Plett
Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead
By Emily Austin
Tegan & Sara
Modern Heartthrobs
ByMelody Lau
You Still Look The Same
By Farzana Doctor
The Fake
By Zoe Whittall
People Change
By Vivek Shraya