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