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"A bold and breathtaking anthology of queer Indigenous speculative fiction, edited by the author of Jonny Appleseed."
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Love after the End
Joshua Whitehead
Paperback | Sep 2020
in store $21.95
(more on order)
"Full of colourful, authentic characters and set in Toronto, Confessions of a Teenage Drag King highlights diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, and identity."
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Confessions of a Teenage Drag King
Markus Harwood-Jones
Paperback | Sep 2020
on order $14.95
(releases Sep 15 2020)
"The author of the acclaimed novel Scarborough weaves an unforgettable and timely dystopian account of a near-future when a queer Black performer and his allies join forces against an oppressive regime that is rounding up those deemed 'Other' in concentration camps."
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Crosshairs
Catherine Hernandez
Paperback | Sep 2020
sold out $22.99
(on order)
"All Salma wants is to make her mama smile again. Between English classes, job interviews, and missing Papa back in Syria, Mama always seems busy or sad. A homemade Syrian meal might cheer her up, but Salma doesn’t know the recipe, or what to call the vegetables in English, or where to find the right spices"
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Salma the Syrian Chef
Danny Ramadan
Hardcover | Mar 2020
in store $21.95
"I'd gladly put this in the hands of any young person, especially those exploring their own gender identity... Love Me For Who I Am is about gender as one aspect of our own multi-faceted, evolving identities." -MJ
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Love Me for Who I Am Vol. 1
Kata Konayama
Paperback | Jun 2020
in store $16.99
"In Love and Rage, Lama Rod Owens, coauthor of Radical Dharma, shows how this unmetabolized anger--and the grief, hurt, and transhistorical trauma beneath it--needs to be explored, respected, and fully embodied to heal from heartbreak and walk the path of liberation. This is not a book about bypassing anger to focus on happiness, or a road map for using spirit"
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Love and Rage
Lama Rod Owens
Paperback | Jun 2020
in store $23.95
(more on order)
"Brutally honest prose I just couldn't put down. Cloud Cover explores the different ways that its main character triumphs over and falls victim to his struggles with sexuality, body image, masculinity and disordered eating." -Robbie
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Cloud Cover
Jeffrey Sotto
Paperback | Nov 2019
in store $19.95
(more on order)
"Jonny Appleseed is a powerful portrait of an Indigenous life in the contemporary Manitoba, with all of its struggles and triumphs. An achingly beautiful and unhindered portrayal of the magic of Indigenous resilience." -Nico
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Jonny Appleseed
Joshua Whitehead
Paperback | Apr 2018
in store $19.95
(more on order)
Glad Day Bookshop is the first Canadian and the oldest queer bookstore worldwide. Serving the LGBTQ community since 1970, we specialize in offering the widest possible selection of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, two-spirit, and queer literature.

BOOK LAUNCH: Small, Broke and Kind of Dirty by Hana ShafiSee more

Book*hug Press invites you to celebrate the virtual launch of Small, Broke and Kind of Dirty: Affirmations for the Real World by Hana Shafi.

With special guest readers Manahil Bandukwala and Terese Mason Pierre. Hosted by Anasimone George.

Please note this event will take place online, via Zoom.

For more information please visit our bookstore events calendar.
SMUT PEDDLERS: GLAD DAY 50 LIMITED EDITION ZINE
Product info: Paperback, 40 pages, full colour, $20.00

Shipping fee: $5.95 for 1st zine, $1.00 for each individual zine, no additional charge to add it to an existing order

They were buying adrienne maree brown's "Pleasure Activism", you were buying a smutty zine and some sexy vintage postcards when you made eye contact in front of the QTBIPOC Faves shelf. You cuddled up during a Sapphic Sundays screening... if a hand wandered south in the darkness, who's to say?

Celebrating 50 years of sexual liberation and sexually charged art with stories that are intended to titillate and tantalize, the SMUT PEDDLERS: GLAD DAY 50 ZINE is chock full of smutty stories, poetry and photography lustily curated by the Smut Peddlers team.

Smut Peddlers: Glad Day 50 is available in store at Glad Day Bookshop (499 Church Street) or get it online individually or by requesting it to be added to an existing order using this form.

This is an extremely limited run of 101 numbered zines, available only as long as quantities last, first come first served. #69 is already spoken for.

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