Book Clubs for Inmates is a registered charity that organizes volunteer-led book clubs within both men’s and women’s federal penitentiaries across Canada. As of 2016, they run 26 book clubs inside 17 different penitentiaries in seven provinces. BCFI runs French and English language book clubs for men and women incarcerated in minimum, medium, and maximum security […]
Month: July 2016
At Home with Lynn Crawford – Cookbook
Lesbian chef, author and TV celebrity Lynn Crawford has over 25 years’ experience in the industry. From humble beginnings, she became the Executive Chef of the Four Seasons Hotels in New York and Toronto before starring in various TV shows such as Restaurant Makeover, her own show Pitchin’ In, opening her own restaurant, Ruby Watchco, […]
Merriam-Webster Adds “Cisgender” and “Genderqueer”
This delightfully saucy announcement (and reaction) from Merriam-Webster is a few days old now, but still a brilliant response to homophobia, ignorance and illiteracy. Image and some commentary by Micdotcom.
The Amazon Trail – Freedom Clothes
So here I am, trying on men’s dress pants for the Golden Crown Literary Society Awards ceremony, and I keep thinking of the photos of our people in Orlando. They dressed up too in their best freedom clothes, also anticipating an evening of togetherness. I’m grateful to be alive and able to gather with other […]
Tipping the Velvet – Movie Adaptation
There is something melodramatically divine about the BBC’s handling of Tipping the Velvet. Based on the book of the same name by Sarah Waters, the BBC turned her work into a 3-part television mini series. At about 177 minutes long, it still feels a little rushed in places. The movie stays faithful to Water’s basic […]
Fox & Fiddle & Books
As a book lover, I am always surprised when they make their way into my life in unexpected ways. I was at Fox & Fiddle on John St. recently, having lunch with a friend, when the bill arrived like this: Strapped to a book, I started to ooh and ahh, and my friend just gave […]
Stumbling on Happiness – Daniel Gilbert
Daniel Gilbert, a professor of psychology at Harvard, manages to make a book on cognitive science approachable and readable, for most people. This is the book you read that, as you go through it, you think to yourself, “Oh. My. God! I should totally give this to who would stop making bad decisions and screwing […]
Ice Quest Serial – Chapter 7
It was a full day’s journey to Qagit and Tinhara knew they would have to spend the night in the open. Driving Huel, she continued on a north-easterly route, leading Lefe across the barren snowfields toward the ice road and the town. They travelled slowly; Lefe’s dogs weren’t able to match Huel’s pace. It would […]
Fractals – Toronto Fringe Festival
Every year, the Fringe Festival comes to Toronto, offering up innovative and alternative theatre performances by local performers. The choose the performances by lottery. Kelly and I headed to Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace, Canada’s oldest alternative theatre devoted to the development and production of new Canadian work, to catch a performance of limited run of Fractals. […]
150 more books listed on our big lesbian book list
Pssst. We have listed another 150 books or so on our Big Lesbian Book List.