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Pride Puppy! (2021)

Story: Robin Stevenson -- Art: Julie McLaughlin Canadian

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Fave Five: Books About Pride

Fave Five: Books About Pride

‘Twas the Night Before Pride by Joanna McLintick (text) and Juana Medina (illustration) Small Town Pride by Phil Stamper (MG) You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour and David Levithan (YA) When You Get the Chance by Tom Ryan and Robin Stevenson (YA) DC Pride by by Devin Grayson, Ivan Cohen, Tini Howard, Greg Lockard, Alyssa Wong, Stephanie Phillips, Danny Lore, Stephanie Williams, Jadzia Axelrod, Dani…

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Back online!

My home internet died again shortly after my last post about getting it back again, so if my activity on here has seemed spotty, that’s why. But I’m with a new service provider and pretty confident it’s not going to die on me again! So:

What have you all been reading? What have I missed? Do you have any fall or Halloween plans? A spooky TBR? Tell me everything!

Personally, right now I’m reading Yume by Sifton Tracey Anipare which I picked up because of how my store’s book buyer pitched it. She was almost completely wrong about what it is, but it’s still pretty great, and it’s going to be  near the top of my October wrap-up if it’s not the very highest. Basically, it blends the story of a Black Canadian woman teaching English in Japan and struggling with xenophobia and culture clashes, and the story of power struggles within the world of the yokai (which gives me major Ghibli vibes). I can’t say how they connect because that’ll spoil things.

I’m also reading We Will Not Cancel Us by adrienne maree brown, which should be required reading for anyone using social media for social justice, and When You Get the Chance by Tom Ryan and Robin Stevenson, which is about two queer teens trying to get to Toronto Pride while dealing with family issues. It’s all right, but less road-trippy than I was expecting, and I’m mostly reading it to find out how one character gets his act together.

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Quick Review: When You Get the Chance by Tom Ryan & Robin Stevenson Rating: 3/5

A wonderful YA novel where cousins Mark and Talia are each trying to get away from family obligations to be part of Toronto Pride. I loved the focus on familial relationships and the explorations of how even though the bonds between cousins and siblings are forever, they still require effort for the relationships to be maintained. And I loved reading about Canada! I don't think I've ever read a YA set there before so it was very interesting to learn a bit about the country. The perfect read for Pride next month but not quite the wild summer contemporary I was looking for.         

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Cover Art | When You Get the Chance by Tom Ryan & Robin Stevenson

Follow cousins on a road trip to Pride as they dive into family secrets and friendships in this contemporary YA novel — perfect for fans of David Levithan and Becky Albertalli. As kids, Mark and his cousin Talia spent many happy summers together at the family cottage in Ontario, but a fight between their parents put an end to the annual event. Living on opposite coasts — Mark in Halifax and Talia in Victoria — they haven’t seen each other in years. When their grandfather dies unexpectedly, Mark and Talia find themselves reunited at the cottage once again, cleaning it out while the family decides what to do with it. Mark and Talia are both queer, but they soon realize that’s about all they have in common, other than the fact that they’d both prefer to be in Toronto. Talia is desperate to see her high school sweetheart Erin, who’s barely been in touch since leaving to spend the summer working at a coffee shop in the Gay Village. Mark, on the other hand, is just looking for some fun, and Toronto Pride seems like the perfect place to find it. When a series of complications throws everything up in the air, Mark and Talia — with Mark’s little sister Paige in tow — decide to hit the road for Toronto. With a bit of luck, and some help from a series of unexpected new friends, they might just make it to the big city and find what they’re looking for. That is, if they can figure out how to start seeing things through each other’s eyes.

Artwork by Chris King

Release date | May 5, 2020 Goodreads

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No, I Will Not Stop Talking About Queer Pride - Robin Stevenson

I was standing in front of about fifty children, enthusiastic fifth graders, talking about my book PRIDE: Celebrating Diversity and Community. I’d just finished telling them about the Stonewall Riots when a teacher interrupted-- and told me to stop talking about LGBTQ issues.

We began talking about what the letters L, G, B, T and Q stand for. The kids were relaxed, chatty, and engaged. One said that G meant gay, and another added that L stood for lesbian, which is “when women like other women.” But when we got to T, a teacher—an older man at the back of the room—held up his hand, palm out, traffic cop style.

“I’m going to stop you right there,” he said. And in front of the kids, who were seated in rows on the floor between us, he insisted that I stop talking about this subject. He said it wasn’t appropriate for the students to be hearing about it.

I was completely caught off guard. This was the talk I had been invited to give, but the teacher apparently hadn’t read the description before deciding to bring his students.

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Hi thank you so much for all the amazing recommendations! Do you know any books set in canada or with canadian characters?

Sure do! Here are a few Canadian YA novels that AFAIK have only been published in Canada, which you can find here: https://lgbtqreads.com/young-adult/oz-and-uk-ya/

Way to Go by Tom Ryan

Past Tense by Star Spider

Under Threat by Robin Stevenson

And here you can find a very in-progress post of Canadian titles broken down by province: https://lgbtqreads.com/representation/can-uk-and-aus-fiction-by-province-county-state/

I know The Rebellious Tide by Eddy Boudel Tan fits as well - I believe the lead is from Montreal, but I'm not sure where he moves.

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December 2021 Deal Announcements

December 2021 Deal Announcements

Adult Fiction Brianna Labuskes‘s THE LIBRARIAN OF BURNED BOOKS, pitched for fans of Kate Quinn and Julia Kelly, about three women who believe in the power of books to triumph over the very darkest moments of war, based on the true story of the Council of Books in Wartime, the World War II organization founded by booksellers, publishers, librarians, and authors to use books as “weapons in the war…

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