Aitken,
Will
Terre Haute: A Novel New York: Delta Books, 1989.
(274 p.; ISBN 0385298722)
Aitken, Will.
A Visit Home: A Novel. New York; Toronto: Simon &
Schuster, c1993.
(285 p.; ISBN
067174707X)
Incest between father and son. Author, according to jacket, lives in
Montreal and is a film
critic for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Alguire, Judith.
All Out: A Novel. Norwich,
Vermont: New Victoria, c1988.
(195 p.; ISBN
0934678162)
Marked as Canadian in Toronto Public Library catalogue.
Alguire, Judith.
Iced:
A Novel. Norwich, Vermont:
New Victoria, c1995.
(203 p.; ISBN
093467860X)
Marked
as Canadian in Toronto Public Library catalogue and
given descriptors “Lesbians – Fiction” and “Hockey stories.”
Alguire, Judith.
Zeta Base. Tallahassee, FL : Naiad Press, 1999.
(191 p.; ISBN 0941483940)
Science fiction
Ref.: N. Richards
communication.
Alonzo,
Anne-Marie.
Galia
qu’elle nommait amour: un conte. Laval: Trois, 1992.
(109 p.; ISBN 2920887408)
Ref.:
lesbian bibliography, Yale French Studies 90 (1996): 242-252.
Anderson, Debra, 1974-
Code White. Toronto: McGilligan Books, 2005.
(288 p.; ISBN 189469211X)
Ref.: N. Richards communication.
Anderson, Gordon Stewart, 1958-1991.
The Toronto You Are Leaving. Edited by Barbara Marlene Anderson.
Toronto: Untroubled Heart, Inc., c2006.
(348 p.; ISBN 0978065018)
Ref.: Toronto Public Library’s “Celebrating Gay Pride 2007” reading list,
http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/rec_cel_gay_pride.jsp (viewed
“Equally fascinating for its unique publishing history (rescued from
obscurity by the deceased novelist’s mother and self-published years
after his death), this extraordinary novel is a powerful record of 1970’s
gay Toronto which eerily pre-figures the coming scourge of AIDS.”
Armstrong, Luanne, 1949-
Annie. Vancouver: Polestar Book Publishers, c1995.
(333 p.; ISBN 1896095003)
Armstrong, Luanne, 1949-
Bordering. Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Gynergy, c1995.
(175 p.; ISBN 0921881355)
Auger,
Louise, 1949-
Ev Anckert: roman. Laval: Trois, 1994.
(470 p.; ISBN 2920887653)
Ref.: lesbian bibliography, Yale French Studies 90 (1996): 242-252.
Bartley, Jim.
Drina Bridge: A Novel.Vancouver: Raincoast Books, 2006.
(332 p.; ISBN 9781551929590 and 1551929597)
Ref.: Toronto Public Library reading list, “Celebrating Gay Pride 2007,”
http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/rec_cel_gay_pride.jsp (viewed
“Set during the horrific Serbian-Bosnian conflict of the 1990s, this is the
harrowing story of two intersecting lives: Chris, a Toronto man who
travels to
the former
Slobodan, an older, battle-scarred Bosnian Muslim refugee who recounts
his shocking, tragic life story from a Sarajevo hospital bed.”
Beaulieu, Germaine.
Sortie
d’elle(s) mutante. Nouv. éd.; Montréal: Herbes rouges, 1987.
(109
p.; ISBN 2920051334)
“Une
femme, après un séjour dans un asile, reprend contact avec la
société” – Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography.
Bélanger, Denis.
Rue
des Petits-Dortoirs: petite saga en forme de conte.
Montréal:
Québec-Amérique, 1988.
(142
p.)
“Après
60 et quelques années d’absence, Romulus Ducharme revient,
vieux
et assoiffé d’amour, dans sa vieille maison de Montréal et tente
d’y retrouver les fantômes des amours et de la vie qu’il
avait fuis” –
Archives gaies du Québec
online bibliography, as of
Belgue, Nancy, 1951-
Soames on the Range. Toronto: HarperTrophyCanada/Harper Collins, c2006.
(203 p.; ISBN 9780002007689, 0002007681)
Young adult novel including children of gay parents.
Cisco Soames’s father, Rocky, explains that he’s gay and will be moving
in with his boyfriend. This causes school trouble and Cisco is sent to
Nelson, B.C. to live with his uncle.
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no.
33000936
Berenzai,, Steven., 1951-
Queeroes: Save the Gay - Save the World. Toronto : Toronto: Jambor Pub., c2009.
(220 p.; ISBN 9780973292817)
Young adult fiction. Group of high-school teenagers acquire superpowers.
Review: Greg Beneteau, Xtra! [Toronto], May 21, 2009, p. 40.
Bersianik, Louky.
L’Euguélionne. Montréal: Presse, [1981?, c1976].
(399 p.; ISBN 077770126X)
Ref.: lesbian bibliography, Yale French
Studies 90 (1996): 242-252.
Published
also in English as: The Euguelionne: A Triptych Novel
(Victoria,
B.C.: Press Porcépic, 1981) and The
Euguelion (Montreal:
Alter Ego, 1996).
Bidulka, Anthony, 1962-
Aloha, Candy Hearts.
Toronto
: Insomniac Press,
2009.
(ISBN 9781897178768)
A Russell Quant mystery.
Bidulka, Anthony, 1962-
Amuse Bouche:
A Russell Quant Mystery.
Toronto
: Insomniac Press,
2003.
(268 p.; ISBN 1894663470)
“Russell
Quant,
Saskatoon
’s
first and only gay gumshoe, sleuths his way
from
Paris
to
8th Street DQ” –
“Saskatchewan
Resources for Sexual Diversity,” accessed
Bidulka, Anthony, 1962-
Flight of
Aquavit. Toronto: Insomniac Press, 2004.
(299 p.; ISBN 1894663756)
“A
Russell Quant mystery” – Toronto Public Library catalogue record.
Bidulka, Anthony, 1962-
Stain of the Berry: A Russell Quant Mystery. Toronto: Insomniac Press, 2006.
(287 p.; ISBN 1897178247)
Fourth of the Russell Quant series.
Bidulka, Anthony, 1962-
Sundowner ubuntu. Toronto: Insomniac Press, c2007.
(286 p.; ISBN 9781897178430)
A Russell Quant mystery.
Bidulka, Anthony, 1962-
Tapas on the Ramblas: A Russell Quant Mystery. Toronto: Insomniac Press,
c2005.
(289 p.; ISBN 1894663977)
A Russell Quant mystery.
Blackbridge, Persimmon, 1951-
(237 p.: ISBN
088974078X)
Blackbridge, Persimmon, 1951-
Sunnybrook: A True
Story with Lies. Vancouver: Press Gang Publishers, c1996.
(87 p.; ISBN 0889740607)
and
applies the descriptors “Lesbians,” “Psychiatric hospital patients,”
“Mentally handicapped,”
and “Learning disabled.”
Blais,
Marie-Claire.
L’ange
de la solitude. Montréal: VLB, 1989.
(135 p.; ISBN 2890053547)
Her
“second novel of lesbian community” [following Les nuits
de
l’Underground] – from Mary Jean Green, Marie-Claire
Blais (New
York:
Twayne, c1995),
p. 104.
Published also in English as: The Angel of Solitude. Translated by
Laura Hodes. Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1993. (139p.;
ISBN 0889223378).
Blais,
Marie-Claire.
Soifs:
roman. Montréal: Boréal, 1995.
(313
p.; ISBN 2890527182)
Ref.: bibliography in Yale French Studies
90 (1996): 242-252.
Published also in English as: These Festive Nights. Toronto: Anansi, 1997.
Bouchard, Louise Anne.
Cette
fois, Jeanne--. Montréal: VLB,
1987.
(111
p.)
Archives
gaies du Québec online bibliography states that “le
chapitre ‘Vénus en transit’ raconte la fascination que le
personnage
principal, Jeanne, éprouve pour une femme.”
Bourgault,
Guillaume, 1980-
Philippe avec un grand H. Hull, QC: Vents d’Ouest, 2003.
(195 p.; ISBN 2895370605 ; AMICUS no. 27869858)
Young adult novel.
Additional refs.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 30228193, for the
recorded version of the novel, notes that “Philippe, étudiant au
secondaire, découvre qu’il est
homosexuel. Le roman raconte le
couloureux mais courageux cheminement d’un
adolescent vers
l’acceptation de son orientation sexuelle….” There is a further
AMICUS record no. 30228197 for a CD-ROM version.
Bowen, Gail.
Deadly Appearances.
Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, 1990.
(222
p. ; ISBN 0888947038 ; also M&S pbk. ISBN 0771014910)
“Murder once more wreaks havoc in the
Joanne
Kilbourn, delves into the killing of her friend and
newly-elected
provincial opposition leader, Andy Boychuk,
and uncovers some queer
truths” –
for Sexual Diversity,” accessed
Bowen, Gail.
The Endless Knot: A
Joanne Kilbourn Mystery. Toronto:
McClelland & Stewart,
c2006.
(290 p.; ISBNs
0771016549 and 9780771016547)
Refs.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 32442395 and SRSD
Website.
Father charged in attack on journalist who
exposes his transsexual child.
Braithwaite, Lawrence Ytzhak.
Ratz Are Nice: PSP. Los Angeles: Alyson Books, 2000.
(192 p.; ISBN 1555835546)
Ref.: Vancouver Public Library, Language & Literature
Division, online bibliography “Recent Canadian Gay and Lesbian
Literature,” viewed
Compiler note: Criteria for inclusion in the Library’s bibliography would
seem to differ somewhat from criteria used for this list.
Brand, Dionne.
In
Another Place, Not Here. Toronto: Knopf, 1996.
(247 p.; ISBN 0394281586)
Braux, Clare, 1927-
Medusa and Her Sisters. Goderich, Ont.: Moonstone Press, c1994.
(220 p.; ISBN 0920259499)
Brett, Catherine.
S.P. Likes A.D. Toronto:
Women’s Press, 1989.
(119 p.; ISBN 0889611424)
Young adult novel.
Brickman, Julie.
What Birds Can Only Whisper: A Novel. Winnipeg, Man.: Turnstone
Press, c1997.
(262 p.; ISBN 0888012144)
Brochu,
André, 1942-
La
vie aux trousses: roman. Montréal: XYZ, 1993.
(249 p.; ISBN 2892610737)
Included solely on basis of indexing terms given to Riendeau,
in this list
under LITERARY CRITICISM. There is apparently a sequel to this
Brochu work, not listed and not
seen. Relevancy of both Brochu
works
uncertain.
Brooks, Brenda, 1952-
Gotta Find Me an Angel: A Novel.. Vancouver, BC: Raincoast Books, c2005.
(219 p.; ISBN 1551927179 ; AMICUS
no. 30745838)
Ref.: N. Richards communication.
Brossard,
Nicole.
Baroque
d’aube: roman. Montréal: Editions de l’Hexagone, 1995.
(260
p.; ISBN 2890065499)
Published also in English as:
Baroque at Dawn. Translated by Patricia
Claxton. Toronto:
McClelland & Stewart, 1997. (262 p.; ISBN 0771016840).
Brossard,
Nicole.
Capture du sombre: roman. Montréal: Leméac, 2007.
(142 p.; ISBN 9782760932883 ; AMICUS catalogue no. 33631571)
English translation: Fences in Breathing (Toronto: Coach House, 2009).
Brossard,
Nicole.
Le
désert mauve. Montréal: Editions de l’Hexagone, 1987.
(220
p.; ISBN 2890062805)
Published also in English as:
de Lotbinière-Harwood. Toronto:
Coach House Press, 1990. (202 p.;
ISBN 0889103895)
Brossard,
Nicole.
French
kiss: étreinte-exploration. Montréal: Messageries du jour, 1974.
(151
p.)
Published again in French: Montréal: Quinze,
c1980.
Published
also in English as: French Kiss, or, A Pang’s
Progress.
Translated by Patricia Claxton. Toronto:
Coach House Press, 1986.
(122 p.; ISBN 0889101582).
Brossard,
Nicole.
Journal
intime, ou, Voilà donc un manuscrit.
Montréal: Herbes rouges, 1984.
(94
p.; ISBN 2920051091)
Brossard,
Nicole.
La
nuit verte du Parc Labyrinthe = Green Night of Labyrinth
Park = La noche
verde del Parque Laberinto.
Laval, Québec: Trois, 1992.
(54 p.; ISBN 292088736X).
Text in French, English, and Spanish.
Brossard, Nicole.
Picture
Theory. Translated
from French of same title by Barbara Godard.
Montréal: Guernica; New York: Roof Press, 1991.
(186 p.; ISBN 0920717225 [Guernica])
“…thematize[s] the
physical and intellectual connections between women”
– Gay & Lesbian Literature, v. 2, p. 54.
Later edition listed below.
Brossard, Nicole.
Picture Theory. Nicole Brossard; translated from the French by Barbara
Godard.
2nd ed.; Toronto: Guernica, 2006.
(195 p.; ISBN 1550712187)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 33261397, an e-link at which notes
that this is a novel of lesbian love among four women and takes place
between Curaçao and Montreal, New York and Paris.
Earlier (1991) edition listed above.
Brossard, Nicole.
Le sens apparent. Paris:
Flammarion, 1980.
(76 p.; ISBN 2080642685)
Published also in English as: Surfaces of Sense. Translated by Fiona
Strachan. Toronto: Coach House
Press, 1989. (74 p.; ISBN 0889103720)
Burgess, Tony.
The Hellmouths
of Bewdley: A Fiction for Girls & Boys. Toronto:
ECW Press,
c1997.
(191 p.; ISBN 1550223151)
The
most direct chapter is titled “The Only Gay Man in Bewdley,”
pp. 48-58.
Butcher, Kristin.
The Hemingway Tradition. Victoria, B.C.: Orca Book Publishers, c2002.
(92 p.; ISBN 1551432420)
Young adult novel.
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 27336447, which notes the following:
Reading grade level: 6; interest age level: 14 and up.
One of descriptors applied is Gay fathers.
Record summary: “After his father’s suicide, Shaw tries to chart his own
course. But when he moves across the country, he finds that the ghost of
his father (a best-selling author) has followed him.”
Butler, Michel.
L’homme de mon lit: récit.
Montréal: VLB, c1992.
(61 p.; ISBN 2890055124)
Descriptors refer to gay male couples and crimes of passion in
Montreal.
Cadieux,
Chantal.
Samedi
trouble. Montréal: Boréal, 1992.
(223
p.)
Roman
jeunesse/Young adult novel. Relation entre Julien et Jeff.
Voir l’analyse de Tony Esposito sur
l’homosexualité dans le roman
jeunesse québécois, Lurelu 18(3)(hiver 1996): 53-54.
Cameron, Anne.
DeeJay & Betty: A Novel.
(261 p.; ISBN 1550171127)
Donna Jean (DeeJay) and Betty Fiddick, both from dysfunctional
families, cross paths and become closely involved with one another.
Cameron, Anne, 1938-
The Journey: A Novel. New York: Avon, 1982.
(307 p.; ISBN 0380790874; 9780380790876)
Also published: San Francisco: Spinsters/Aunt Lute, 1986.
(ISBN 0933216246; AMICUS catalogue record no. 7486761)
Included in exhibition “Queer CanLit,” catalogue for which listed
elsewhere. One source gives author’s birthplace as Nanaimo, BC.
One reader at Amazon.com describes this as a coming-of-age story
of two women in the 1800’s.
Camilleri, Anna.
I Am a Red Dress: Incantations on a Grandmother, a Mother, and a Daughter.
Vancouver, BC: Arsenal Pulp Press, c2004.
(181 p.; ISBN 1551521636)
Carpenter, David, 1941-
Jewels. Erin,
Ont.: Porcupine’s Quill,
c1985.
(157 p.; ISBN 0889840733)
Carson, Anne, 1950-
Autobiography
of Red: A Novel in Verse. Toronto: Vintage Canada, 1999,
c1998.
(149 p.; ISBN
0676972659)
Ref.: “Queer CanLit” exhibition, catalogue for which is listed elsewhere.
Also AMICUS catalogue record no. 20578359.
Compiler note: AMICUS catalogue lists a number of other Carson
works, the relevance of which to this list is not known.
The
Dual Alliance. Vancouver:
Perceptions Press, c1995.
(149 p.; ISBN
1895590205)
“Through
two wholly fictional personal histories, the author has sought
to describe…the processes, the challenges and
disappointments, the
successes and failures faced by people who have dealt with
[transsexualism]” – p. vi.
Castle,
Stephanie.
The Partnership. Vancouver: Perceptions Press, 2003.
(219 p.; ISBN 0973429313)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 28758875.
Transsexual comedy, according to one source.
Shadows in the City.
Vancouver:
Perceptions Press, c2004.
(197
p.; ISBN 0973429380)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 30566781.
Main character is Micheline, transsexual.
A Tale of Two Wives. Vancouver: Perceptions Press, [199-?].
(ISBN 1895590213)
Fictional
account, as indicated in Castle’s Dual Alliance. Not seen.
Causse,
Michèle.
Voyages
de la grande naine en Androssie: fable. Laval, Québec: Trois, 1993.
(270
p.; ISBN 2920887459)
“… lesbian resistance to being hunted down and
eradicated in an
imaginary world of animalized beings, where the ‘animales’…become
‘anomales,’ that is, beyond the norm,
refusing the norm, rather than
‘abnormal’….” –from Gay & Lesbian Literature, v.
2, p. 82.
Chagnon, Gaetan, 1962-
Le
secret de l’hippocampe. Saint-Lambert, QC: Soulières
éditeur, 2003.
(206 p.; ISBN 2922225895 ; AMICUS no. 28167129)
Young adult novel.
Ref.: N. Richards, from
Archives gaies du Québec website.
Chapdelaine
Gagnon, Jean, 1949-
Samedi chaud. By G. Jean, pseud. Montréal: JG, 1991.
Ref. : Seminal, p. 339, where it is noted that this is “the first
Canadian gay male erotic novel” and that it was published under
pseudonym “G. Jean” and under the author’s own imprint.
Some library catalogues list the author under the pseudonym, “Jean, G.”
Charron, Claude.
Probablement
l’Espagne. Montréal: Boréal, 1987.
(312
p.)
Ref.: Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography
Chase, Gillean.
Triad
Moon. Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Gynergy
Books, c1993.
(187 p.; ISBN 0921881282)
Brook,
Lila’s tenant, is involved with Helen; the three women
re-examine their lives and relationships with each other.
Choy, Wayson, 1939-
The Jade Peony. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1995.
(238 p.; ISBNs 9781550544688 and 1550544683)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 14205053.
Compiler omitted from earlier listing because the work
does not, to the compiler’s knowledge, carry explicit gay
content or thematic material. Included here because of
exhibitors’ choice to include in “Queer CanLit” exhibition
at
exhibit is listed elsewhere). See other listings for Choy,
and comments, elsewhere in this bibliography.
Christakos, Margaret.
Charisma. Toronto: Pedlar Press,
c2000.
(152 p.; ISBN 0968188494)
Comeau, Joey, 1980-
It’s Too Late to Say I’m Sorry. Vancouver: Loose Teeth Press, 2007.
(ISBN 97097391747)
Ref.: AMICUS no. 33413913, prepublication entry;
N. Richards communication.
Comeau, Joey, 1980-
Lockpick Pornography. 2d ed.; Halifax, NS : Loose Teeth Press, 2006, c2005.
(121 p.; ISBN 0973917105)
A Wikipedia article for this title
(viewed
that the work details “activities of a quartet of homosexual activists, led by
an unnamed narrator.”
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 32701386
Cook, J. S., 1967-
A Cold-blooded Scoundrel. St. John’s, Newfoundland: Brazen Books, 2005.
(236 p.; ISBN 1894463722)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 31224368.
“An Inspector Devlin mystery.”
Features gay detective, Philip Devlin, of Scotland Yard.
J.S. Cook (JoAnne Soper-Cook) is a Newfoundlander.
Cook, J. S., 1967-
The Paragon of Animals. St. John’s, Newfoundland: Brazen Books, 2006.
(273 p.; ISBN 1894463870)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 32329904.
“An Inspector Devlin mystery”
Features gay detective, Philip Devlin, of Scotland Yard.
J.S. Cook (JoAnne Soper-Cook) is a Newfoundlander
Corman,
Ana P.
Bradley Bay. Rev. ed.; [S.l]: 1st Books Library, 2001.
(338 p. ; ISBN 0759650926)
Kaitlin and Sierra fall in love. Set in northern Ontario.
Compiler has not
verified author’s national connection.
Côté, Yvon-Justin, 1970-
Liar: I Dare You to Love Me. Vancouver: Y. Côté, 2007.
(no pagination; ISBN 9780978385705)
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no. 33565748
Story of a French-Canadian kid who is raised Jehovah’s Witness,
and vicissitudes of his youth.
Cox, Daniel Allen.
Shuck. Vancouver, BC : Arsenal Pulp Press, 2008.
(ISBN 9781551522463)
Ref. : Article/review by Chris Dupuis, “Scarlet Letter,” Xtra! [Toronto],
Montreal-based.
Cox, Daniel Allen.
Tattoo This Madness In. Ottawa, ON: Dusty Owl Press, 2006.
(98 p.; ISBN 0973926643)
Novella about queer Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 32870852.
Mention in Dupuis article,
citation for which is in annotation of Cox’s Shuck, above in this section
Coyote, Ivan E. (Ivan Elizabeth), 1969-
Bow Grip. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2006.
(221 p.; ISBN 1551522136)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 32808957
Cyr, Mario,
1955-
Ce
garçon trop doux ; suivi de Nuit claire comme le jour : romans.
Montréal : Les
Intouchables, 2002.
(240 p.; ISBN 2895490686
; AMICUS no. 27348374)
Each also published separately in 2000 by Les Intouchables.
Additional AMICUS records for the titles individually.
AMICUS record gives audience note for the first novel, in the record
for the separate
publication, as “pour les jeunes”.
Daignault,
Claire.
Zoé
entre deux eaux. Montréal: Editions Pierre Tisseyre, 1991.
(111
p.)
Roman
jeunesse/Young adult novel. Voir l’analyse de Tony
Esposito sur l’homosexualité dans le
roman jeunesse québécois, Lurelu
18(3) (hiver 1996): 53-54. Esposito écrit que
“Zoé est une jeune fille
intolérante, moqueuse et imaginative. Croyant que son père a une aventure
homosexuelle avec un confrère de travail…elle
fait tout ce qu’elle peut
pour en avoir la preuve….”
Danakas, John Gus.
“Monotony:
A Novella.” MA thesis,
(122 p.)
“The
story of a twenty-one-year-old Greek Canadian youth living in
Winnipeg who becomes
attracted to his girlfriend’s cousin, a thirty-year-
old gay man visiting from Chicago” –from Canadian Research Index
abstract.
D’Anna, Lynnette.
Belly Fruit. Vancouver: New Star Books, 2000.
(247 p.; ISBN 0921586795)
“Jean Paul wants to make Zoey’s boss, George, a respectable woman by
marrying her….George wants Zoey – but even more, she wants
Nancy….” –Cover.
Daoust, Jean-Paul
Le
désert rose. Montréal: Stanké, c1999.
Ref.: Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography. Daoust,
like many other writers, is prolific. The compiler could not examine
or otherwise check all of his works, but can only call attention to him as an
author to be more thoroughly investigated. The interested user should
check library catalogues, such as the National Library of Canada’s
AMICUS union catalogue.
De Veer, Florine.
Second Chances: A Novel. Boston: Alyson Publications, 1985.
(237 p.; ISBN 0932870694)
Set in Alberta.
Decter, Ann.
Honour:
A Novel. Vancouver: Press Gang Publishers, 1996.
(225 p.; ISBN 0889740577)
“Jane Cammen – protagonist of Paper, Scissors, Rock –
returns here,
along with her wayward lover, Marie Latouche,
and artist-turned-doctor
Shulamit Weiss in a triangle of love and friendship” –
Cover.
Decter, Ann.
Paper, Scissors, Rock. Vancouver:
Press Gang Publishers, 1992.
(181 p.; ISBN 0889740402)
First
novel; weaves
“the threads of death, anti-Semitism, racism,
homophobia” – Cover.
Dedora, Brian, 1946-
A Slice of Voice at the Edge of Hearing.
Toronto
:
Mercury Press, 2008.
(ISBN 9781551281421)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 34451245.
Review: Xtra! [Toronto], July 30, 2009, p. 25: novel/autobiography.
Denisoff, Dennis.
Dog Years. Vancouver:
Pulp Press, c1991.
(128 p.; ISBN 0889782342)
“An
HIV-positive man seeks to come to terms with a life not fully lived
through his encounters with a beautiful young man and his
sister in the
Denisoff, Dennis.
The Winter Gardeners. Toronto: Coach House Books, 2003.
(229 p.; ISBN 1552451291)
One reviewer mentions Jem and his lover, Robert.
Doctor, Farzana.
Stealing Nasreen: A Novel. Toronto: Inanna Publications and Education, c2007.
(222 p.; ISBN 9780978223304 and 0978223306)
Library descriptors assigned: Toronto; Women psychologists; Lesbians;
Triangles (Interpersonal relations).
Dodic, N. J.
Muck. Toronto:
Gutter Press, 1996.
(142 p.; ISBN 1896356079)
Donoghue, Emma, 1969-
Landing. Orlando: Harcourt, c2007.
(324 p.; ISBN 9780151012978 and 0151012970)
Two women lovers, one a museum curator in a small Ontario town and the
other a flight attendant.
Donoghue, Emma, 1969-
The
Sealed Letter: A Novel. Toronto: HarperCollins
(396 p.; ISBN 9781554680368)
Ref.: Xtra!
[Toronto],
Arts” – Top 10).
Notes reviewer Alice Lawlor’s opinion that “…it’s Donoghue’s depiction
of Fido Faithfull, a spinster with Sapphic tendencies, that makes the book a
lesbian
classic-in-the-making….” Work set in 19th-century
Douglas, Lauren
Wright, 1947-
The
Always Anonymous Beast. Tallahassee, Fla.:
Naiad, 1987.
(210 p.; ISBN 0941483045)
Author Canadian-born. One of
a series of mystery
novels featuring
Caitlin Reese, a Victoria,
B.C., lesbian private detective.
Douglas, Lauren
Wright, 1947-
The
Daughters of Artemis. Tallahassee, Fla.:
Naiad, 1991.
(220 p.; ISBN 0941483959)
A Caitlin Reese mystery.
See annotation of first Douglas entry,
above.
Douglas, Lauren
Wright, 1947-
Death at
(195 p.; ISBN 156280085X)
Author Canadian-born.
An Allison O’Neil mystery.
Douglas, Lauren
Wright, 1947-
Goblin
Market. Tallahassee, Fla.:
Naiad, 1993.
(221 p.; ISBN 1562800477)
A Caitlin Reese mystery.
See annotation of first Douglas entry,
above.
Douglas, Lauren
Wright, 1947-
In the
Blood. Tallahassee, Fla.:
Naiad, 1989.
(242 p.; ISBN 0941483223)
Science
fiction; Library of Congress catalog record assigns
“Lesbians-Fiction” descriptor.
Douglas, Lauren
Wright, 1947-
Ninth
Life. Tallahassee, Fla.:
Naiad, 1990.
(242 p.; ISBN 0941483509)
A Caitlin Reese mystery.
See annotation of first Douglas entry,
above.
Douglas, Lauren
Wright, 1947-
A Rage of
Maidens. Tallahassee, Fla.:
Naiad, 1994.
(224 p.; ISBN 156280068X)
A Caitlin Reese mystery.
See annotation of first Douglas entry,
above.
Douglas, Lauren
Wright, 1947-
Swimming
Cat Cove. Tallahassee, Fla.:
Naiad, 1997.
(180 p.; ISBN 1562801686)
Second Allison O’Neil mystery. See author’s Death at Lavender Bay,
above.
Douglas, Lauren
Wright, 1947-
A Tiger’s Heart. Tallahassee,
Fla.: Naiad, 1992.
(217 p.; ISBN 1562800183)
A Caitlin Reese mystery.
See annotation of first Douglas entry,
above.
Douglas, Marion K.
Bending
at the Bow. Vancouver: Press Gang Publishers, c1995.
(251 p.; ISBN 0889740510; 0889740518)
Annie
is coping with loss, the accidental death of her lover, Sylvie –
from biographical item at www.nwpassages.com/bios , last accessed late
2000.
Douglas, Marion K.
Magic
Eight Ball. Vancouver: Polestar Book Publishers, 2000.
(221 p.; ISBN 0889740631)
Review: Quill & Quire 66(7)(July 2000):33
Dubé, Peter, 1962-
Hovering World: A Fiction. Montréal: DC Books, c2002.
(154 p.; ISBN 0919688616 and 0919688632)
Ref.: N. Richards communication.
Additional ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 27784632.
Note that author’s 1996 M.A. thesis to the Dept. of English,
described in AMICUS record no. 21598932 as “Original writing; a novel.”
Ducharme, Réjean.
Va
savoir. Paris: Gallimard, 1994.
(266 p.; ISBN 207073904X)
Mauguière (p. 1045; see full ref. under Vonarburg
entry, below) suggests
that, unlike in Brossard
and Vonarburg, the relationship between the two
women is considered destructive.
Dunford, Warren,
1963-
Making
a Killing. Toronto: Penguin Books, 2001.
(334 p.; ISBN
0141004800; also ISBN 1555836577 [Alyson Books])
Dunford, Warren, 1963-
The Scene Stealer. Toronto: Cormorant Books, c2005.
(355 p.; ISBN 1896951775)
Third in the Mitchell Draper (gay Toronto screenwriter) mystery series.
Earlier two were Making a Killing and Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture.
Dunford, Warren, 1963-
Soon To Be A Major Motion Picture: A Novel. Toronto: Riverbank Press, 1998.
(255 p.; ISBN 1896332064)
Dunlop, Rishma.
“’
(202 p.)
Among
many issues discussed in this novel are teen suicide and
homosexuality – from ProQuest
Digital Dissertations abstract.
Dunnion, Kristyn, 1969-
Mosh Pit. Calgary, Alta:
Red Deer Press,
c2004.
(270 p.; ISBN 0889952922)
Young adult novel.
Ref.:
National Library of Canada, AMICUS catalogue record no.
30554614, with subject heading “Lesbian teenagers—Juvenile
fiction”.
Dutrisac, Billy Bob, 1961-
Kafka Kalmar:
une crucifiction: roman. Montréal:
Editions Québec/Amérique,
c1989.
(290 p.; ISBN 2890374777)
Dykewomon, Elana.
Beyond the Pale: A Novel. Vancouver:
Press Gang Publishers, c1997.
(404 p.; ISBN 0889740747)
Included because published in
concerns
“the lives of Russian Jewish lesbians who immigrated to North
Ellis, Deb, 1960-
Haley & Scotia. San Francisco, CA: Frog in the Well, 1995.
(167 p.; ISBN 0960362886)
Ref.: OCLC catalog record (accession no. 32922660), the
descriptors in which concern lesbians,
Escomel,
Gloria.
Les eaux de la
mémoire: contes et nouvelles.
Montréal: Boréal, 1994.
(144 p.; ISBN
289052633X)
Ref.: bibliography in Yale French Studies
90 (1996): 242-252.
Escomel,
Gloria.
Fruit de la passion:
roman. Laval: Trois, 1988.
(169 p.; ISBN
2920887041)
Ref.: bibliography in Yale
French Studies 90 (1996): 242-252.
Fecteau,
Hélène.
Cape
Cod aller-retour. Montréal:
Libre-Expression, c1985.
(171
p.)
Ref.: Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography
Fissure, Djinn
(Virginia M. Fisher)
Sappho’s
Child.
This is a Web-based serialized
pay-to-read novel by
a Saskatchewan
author, available, as of
Noted also in Perceptions [Saskatoon, Sask.],
issue 172
(
Forrest, Katherine V.,
1939-
(204 p.; ISBN 093004455X)
Author born in Windsor,
Ontario. This is one of a series of detective
novels set in Los
Angeles, and featuring Kate Delafield, lesbian
investigator.
Forrest, Katherine V.,
1939-
Apparition
Alley. New
York: Berkley
Prime Crime, 1997.
(248 p.; ISBN 0425159663)
A Kate Delafield mystery.
See annotation of first Forrest entry, above.
Forrest, Katherine V.,
1939-
The
Beverly Malibu. Tallahassee, Fla.:
Naiad, 1989.
(274 p.; ISBN 0941483479)
A Kate Delafield mystery.
See annotation of first Forrest entry, above.
Appears
to have been reprinted by Naiad, 1992 (ISBN 0941483487).
Forrest, Katherine V.,
1939-
Curious
Wine. 10th
anniversary ed.; Tallahassee, Fla.:
Naiad, 1993, c1983.
(160 p.; ISBN 1562800531)
“A
sustained romantic fantasy about love, exploration, discovery and
intense passion involving two women” – from Gay
& Lesbian Literature,
v. 1, p. 137.
Forrest, Katherine V.,
1939-
Daughters
of a Coral Dawn. Tallahassee, Fla.:
Naiad, 1984.
(226 p.; ISBN 0930044509)
Science fiction novel;
“…women of Cybele who have fled their homeland
– Earth – in search of a world of
their own without men” – from Gay &
Lesbian Literature, v.
1, p. 137.
Forrest, Katherine V.,
1939-
An
Emergence of Green. Tallahassee, Fla.:
Naiad, 1986.
(269 p.; ISBN 093004469X)
“Explores
the themes of jealousy, indecision, loyalty and doubt, as well
as
the emergence of lesbian identity in all its complexity” – from Gay &
Lesbian Literature, v.
1, p. 137.
Forrest, Katherine V.,
1939-
Flashpoint. Tallahassee,
Fla.: Naiad, 1994.
(233 p.; ISBN 1562800434)
A Kate Delafield mystery.
See annotation of first Forrest entry, above.
Forrest, Katherine V.,
1939-
(242 p.; ISBN 042515467X)
A Kate Delafield mystery.
See annotation of first Forrest entry, above.
Forrest, Katherine V.,
1939-
Murder at
the Nightwood Bar. Tallahassee,
Fla.: Naiad, 1987.
(220 p.; ISBN 0930044924)
A Kate Delafield mystery.
See annotation of first Forrest entry, above.
Forrest, Katherine V.,
1939-
Murder by
Tradition. Tallahassee, Fla.:
Naiad Press, 1991.
(272 p.; ISBN 0941483894;
1562800027)
A Kate Delafield mystery.
See annotation of first Forrest entry, above.
Forrest, Katherine V.,
1939-
Sleeping
Bones. New
York: Berkley
Prime Crime, 1999.
(260 p.; ISBN 0425170292)
A Kate Delafield mystery.
See annotation of first Forrest entry, above.
Forté-Escamilla, Kleya.
Mada:
An Erotic Novel. Toronto: Sister Vision, c1993.
(162 p.; ISBN 0920813690)
One of
the few entries that is included because of Canadian imprint and not
because of author.
Story is an exploration of love between two women.
Fortier, Muriel.
Des
trains, des escaliers et des tramways, quand on a douze ans.
Montréal:
Les Tribades, 1988.
(141
p.)
“L’auteure
qualifie son roman comme étant ‘la genèse d’une jeune
lesbienne’” – Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography.
Fortin, FranceLyne, 1944-
Meurtre
chez les Johannais : polar.
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC :
Editions Archimède, c2005
(132 p.; ISBN 2922132714)
Ref.: AMICUS no. 31615464; N. Richards communication.
AMICUS record notes that this is a juvenile novel, for 13 years and older.
Some descriptors assigned: Homosexuality, Hate, Courtship, Stepfathers,
Murder.
Foster, Marion.
Legal Tender: A Mystery. Toronto:
Second Story Press, c1992.
(235 p.; ISBN 092900535X)
Foster, Marion.
The Monarchs Are Flying: A
Novel. Toronto: Women’s Press, c1987.
(217 p.; ISBN 0889611203)
A
murder; a homophobic investigator; a narrow-minded, small-town
citizenry.
Francis, Brian, 1971-
Fruit. Toronto:
ECW Press, 2004.
(278 p.; ISBN 1550226207)
Young
adult novel; comment of Dan Savage, quoted from back cover:
“All
gay teens bargain with their own bodies, bodies they feel betrayed
by, but rarely is the bargaining and the cover-up so moving
and so
funny. Fruit is a beautiful story”. The protagonist,
Peter Paddington, is a
grade eight thirteen-year-old; author born in Sarnia, Ontario.
Fullerton, Alma.
In the Garage. Calgary: Red Deer Press, 2007, c2006.
(181 p.; ISBN 9780889953710)
Young adult novel.
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 32847125, which applies several
descriptors, one of which is Gay teenagers. Level indicated as juvenile
fiction.
Gagnon, Alain.
Rock. Chicoutimi, QC: Ed. JCL,
1988.
(238
p.)
“Un
adolescent influençable est entraîné dans la délinquance et la
prostitution. Le
roman est inspiré du scénario de Monique H. Messier et
de la mini-série du mê me titre réalisée
par Jean Lepage” – Archives gaies
du Québec online bibliography.
Gagnon,
Isabelle, 1970-
Marie
Mirage: roman. Montréal: Editions du Remue-ménage, 2000.
(148 p.; ISBN 2890911837
; AMICUS no. 24285376)
Ref.: N. Richards communication.
Garnett,
Gale Zoë.
Transient Dancing. Toronto: McArthur, 2003.
(308
p.; ISBN 1552783693)
Ref.:
AMICUS catalogue no. 28339771,
Two African-American men meet on Greek island in 1995.
One, who is not out, is in early stages of AIDS. Story set in
various parts of the world.
Compiler note: An earlier Garnett work, Visible Amazement,
presents one (minor?) character, described by one review source as
a gay French-Canadian dwarf.
Gervais,
Jean.
L’étrange
voisin de Dominique. Montréal:
Boréal, 1988.
(40
p.)
Roman
jeunesse/Young adult novel. Voir l’analyse de Tony
Esposito sur l’homosexualité dans le
roman jeunesse québécois, Lurelu
18(3) (hiver 1996): 53-54. Esposito écrit que
ce roman “destiné à la plus
jeune tranche d’enfants de notre
échantillonnage de huit à dix ans, raconte
la mésaventure du jeune Dominique qui
subit des attouchements sexuels
par le voisin.”
Gibb,
Camilla, 1968-
The Petty Details of So-And-So’s Life. Toronto:
Doubleday
(318 p.; ISBN 0385658028)
Lauren Keegan in an online review has said that one prominent
character is a “metal-sculpting lesbian.”
Gilbert, Sky, 1952-
Brother Dumb. Toronto: ECW Press, c2007.
(207 p.; ISBN 9781550227680, 1550227688)
Gilbert,
Sky,1952-
An English Gentleman. Toronto : Cormorant Books, c2004.
(262 p.; ISBN 1896951554)
Gilbert, Sky, 1952-
Guilty. Toronto:
Insomniac Press, 1998.
(155 p.; ISBN 1895837294)
Gilbert, Sky,1952-
I Am Kasper Klotz: A Novel. Toronto: ECW Press, 2001.
(146 p.; ISBN 1550224778)
Review: Globe
& Mail,
Gilbert, Sky, 1952-
St.
Stephen’s. Toronto: Insomniac Press, c1999.
(179 p.; ISBN 1895837707)
Gilbert, Sky, 1952-
Wit
in Love. Thornhill,
Ont.: Quattro Books, c2008.
(124 p.; ISBN
9780978280666)
“…an
epistolary novella, based on the life of gay philosopher Ludwig
Wittgenstein….”
– online Quill & Quire review, viewed
Goobie, Beth, 1959-
Hello Groin. Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers, 2006.
(271 p.; ISBN-10 1551434598; ISBN-13 9781551434599)
Young adult novel; review: Quill & Quire, December 2006, p. 44
Gosse, Douglas, 1966-
Breaking
Silences & Exploring Masculinities: A Critical Supplement to the
Novel ‘Jackytar’. St. John’s, Nfld.: Breakwater Books, c2008.
(72 p.; ISBN 9781550812466 and 1550812467)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 33826743, in which one descriptor
applied is Gay men in literature.
NOTE: separate entry, below at Gosse, for the novel.
Gosse, Douglas,
1966-
Jackytar: A Novel. St John’s, Nfld.: Jesperson Pub., c2005.
(286 p.; ISBN 1894377133)
Gay novel using queer theory from Gosse’s dissertation, according to
one description noted.
SEE ALSO: Gosse’s “critical supplement” to the novel, at
preceding entry.
Gray, R. W.
Tide Pool Sketches.
Novel serialized in Xtra! West, the Vancouver glbt magazine,
in 2001 (26 episodes)
Ref.: Seminal, p. 341.
See also Diane Claveau, “Writing over Coffee: Robert Gray’s Back for
Another
Serialized Novel,” Xtra! West,
archived article, viewed
Gray, R. W.
Waterboys.
Novel serialized in Xtra! West, the Vancouver glbt magazine,
[in 2004?]
Ref.: Seminal, p. 341.
See also Diane Claveau, “Writing over Coffee: Robert Gray’s Back for
Another
Serialized Novel,” Xtra! West,
archived article, viewed
Greer, Darren.
Still
Life with June. Toronto: Cormorant Books,
2002.
(335 p.; ISBN 1896951449;
1896951457)
Ref.: Perceptions
[Saskatoon, Sask.] 21(5) (
Greer, Darren.
Tyler’s Cape. Ottawa,
Ont.: Algonquin Press, 2000.
(263 p.; ISBN 0968727204)
Ref.:
Review by Jeff Dodds, Perceptions [Saskatoon, Sask.]
19(3)
(
Grescoe, Paul, 1939-
Flesh Wound. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre,
1991.
(214 p.; ISBN
0888947313)
Detective story; some characters bisexual or transsexual.
“Murder of bisexual starlet; Vancouver private eye, Dan Rudnicki”
Ref.: Perceptions [Saskatoon], v. 11, issue 1 (Jan. 27/93), p. 24.
Grubisic, Brett Josef.
The Age of Cities: A Literary Artifact. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, c2006.
(240 p.; ISBN 9781551522128, 1551522128)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 33233885.
Hannah, Don.
The Wise and Foolish Virgins. Toronto: A. Knopf, c1998.
(426 p.; ISBN 0676970990)
Set in small New Brunswick town. Some gay characters:
Raymond and his partner, Hal; Sandy White thought by
neighbours to be gay.
Highway, Tomson, 1951-
Kiss of the Fur Queen. Toronto: Doubleday
(310 p.; ISBN 0385256523)
Two Cree boys grow up in Manitoba. Includes experiences at
residential school and abuse by priests.
Holtz, Nairne, 1967-
The Skin Beneath. Toronto: Insomniac Press, c2007.
(263 p.; ISBN 9781897178393 ; AMICUS no. 33269804)
Ref.: N. Richards communication.
Holtz, Nairne, 1967-
This One’s Going to Last Forever. Toronto : Insomniac Press, c2009.
(ISBN 9781897178805)
Review: James Moran, Xtra! [Toronto], May 21, 2009, p. 38,
who notes that this a novella bookended by short stories.Holz, Cynthia, 1950-
The Other Side. Toronto: Second Story Press, c1997.
(238 p.; ISBN 1896764010)
Hoolboom, Mike.
The Steve Machine. Toronto: Coach House Press, 2008.
(ISBN 9781552452028 and 1552452026)
“[C]hronicles the friendship of a fictional HIV-positive Auden and queer
video artist Steve Reinke that somehow involves Yoko Ono, the Lizard
Man and Wrik the orgy master” – “Out in the City” book launch
announcement, Xtra!
[Toronto],
Houde, Nicole.
La maison du remous.
Montréal: Ed. de la Pleine lune, 1986.
(188
p.)
Ref.: Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography
Humphreys, Helen.
Afterimage. Toronto: HarperFlamingoCanada, c2000.
(247 p.; ISBN 0002254999)
“The story of Annie, Isabelle and Eldon is a love triangle as gripping
as any in literature” – Quill & Quire review, as quoted on book dust
jacket. A novel set in the 19th century, with the reticence of that period,
but the character of Annie seems relevant here. See, e.g., the second-last
page (p. 246): “Annie thinks of the night she kissed Isabelle, how that
moment when she felt fully alive she is not allowed to speak of
again….Annie has existed for Isabelle, not as who she is, but only as who
Isabelle wanted her to be….That kiss felt real, was real. She wants
Isabelle to admit this, to admit that it was Annie she kissed….”
Humphreys, Helen.
Leaving Earth. Toronto: HarperCollins, 1997.
(232 p.; ISBN 0002245469)
Ref.
Perceptions [Saskatoon,
Sask.] 21(5)(
Humphreys, Helen, 1961-
The Lost Garden. Toronto: HarperFlamingoCanada, 2002.
(183 p.; ISBN 0002005115 and 0006391818)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 27231615.
Included in exhibition “Queer CanLit,” catalogue for which is listed
elsewhere. Exhibition display case annotation notes that during
the World War II London Blitz, Gwen is in a relationship with both a
woman and a Canadian soldier.
Huser, Glen.
Stitches. Toronto: Groundwood Books/Douglas & McIntyre, 2003.
(198 p.; ISBN 0888995784)
Young adult novel; winner of 2003 Governor-General’s Award for
Children’s Literature.
Travis is tormented physically and emotionally by three male classmates,
in part because he likes to sew and make puppets.
Ref.: National Library of Canada AMICUS catalogue record no.
29684351.
Ibañez-Carrasco, Francisco.
Flesh
Wounds & Purple Flowers. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp
Press, 2001.
(180 p.; ISBN 1551520982)
World of Santiago,
Ilsley, George K.
ManBug. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2006.
(228 p.; ISBN 1551522039)
“…elegantly accomplished postmodern love story between Sebastian,
a gay entomologist with Asperger’s syndrome…and Tom, a dyslexic
bisexual with spiritual interests that stem from his childhood in a hippy
commune” –from review by Tom Sandborn, Globe and Mail [Toronto],
Itza, Taman.
And the Clouds Took It Along -- . Victoria, BC: Trafford, c2000.
(315 p.; ISBN 1552123545)
Ref.: AMICUS no. 23222434; N. Richards communication.
Jackson, Trent, 1982-
At This Moment: The First Words. Victoria, B.C.: Trafford, c2004.
(137 p.; ISBN 14120333065 and 9781412033305)
Although
published in
records examined carries descriptor
Sexual orientation –
Fiction (as well as descriptors regarding African Americans).
Jacob, Suzanne.
La passion selon Galatée.
Paris: Ed. du Seuil, 1987.
(240
p.)
Ref.: Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography
Jean, G., pseud.
SEE Chapdelaine
Gagnon, Jean. Samedi chaud (above, in this section)
Jones, Lizard, 1961-
Two Ends of Sleep: A Novel. Vancouver: Press Gang Publishers, c1997.
(166 p.; ISBN 0889740720)
Juby, Susan, 1969-
Another Kind of Cowboy. Toronto: HarperTrophyCanada, c2007.
(344 p.; ISBN 9780002007085)
Young adult novel.
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 33356447. A second record,
AMICUS no. 33968894, for electronic version (DAISY audio), gives
the following annotation: “In Vancouver,…two teenage dressage riders,
one a spoiled rich girl and the other a closeted gay sixteen-year-old boy,
come to terms with their identities and learn to accept themselves.”
Jutras, Jeanne d’Arc.
Plaxie Platon. Montréal: VLB, 1988.
(112
p.)
“Plaxie Platon quitte St-Glaucome…pour le Plateau Mont-Royal
(Montréal). Elle y rencontre Allibie
et c’est le grand amour” –
Archives
gaies du Québec online bibliography
Klinck, Todd.
Tacones
(high heels). Vancouver : Anvil Press, c1997.
(128
p. ; ISBN 1895636140)
This is mentioned in an article by Jennie Punter, “Sex-trade Experience
Helps
Bring Film to Life,” Globe and Mail,
version, no pagination).
Not seen; relevance uncertain.
Kramer, Greg.
Couchwarmer:
A Laundromat Adventure. Toronto: Riverbank Press,
1997.
(282 p.; ISBN 1896332021)
Wide-ranging
cast of characters of ambiguous gender from urban Cherry
Beach nightclub/party world.
Kramer, Greg.
The Pursemonger
of Fugu: A Bathroom Mystery. Toronto:
Riverbank Press,
c1995.
(321 p.; ISBN 1896332005)
Adelaide
Simcoe, sleuth, in the “alternative artistic life of the urban core.”
Some gay characters.
Kwa,
This Place Called Absence: A Novel.
Winnipeg, Man.: Turnstone Press, c2000.
(218 p.; ISBN 0888012438)
“Excerpts of the novel in earlier versions have appeared in
West Coast Line, Open Letter, Hot and Bothered …and
Imaginings: Drawings….” (p. 218)
Kwa,
The Walking Boy. Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2005.
(309 p.; ISBN 1552636933)
Set in
8th-century A.D. (Tang Dynasty)
Characters Ardhanari and Harelip; Ling and Wan’er; and the jogappas.
La Barre,
Mélanie.
“Un
autre visage de l’amour.” Dans Nouvelles
du Faubourg, pp. 39-64. Montréal:
Editions Pierre Tisseyre, 1995.
Roman
jeunesse/Young adult novel. Voir l’analyse de Tony
Esposito sur l’homosexualité dans le
roman jeunesse québécois, Lurelu
18(3) (hiver 1996): 53-54. Esposito écrit que
“Lydia découvre que son
frère Martin est homosexuel, ce qu’elle
prend mal. Mais le temps et
l’amour qu’elle porte à son frère l’aident
à accepter la situation.” L’auteure
avait seize ans.
Lai,
Larissa.
Salt Fish Girl. Toronto: Thomas Allen Publishers,
2002.
(269 p.; ISBN 0887621112)
See review: Globe and Mail [Metro ed.],
Lai, Larissa, 1967-
When Fox is a Thousand. Vancouver:
Press Gang Publishers, 1995.
(236 p.; ISBN 0889740410)
“The
lives of a ninth-century Chinese poet/nun and a contemporary Asian-
American
woman are linked in a tale of murder and intrigue” – Toronto
Public Library catalogue note. The
user might refer to interview of Lai at
www.ucalgary.ca/~amathur/larissa.html , last accessed
late 2000.
Lamer, Gilles.
Bâtissez
mon temple--. Montréal: Leméac, 1985.
(555
p.)
Ref.:
Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography
Lapointe,
Annette, 1978-
Stolen.
Vancouver: Anvil Press,
2006.
(232 p.; ISBN 1895636736)
Brief
description in Xtra!,
Rural Saskatchewan setting. Rowan’s first same-sex love
experience; involvement with drugs.
Larocque, Pierre A.
Splendide
Hotel.
Montréal: Herbes rouges, 1989.
(100
p.)
Ref.: Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography.
Publié
dans la revue “Les Herbes rouges” (Montréal), no. 171-172.
Lauzon, Vincent.
Requiem
gai: roman. Saint-Laurent, QC:
Editions P. Tisseyre, c1998.
(185 p.; ISBN 2890515818)
Lavoie,
Michel, 1946-
État
d’alerte: roman. Saint-Laurent, QC: Éditions
P. Tisseyre, 2007.
(130 p.; ISBN 9782896330263)
Young adult novel.
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no. 33328330, which assigns
the subdivision --Juvenile fiction to descriptors Homosexuality,
High schools, Role playing, and Revenge. Detective and mystery stories
is an additional descriptor. Interest age level: 12 and up.
Lemieux,
Jean.
Le
trésor de Brion. Montréal: Editions Québec/Amérique, 1995.
(387
p.)
Roman
jeunesse/Young adult novel. Voir l’analyse de Tony
Esposito sur l’homosexualité dans le
roman jeunesse québécois, Lurelu
18(3) (hiver 1996): 53-54. Esposito écrit que
ce roman “semble plus
positif, même si, en bout de ligne, il y a
encore victimisation.”
Levine, Elise, 1959-
Requests and
Dedications. Toronto: M&S, c2003.
(313
p.; ISBNs 0771052774, 9780771052774)
Ref.: N. Richards communication.
Lieberman, Leanne.
Gravity. Victoria, BC: Orca Books, 2008.
(245 p.; ISBN 978155469049)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 33936943.
Review:
Globe and Mail,
story of Ellie Gold, a 15-year-old Jewish teenager who seeks to reconcile
her lesbian identity with her treasured Orthodox lifestyle.” Review notes
that the work earned author a master’s degree (which would appear,
unverified, to be “Ellisheva Gold,” M.A.,
Limbert, Shirley, 1935-
Melanie: A Love Story. Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Moonshell Pub., 2007
(144 p.; ISBN 9780973648614)
Ref.: N. Richards
communication;
AMICUS catalogue record no. 33186024
Little, Linda, 1959-
Strong Hollow: A Novel. Edited by Laurel Boone. Fredericton, N.B.: Goose
Lane, c2001.
(280 p.: ISBN 0864923082)
Lord,
Jean-Yves.
“Chronique
de l’été 70.” Dans La première fois,
tome 2, pp. 129-156. Montréal:
Editions Québec/Amérique, 1991.
Roman
jeunesse/Young adult novel. Voir l’analyse de Tony
Esposito sur l’homosexualité dans le
roman jeunesse québécois, Lurelu
18(3) (hiver 1996): 53-54. Esposito écrit que
“ce texte est franc et détaillé,
sans retenue sur la réalité d’une
relation sexuelle entre deux garçons.”
Luke, Pearl.
Burning Ground. Toronto: HarperFlamingoCanada, c2000.
(249 p.; ISBN 0002255049)
“Exploration of desire, sexual identity, and emotional risk;” “most of
all she [Percy] can’t escape the loss of Marlea, her best friend and
sometime
lover” – dust jacket.
Luke,
Pearl Marjorie.
“Black and White Like Smoke.” MA thesis,
(165 p.)
Percy
is in love with a woman and is also considering life with a man.
When told she has to make up her mind about her
sexuality, she says none
of the names fit – from Canadian Research
Index abstract.
Mac, Carrie, 1975-
Crush. Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers, c2006.
(106 p.; ISBN 1551435217, 9781551435213, etc.)
Young adult.
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 32272799, which applies
descriptors “Gay youth” and “Self-acceptance.”
MacDonald, Ann-Marie.
Fall on Your Knees. Toronto: Knopf
(566 p.; ISBN 0394281594)
See particularly towards end of work (source: Maureen Fitzgerald); not
examined.
Mahadevan, Anand, 1979-
The Strike. Toronto: TSAR, c2006.
(216 p.; ISBN
1894770307)
Reviewed by Jim Bartley, Xtra!,
Toronto
writer’s “coming of age story” set in
Malone, Stephens Gerard, 1957-
I
Still Have a Suitcase in Berlin:
A Novel. Toronto: Random
House
Canada, 2008.
(319
p.; ISBN 9780679313410)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue no. 33703601;
Review
by Stan Persky, Globe & Mail,
Manthorne, Jackie, 1946-
Deadly Reunion.
Charlottetown,
P.E.I.: Gynergy Books, 1995.
(189 p.; ISBN 0921881320)
Detective novel.
Harriet Hubbley, lesbian sleuth.
Manthorne, Jackie, 1946-
Final
Take. Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Gynergy
Books, 1996.
(190 p.; ISBN 092188141X)
Detective novel.
Harriet Hubbley, lesbian sleuth.
Manthorne, Jackie, 1946-
Ghost
Motel. Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Gynergy
Books, 1994.
(175 p.; ISBN 0921881312)
Detective novel.
Harriet Hubbley, lesbian sleuth.
Manthorne, Jackie, 1946-
Last
Resort. Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Gynergy
Books, c1995.
(190 p.; ISBN 0921881347)
Detective novel.
Harriet Hubbley, lesbian sleuth.
Manthorne, Jackie, 1946-
Sudden
Death. Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Gynergy
Books, c1997.
(189 p.; ISBN 0921881436)
Detective novel.
Harriet Hubbley, lesbian sleuth.
Marchand, Alain Bernard.
C’était un homme aux cheveux et aux yeux
foncés: récit.
Montréal:
Herbes rouges, 1992.
(48 p.: ISBN 289419014X)
Marchessault, Jovette.
Des
cailloux blancs pour les forêts obscures.
Montréal: Leméac, 1987.
(165
p.)
Ref.: Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography
Marlatt, Daphne.
Ana
Historic. Toronto: Coach House Press, 1988.
(152 p.; ISBN 088910364X)
Reissued:
Concord, Ont.: Anansi, 1997 (ISBN 0887845908)
Marlatt, Daphne.
Salvage. Red
Deer, Alta.: Red Deer College Press, c1991.
(119 p.; ISBN 0889950741)
The
author’s Foreword states that “‘Territory & co,’ a novella in
fragments [contained in this collection], like Ana
Historic…turns on an
identity play with the name Ana, but unlike the novel, it is
situated in
residential Chinatown in Vancouver’s
East End and moves back and forth
between the pull of domestic family…and the alternative pull
of a lesbian
community of women artists.”
Marlatt, Daphne.
Taken.
Concord, Ont.: Anansi, 1996.
(132
p.; ISBN 0887845878)
Narrator is lesbian.
Marshall, Tom, 1938-1993.
Adele at the End of the Day. Boston: Faber and Faber, 1988.
(248 p.; ISBN 0571129870; 0571129862)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 7640828 gives
“Bisexual men” as one descriptor. Marshall was born
in Niagara Falls, Ontario and studied and taught at
Queen’s University.
Martel, Yann.
Self: A Novel. Toronto: Knopf
(329 p.; ISBN 0394281608)
“Explores
trans-gender territory, telling the story of a young
man who
finds he has changed into a woman overnight”
– Quill & Quire, July 1997, pp. 37-38.
Martin, André, 1956-
Darlinghurst heroes: roman. Montréal: Herbes
rouges, 1993.
(111
p.; ISBN: 289419031X)
English translation under same title proper published:
Vancouver:
Martin, Donald, 1958-
One
Out of Four. Toronto: Coach House
Press, c1986.
(254 p.; ISBN
0889103240)
Toronto resident Donald Martin’s first novel,
set in Detroit.
Traces careers of four male prostitutes. Character, Daniel,
is from
Montreal. Ref.: Perceptions [Saskatoon], issue 40, p. 25.
Mathur, Ashok.
Once upon an
Elephant: A Down to Earth Tale of Ganesh and What
Happens
When
Worlds Collide. Vancouver, B.C.: Arsenal
Pulp Press, 1998.
(214 p.; ISBN
1551520583)
Sandip, a lawyer, and his partner, Greg Simpson, a policeman,
are two of the characters in this murder mystery.
Mavrikakis, Catherine, 1961-
A Cannibal and Melancholy Mourning. Toronto: Coach House Books, c2004.
(159 p.; ISBN 1552451402; AMICUS no. 29581439)
Translated from French by Nathalie Stephens.
Translation of: Deuils cannibales
et mélancoliques (Laval, QC : Trois,
2000)
Ref.: N. Richards communication.
Mayor, Chandra.
Cherry. Montreal: Conundrum Press, 2004.
(128 p.; ISBN 1894994027)
“The story alternates with newspaper reportage on skinhead culture and
a related series of attacks on gay men….” –review by Jim Bartley,
Globe and Mail,
Mayr, Suzette.
Moon Honey. Edmonton, AB: NeWest Press, c1995.
(213 p.; ISBN 1896300006)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 14429384.
Included in exhibition “Queer CanLit,” catalogue for which listed
elsewhere. Exhibition display case annotation: “witty look at racial,
gender and sexual crossings.”
Mayr, Suzette.
Venous Hum. Vancouver, BC : Arsenal Pulp Press, c2004.
(231 p.; ISBN 1551521709)
Summary from AMICUS record for electronic version of this work
(see AMICUS no. 32419255):
“In a not so distant future, same sex marriage has been legalized,
zombies
and undead vegetarians roam the
streets, hospitals are closing to make way
for shopping malls, and the poor kids get the life sucked out
of them by
bloodsucking third grade teachers. In the midst of all this, Lai Fun
Kugelheim and Stefanja Dumanowski
are trying to organize a 20-year
reunion…. Some descriptions of sex, descriptions of violence and
strong
language.”
McCormack, Derek.
Dark Rides: A Novel in
Stories. Toronto: Gutter Press, c1996.
(99 p.; ISBN 1896356060)
Young adult novel; first novel; “A gay teenager named Derek
McCormack describes life in a small town in 1952. Unable to voice his
forbidden desires to himself or anyone else, Derek moves like an
automaton through a world that notices him only when he self-destructs” –
Cover. “Fifteen stories, five of which are original to this volume” –
Toronto Public Library catalogue note.
McCormack, Derek.
Grab Bag: Two Books. New York: Akashic Books, c2004.
(203 p.; ISBN 1888451599)
Comprises two related novels, both set in small-town Ontario in the early
to mid-20th century. The two titles, Dark Rides and Wish Book, were also
published separately and are also entered individually on this list.
McCormack, Derek.
Haunted Hillbilly. Toronto: ECW Press, 2003.
(124 p.; ISBN 155022610X)
Queer retelling of Hank Williams story with gay couturier vampire
who helps to make him famous.
Work of same title also published Brooklyn, NY: Soft Skull Press:
distributed by Publishers Group West, 2004 (128 p.; ISBN 1932360476)
McGehee, Peter, 1955-1991.
Beyond Happiness: The Intimate Memoirs of Billy Lee Belle. Toronto:
Stubblejumper Press, 1985.
(85 p.; ISBN 0920869017)
McGehee, Peter, 1955-1991.
Beyond Happiness: The Intimate Memoirs of Billy Lee Belle. 2nd ed.;
Regina, Sask.: Coteau Books, c1993.
(63 p.; ISBN 1550500503)
McGehee, Peter, 1955-1991.
Boys Like Us. Toronto: HarperCollins, 1991.
(167 p.; ISBN 0002237423)
McGehee, Peter, 1955-1991.
The I.Q. Zoo. Regina, Sask.: Coteau Books, c1991.
(110 p.; ISBN 1550500260)
McGehee, Peter, 1955-1991.
Sweetheart. Toronto:
HarperCollins, c1992.
(207
p.; ISBN 000223890X)
McLean, Helen.
Significant
Things: A Novel. Toronto: Simon & Pierre, c2003.
(236 p.; ISBN
1550024418)
Edward, an art dealer and collector, after years of substituting
attachment to objects for relationships, meets a young artist in
Meigs, Mary, 1917-
The Time Being. Burnaby, B.C.: Talonbooks, 1997.
(154 p.; ISBN 0889223742)
Two
lesbians, each over 65, one living in
other
in
Mildon, Marsha, 1946-
Fighting for Air: A Cal Meredith Mystery.
Norwich, Vermont: New Victoria Publishers, 1995.
(187 p.; ISBNs 0934678693 and 9780934678698)
Mildon apparently lives in
Islands.
OCLC catalog record assigns British Columbia – Fiction and
Lesbians – Fiction as descriptors.
Mildon, Marsha, 1946-
Stalking the Goddess Ship: A Cal Meredith Mystery.
Norwich, Vermont: New Victoria Publishers, 1999.
(224p.; ISBN 1892281023 and 9781892281029)
Mildon
apparently lives in
Islands.
OCLC catalog record assigns British Columbia – Fiction and
Lesbians – Fiction as descriptors.
Miller, John.
A
Sharp Intake of Breath: A Novel. Toronto: Simon & Pierre, c2006.
(287
p.; ISBN 9781550026078 and 1550026070)
Ref.: Toronto Public Library’s “Celebrating Gay Pride 2007”
reading
list, accessed
http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/rec_cel_gay_pride.jsp and
which provides the following annotation:
“Moving between present day and pre-war Toronto, Miller’s
compelling second novel is the story of Toshy Wolfman – an outsider,
both physically and psychologically. Includes surprising historical
details about “Red Emma” Goldman and her links to a forgotten,
radical Toronto of the past.”
Mistral, Christian.
Vamp. Montréal: Québec/Amérique, 1988.
(345
p.)
Ref.: Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography
Montpetit, Charles.
Temps
mort. Montréal: Editions
Paulines, 1988.
(125
p.)
Roman
jeunesse/Young adult novel. Voir l’analyse de Tony
Esposito sur l’homosexualité dans le
roman jeunesse québécois, Lurelu
18(3) (hiver 1996): 53-54. Roman science-fiction…deux personnages
lesbiennes, selon Esposito.
Moore,
Patrick, 1962-
Iowa. New York: Masquerade Books, 1996.
(280 p.; ISBN 1563334232)
Published also: New York: Hard Candy Books, 1996 (same ISBN).
Author
born in Iowa and moved to
Moore, Patrick, 1962-
This Every Night. New York: Amethyst Press, c1990.
(120 p.; ISBN 0927200066)
Described on back cover of his novel Iowa as “brave low literature of the
bottom.”
Mootoo, Shani, 1958-
Cereus Blooms at Night. Vancouver: Press Gang Publishers, 1996.
(249 p.; ISBN 088974064X)
Shortlisted for
Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and Chapters/Books in
First Novel Award.
Mootoo, Shani, 1958-
Valmiki’s Daughter. Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2008.
(398 p.; ISBN 9780887842207)
Ref.:
Maureen Phillips review, Xtra! [Toronto],
which notes: “…Valmiki appears to be a compulsive womanizer, with
a well-established reputation. He is driven…because he needs to conceal
the fact that he is really a closeted homosexual….He knows that his wife
know…although it is never discussed….” His daughter, Viveka, also
“doesn’t perform heterosexuality very well….”
Motyer, Arthur.
What’s Remembered: A Novel. Toronto: Cormorant Books, 2004.
(330 p.; ISBN 1896951686 and 9781896951683)
Reviewed by Stan Persky, Globe and Mail [Toronto ed.],
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 31148134
“Peter Lindley, now forty-nine years old and the gay son of an
Anglican clergyman who has lost his faith, tells a younger man he
has just met of his life-long search for authentic love….” --
from http://www.cormorantbooks.com/titles/whatsremembered.htm ,
a page on the Cormorant Books Web site, viewed
The site also notes that the author lives in Sackville, New Brunswick,
and is a professor emeritus of English,
Murphy, Sarah, 1946-
Lilac in Leather: A Tale of Forsythia, Bedbugs, Faded Cotton & Time.
Toronto: Pedlar Press, c1999.
(444 p.: ISBN 0968188427)
Namjoshi, Suniti, 1941-
The Conversations of Cow. London: Women’s Press, 1985.
(125 p.; ISBN 070433979X; 0704328704)
“…comic fable consisting of a series of conversations between
‘an average middle-of-the-road lesbian separatist’ and a Brahmin
lesbian cow” – Perceptions [Saskatoon] no. 68 (Nov. 6/91), p. 21.
Nason, Jim, 1957-
The Housekeeping Journals. Winnipeg: Turnstone Press, 2007.
(139 p.; ISBN 9780888013149)
“…is a graceful, surprising novel of a closeted homecare worker and
his colourful clients” – from back cover of book.
Nielsen, Susin, 1964-
Snake. Toronto, Ont.: J. Lorimer,
c1991.
(196 p.; ISBN 1550283685; 1550283707)
Young adult novel.
Degrassi series. Boy learns his older brother is gay and struggles
with his feelings.
SEE following entry for later edition with slightly different
citation.
Nielsen-Fernlund, Susin, 1964-
Degrassi Junior High: Snake. Toronto: J. Lorimer, c2006.
(183 p.; ISBN 1550289268, 9781550289268)
Young adult fiction.
Originally published 1991 under title: Snake (see preceding entry).
“Based on characters and stories from the television series
Degrassi Junior High.”
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 32396697
Oates, Joyce Carol.
Foxfire: Confessions
of a Girl Gang.
[S.l.]
: Dutton; London: Macmillan, 1993.
Included for two reasons – Oates’s association
with the
flyer, objecting to use of the book as an assignment to a Milton,
Ontario, Grade 12 class,
stated that it was a work “…glorifying
the homosexual behaviour of its
lead character” (Warner,
Never Going Back, p. 339). See also article by Lawrence
Hill about the
censorship issue, “Parents’ Smear Campaign Scores Some Disturbing
Victories,” Globe and Mail,
Ondaatje, Michael.
The English Patient:
A Novel. New York: Knopf, 1992.
(307 p.: ISBN
0679416781)
Ref.: Douglas Chambers’s statement (“Canadian Literature in English,” in
online glbtq encyclopedia
at www.glbtq.com , accessed
first chapter of this novel contains “the most powerful piece of Canadian
homoeroticism” is the basis for inclusion of this award-winning work.
Ouellette,
Francine, 1947-
Les
ailes du destin. Montréal :
Libre expression, [1992?]-
(ISBN 289111518X, v. 1)
Ref. : AMICUS 11171122
The AMICUS record for the computer file format of this book,
record no. 33920101, carries descriptor Homosexualité- Romans. The
print record carries no descriptors. There is also a later work by this
title, subtitled “l’alouette en cage.” Compiler has acquired no further
information about these works.
Pelchat, Robert, 1923-
Derrière le sang humain.
Montréal: Stanké, 1999.
(439
p.; ISBN 2760407241)
Edition
originale: Montréal, S. Brousseau, 1956.
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 23003691.
“[F]ormidable histoire d’amour et d’aventure dans le Montréal
des
années cinquante….témoignage sur une époque fortement
influencée
par la pensée religieuse, où l’on croyait encore que
l’homosexualité
était une maladie….” – quotation from summary at website
www.gayromandie.ch/centaure/romans/pelchat_sang-humain.htm ,
accessed
Phillips, Edward, 1931-
Buried on Sunday. Toronto: Riverbank Press, 1999, c1986.
(230 p.: ISBN 1896332129)
Phillips, Edward, 1931-
Queen’s Court: A Novel. Toronto: Cormorant Books, c2007.
(213 p.; ISBN 9781896332222)
Ref.: N. Richards communication.
AMICUS catalogue record no. 33202070
Phillips, Edward, 1931-
Sunday Best. Toronto: McClelland-Bantam/Seal Books, 1990.
(214 p.; ISBN 0770423922)
Ref.: Several AMICUS catalogue records, among which are nos. 9590519
and 11153392.
A Geoffry Chadwick novel. The character Chadwick has been
described as a gay middle-aged Montreal lawyer.
Phillips, Edward, 1931-
A Voyage on Sunday. Toronto: Riverbank Press, c2004.
(256 p.; ISBN 1896332188)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue no. 28838073, which carries note:
“A Geoffry Chadwick novel.” The character Chadwick
has been described as a gay, middle-aged Montreal lawyer.
Phillips, Edward, 1931-
Working on Sunday. Toronto: Riverbank Press, c1998.
(217 p.; ISBN 1896332099)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 18656830 :
“A Geoffry Chadwick novel”. The character Chadwick has
been described as a gay, middle-aged Montreal lawyer.
Plante,
Raymond.
L’étoile
a pleuré rouge. Montréal: Boréal,
1994.
(161
p.)
Roman
jeunesse/Young adult novel. Voir l’analyse de Tony
Esposito sur l’homosexualité dans le
roman jeunesse québécois, Lurelu
18(3) (hiver 1996): 53-54. Selon Esposito, une
continuation des aventures
d’Esther [de La fille en cuir, en
bas]. Ici “Esther est témoin du
tabassage
d’un homosexuel par une bande de
voyous.”
Plante,
Raymond.
La
fille en cuir. Montréal: Boréal,
1993.
(219
p.)
Roman
jeunesse/Young adult novel. Voir l’analyse de Tony
Esposito sur l’homosexualité dans le
roman jeunesse québécois, Lurelu
18(3) (hiver 1996): 53-54. Esposito écrit que
“le pire
cliché…apparaît….[L]e
jeune Esther rencontre Cléo…[qui] parle de lui-
même au féminin…[et]
est la stéréotype même de la grande folle
travestie….”
Proulx, Monique, 1952-
Sex of the
Stars. Translated
by Matt Cohen. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre,
c1996.
(246
p.; ISBN 1550544950)
Translation of: Sexe des étoiles.
Descriptors applied to catalogue record: Transsexuals, Montréal.
Richardson, Bill, 1955-
Bachelor Brothers’ Bed & Breakfast. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, c1993.
(152 p.; ISBN
1550541129)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue no. 12966650
There is only slight relevant overt reference here. Compiler noted
“Virgil: A Vigil,” pp. 54-60, in which lesbian couples in the community
are introduced and discussed.
Richardson, Tracey, 1964-
The Candidate. New York: Bold Strokes, [2008?]
(ISBN 159493133X; 9781594931338))
Ref.: Incomplete OCLC catalog record no. 174130651 carries descriptor
Lesbians –
Fiction (as of
Ref.: N. Richards communication gives Naiad Press.
Richardson, Tracey, 1964-
Double Take Out. Tallahassee, Fla.: Naiad, 1999.
(167 p.; ISBN 1562802445)
Third Stevie Houston mystery.
Richardson, Tracey, 1964-
Last Rites. Tallahassee, Fla.: Naiad, 1997.
(179 p.; ISBN 1562801643)
First Stevie Houston mystery.
Richardson, Tracey, 1964-
Northern Blue. Tallahassee, Fla.: Naiad, 1996.
(212 p.; ISBN 156280118X)
Richardson, Tracey, 1964-
Over the Line. Tallahassee, Fla.: Naiad, 1998.
(168 p.; ISBN 156280202X)
Second Stevie Houston mystery.
Richler, Nancy.
Throwaway Angels. Vancouver: Press Gang Publishers, 1996.
(236 p.; ISBN 0889740623)
Lesbian mystery novel.
Ref.: N. Richards communication.
Roscoe, Patrick, 1962-
Birthmarks. Markham, Ontario: Penguin Books, 1990, c1988.
(286 p.; ISBN 0140120165)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 9175070.
Included in exhibition “Queer CanLit,” catalogue for which is listed
elsewhere.
Ross, M. E.
The Best Laid Plans. Toronto: Second Story Press, c1995.
(263 p.; ISBN 0929005732)
Toronto Public Library note: “A slice of life – lesbian style.”
Round, Jeffrey.
A Cage of Bones. Swaffham,
(224 p.; ISBN 0854492526)
Review: Globe
and Mail [Toronto],
text available through CPI.Q index, file L9885143, in late 2000).
Round, Jeffrey.
Death in Key West. Toronto : Cormorant Books, c2009.
(247 p.; ISBN 9781897151433)
2nd Bradford Fairfax mystery. Review: Xtra! [Toronto], June 18/09, p. 41.
Round, Jeffrey.
The P’town Murders: A Bradford Fairfax Murder Mystery. New York: Southern
Tier Editions/Harrington Park Press, 2007.
(223 p.; ISBNs 9781560236627 and 1560236620)
Published also as P-town Murders (Toronto: Cormorant Books, 2008)
(277 p.; ISBN 9781897151280)
Setting is American (Provincetown, Massachusetts). Included because
author is Canadian and also because many of his other works, listed in
various sections of this list, have Canadian settings or connections.
Rule, Jane.
After the Fire. Tallahassee, Fla.: Naiad ; Toronto:
Macmillan of
(238 p.; ISBN 0771596154 [Macmillan]; 0941483452 [Naiad])
“Four women sense that love has failed them. As they try to put their lives
in order, they come to value their friendship with each other” – Toronto
Public Library catalogue note.
Rule, Jane.
Memory Board. Tallahassee, Fla.: Naiad ; Toronto:
Macmillan of
(322 p.; ISBN 0771595298 [Macmillan]; 0941483029 [Naiad])
David wants to renew his friendship with his twin, Diana, but her lesbian
lifestyle is disapproved of by David’s wife.
Ryan, Garry, 1953-
The Lucky Elephant Restaurant: A Detective Lane Mystery. Edmonton: NeWest
Press, c2006.
(241 p.; ISBN 9781896300979, 1896300979)
Lane is a gay detective. This is the second in the series.
Ryan, Garry, 1953-
Queen’s Park: A Detective Lane Mystery. Edmonton: NeWest Press, c2004.
(214 p.; ISBN 1896300847)
Lane is a gay detective. This is the first in the series.
Santana, Assar,
1952-
Boléro: A Novel. Translated by Louise Hinton in collaboration with Suzanne
Grenier. Toronto: Women’s Press, c1997.
(111 p.; ISBNs 088961217X and 9780889612174)
Note: the French-language translation (from Spanish and Portuguese) was
prepared by Suzanne Grenier and published in Montréal by Editions du
Remue-ménage, 1994.
Santana is, according to one Website, a Montrealer of Latin-American
origin, and her given name appears also as Assar-Mary.
Ref. for title inclusion: N. Richards communication.
Schecter, Stephen.
T’es
beau en écoeurant. Montréal: Ed. Nouvelle Optique, 1984.
(161
p.)
Ref.: Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography
Scott, Gail.
Heroine. Toronto: Coach House Press, c1987. (182 p.)
Also in French under title: Héroïne (Montréal: Remue-ménage, 1987)
Ref.: Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography
Scott, Gail.
Main Brides: Against Ochre Pediment and Aztec Sky. Toronto: Coach House
Press, c1993.
(234 p.; ISBN 0889104565)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 12494306.
Included in exhibition “Queer CanLit,” catalogue for which listed
elsewhere. Exhibition display case annotation notes that concerns
imagined lives viewed from a Montreal bar on “The Main.”
For French translation, Les
Fiancées de la Main sur fronton ocre et
ciel aztèque (Montréal : Leméac, 1999; ISBN 2760932028), see
AMICUS catalogue record no. 18323706.
Selvadurai,
Shyam.
(389 p.; ISBN 0771079559)
Selvadurai, Shyam.
Funny Boy: A Novel in Six Stories. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, c1994.
(316 p.; ISBN 0771079508; 0771079516)
Selvadurai, Shyam, 1965-
Swimming in the
(274 p.; ISBNs 0887767354 and 9780887767357)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 30763959, in which
it is designated “Juvenile fiction.”
Sernine,
Daniel.
Chronoreg.
Montréal: Editions Québec/Amérique, 1992.
(386p.)
Science-fiction;
le héros, Denis Blackburn, est gai.
Critique:
Claude Janelle, “Le Québec en guerre: avec Chronoreg,
Daniel
Sernine se lance dans une vaste et périlleuse uchronie du Québec,”
Lettres
québécoises 67 (automne 1992): 31-32.
Silvera, Makeda.
The Heart Does Not Bend: A Novel. Toronto: Random House Canada, c2002.
(264 p.; ISBN 0679311343)
“The book probes the issues of identity and family for a young, gay,
Jamaican-born woman in Toronto” – Maclean’s [Toronto ed.],
Simpson, Jeffrey.
Companions. Victoria, BC : Firstchoicebooks, 2007.
(236 p.; ISBN 9780978481506)
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no. 33932141. Also Little Sister’s Book
&
Art Emporium Web site (viewed
following annotation: “In this provocative first novel the author takes you
on a fast paced journey from his birth in Lethbridge, Alberta to his final
years in Metro Vancouver….[with various other stops]. Along the way
there are a variety of companions, not all of whom are human, who have
very profound effects on his development.” AMICUS catalogue record
applies descriptors Gay fiction, Gay men – Fiction, Erotic fiction, and others.
Smith, Michael V.
Cumberland. Toronto: Cormorant Books, 2002.
(296 p.; ISBN 1896951368)
Soles, Caro.
The Abulon Dance. Toronto: Baskerville Books, c2001.
(276 p.; ISBN 0968677622)
This has been described as a gay fantasy. Soles also writes gay male erotica
under a pseudonym, Kyle Stone. See under Stone, below.
Soles, Caro.
Drag Queen in the the Court of Death.
New York: Southern Tier Editions/Harrington Park Press, c2007.
(191 p.; ISBN 9781560236306, 1560236302)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 32927201, which applies
descriptors Toronto (Ont.) – Fiction, Gay college teachers – Fiction,
and Gay men – Fiction, along with Mystery fiction and Suspense fiction.
Soles also writes under pseudonym Kyle Stone. See at Stone, below.
Soles, Caro.
The Tangled Boy. Toronto: Baskerville Books, 2002.
(ISBN 0968677657)
Soles also writes gay male erotica under a pseudonym,
Kyle Stone. See under Stone, below.
Stevenson,
Robin H. (Robin Hjordis), 1968-
Big Guy. Victoria, BC : Orca Book Publishers, c2008.
(106 p.; ISBN 9781551439129, 9781551439105)
Young adult novel.
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 33750267, which notes that
this is Juvenile fiction and assigns Gay teenagers, Body image, and
Self-acceptance as descriptors.
Stone, Beverley.
No Beautiful Shore: A Novel. Toronto: Cormorant, 2008.
(175 p.; ISBN 9781897151198)
On source notes that Janice, the mother of one of the young
protagonists, loves another woman.
Author from Newfoundland and attended law school in Toronto.
Stone, Kyle.
The Initiation of PB500. Toronto: Back Room, 2001.
(ISBN 0968677630 and 9780968677636)
Refs.: OCLC catalog no. 47643365; AMICUS catalogue
no. 25474360;
“Queer CanLit” exhibition, catalogue for which is listed elsewhere.
This is a pseudonym of author who also writes under name Caro Soles.
See at Soles, above.
Stratton, Allan.
The Phoenix Lottery: A Novel. Toronto: Riverbank Press, c2000.
(384 p.; ISBN 1896332161)
Not
examined; Canton article, “
(electronic article at www.xtra.ca site) says this novel has “plenty” of gay characters.
Sylvestre,
Paul-François, 1947-
Homosecret: roman. Ottawa, Ont.: Le Nordir, 1997.
(49
p.; ISBN 2921365618)
Sylvestre,
Paul-François, 1947-
69,
rue de la Luxure: roman. Toronto: Editions du GREF, 2004.
(ca.
200 p.; ISBN 189701810X)
Not examined; one Web site mentions that this is his eighth novel.
User may therefore wish to further investigate this author’s works.
Symons, Scott.
Helmet of Flesh. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1986.
(513 p.; ISBN 0771083793)
Tamaki, Mariko.
Skim. Words by Mariko Tamaki; drawings by Jillian Tamaki.
Toronto: Groundwood Books, c2008.
(141 p.; ISBN 0888997531; 9780888997531)
Ref.:
Xtra!,
“…Mariko Tamaki describes the original concept behind Skim as a sort of
‘gothic Lolita lesbian story’.”
Teleky, Richard, 1946-
Pack Up the Moon. Toronto: Thomas Allen, c2001.
(286 p.; ISBN 0919028462)
Comments about the book and author by Brent Ledger in
Xtra!,
Teleky, Richard, 1946-
Winter in Hollywood. Toronto: T. Allen Publishers, c2006.
(258 p.; ISBN 9780887622212 and 0887622216)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no.
32226600.
One
minor gay character, Tony.
Tessier, Jean-Paul, 1937-
Francis,
l’âme prisonnière.
St-Alphonse-de-Granby, QC: Ed. de la Paix,
1987.
(474
p.)
“Constitue
la deuxième partie d’une trilogie”—AGQ bibliography.
Tessier, Jean-Paul, 1937-
François,
le rêve suicidé.
St-Alphonse-de-Granby, QC: Ed de la Paix, 1986.
(234
p.)
“Constitue
la première partie d’une trilogie. Un
professeur d’école
débute une relation avec un de ses élèves qui, démoralisé
par les réactions
de son entourage, se suicide” – AGQ bibliography.
Tessier,
Jean-Paul, 1937-
Michel,
le grand-père et l’enfant : roman.
Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby, QC :
Editions
de la Paix, 1989.
(390
p.; ISBN 2980078581)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue no. 9242608
Third work of the trilogy.
Thomas, H. Nigel,
1947-
Spirits
in the Dark. Concord, Ont.: Anansi,
1993.
(219 p.; ISBN
0887845355)
OCLC record assigns “Closeted gays – Fiction”
as one descriptor.
Thomas, R. Gilbert (Richard Gilbert),
1964-1999.
Le son du silence: roman autobiographique.
Chicoutimi, QC: S. Tremblay,
2001?, c1998.
(390 p.; ISBN 298070430X)
Novel concerning AIDS.
“Tirage limité à 60
ex.” – AMICUS record.
Thompson, Scott, and Bellini, Paul.
Buddy Babylon: The Autobiography of Buddy Cole. New York: Dell, c1998.
(272 p.; ISBN 0440508282)
Toronto Public Library catalogue descriptors note that this is
fiction about
Tremblay,
Michel, 1942-
Un
ange cornu avec des ailes de tôle: récits.
Montréal: Leméac ; [Arles, France]:
Actes
sud, 1994.
(245
p.; ISBN 2760931633; 2742702644)
“Ce
récit raconte la construction de la culture littéraire de Michel
Tremblay…. Le personnage principal découvre également sa différence, la
cache, déjà conscient de la pression sociale que
subissent les homosexuels
déclarés dans ce Montréal des années 1950 à
la moitié des années soixante”
– from website
http://felix.cyberscol.qc.ca/LQ/auteurT/tremb_mt/ange_mit.html .
Tremblay,
Michel, 1942-
Le coeur découvert: roman d’amours. Montréal: Leméac, 1986.
(318 p.; ISBN 2760931110)
“Speaks of the birth of a love affair between two men, one of whom has
a child” – from Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia online
Published also in English translation under two separate titles -- as
The Heart Laid Bare. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1989 (ISBN
077108577X) and as Making Room. London: Serpent’s Tail, 1990 (ISBN
1852421622).
Review of English translation: John Bemrose,
Maclean’s,
Tremblay,
Michel, 1942-
Le
coeur éclaté: roman. Montréal: Leméac,
c1993.
(310
p.; ISBN 276093151X)
Sequel to: Le coeur découvert.
Tremblay,
Michel, 1942-
Des
nouvelles d’Edouard. Montréal: Leméac,
c1984.
(312
p.; ISBN 2760930874)
Edouard is a “shoe salesman by day, but ‘Duchess of Langeais’ by night,
star of the transvestite shows on the Main” – from www.talonbooks.com ,
last accessed late 2000; this is the fourth of the series of six novels with
collective title Les
chroniques du Plateau Mont-Royal.
Published also in English translation as: News
from Edouard. Vancouver:
Talonbooks, 2000 (223 p.; ISBN 0889224358).
Tremblay,
Michel, 1942-
La
duchesse et le roturier. Montréal: Leméac, 1982.
(390
p.; ISBN 276093067X)
The character, Edouard, is a shoe salesman by day and a transvestite
singer, the ‘Duchesse de Langeais,’ by night; this is the third of the series
of six novels with collective title Les chroniques du Plateau Mont-Royal.
Published also in English translation as: The Duchess and the Commoner.
Burnaby, B.C.: Talonbooks, 1999 (252 p.; ISBN 0889224188).
Tremblay,
Michel, 1942-
La nuit des princes charmants: roman.
Montréal: Leméac ; [Arles, France]: Actes sud,
c1995.
(220 p.; ISBN 2760931765; 2742705902)
Translated into English by Sheila Fischman under title:
Some Night My Prince Will Come (Vancouver, B.C.: Talonbooks, 2004)
(190 p.; ISBN 0889225109)
English translation reviewed by Stan Persky, Globe and Mail [Toronto ed.],
Dec. 11, 2004, p. D10.
Tremblay,
Michel, 1942-
Quarante-quatre
minutes, quarante-quatre secondes: roman.
Montréal: Leméac ;
Arles,
France: Actes sud, c1997.
(357
p.; ISBN 2760918068; 2742711236)
François
Villeneuve, un réalisateur de Radio-Canada, va prendre sa
retraite. Il tente de se raccrocher à son
amant, qui le laisse seul.
Tulchinsky, Karen X.
Love and Other Ruins.
Vancouver, B.C.: Polestar, 2002.
(320 p.; ISBN 1551925540)
Tulchinsky, Karen X.
Love Ruins Everything: A Novel. Vancouver: Press Gang Publishers, 1998.
(267 p.; (ISBN 0889740828)
Vallières, Pierre, 1938-1998.
Les
noces obscures. Montréal: Hexagone,
c1986. (176 p.)
Ref.: Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography
Vaughan, R.M. (Richard Murray), 1965-
A Quilted Heart: A Novel. Toronto: Insomniac Press, c1998.
(153 p.; ISBN 1895837391)
“Story of three neurotic gay men who fall in love and proceed to torture
each other to death – a twisted fable about love, jealousy, murder, and
talking back from the grave” – Flyleaf.
Vaughan, R.M. (Richard Murray), 1965-
Spells. Toronto: ECW Press, 2003.
(236 p.; ISBN 1550226118)
“A wry horror novel of teenage angst and the occult set in a 1970s
New Brunswick town” – from Toronto Public Library 2004 “This
Month’s Picks – Celebrating Gay Pride” Web page list.
Villemaire, Yolande.
Meurtres
à blanc. Éd. rév.
et corr.;
Montréal: Herbes rouges, 1986.
(124
p.)
Publié
en 1974 sous le même titre.
Ref.: Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography
Vinik, Danny.
Blue Paige. Toronto: Gutter Press, 1999.
(167 p.; ISBN 1896356176)
Tale of two half-brothers, one a gay junkie doorman in Los Angeles.
Vonarburg,
Elisabeth.
Chroniques
du pays des mères. Montréal: Editions Québec/Amérique, 1992.
(524
p.; ISBN 2890376028)
Science fiction; published also in English as: The Maerlande Chronicles.
Victoria, B.C.: Beach Holme, c1992 (ISBN 0888782942).
Mauguière dit que, dans Vonarburg
et Brossard, “les
personnages [gaies] apparaissent dans les romans [dans les
années quatre-
vingt-dix]
sans avoir à justifier leur orientation sexuelle” -- French Review
71(6)(May 1998):1044.
Vonarburg,
Elisabeth.
Les
voyageurs malgré eux. Montréal: Editions Québec/Amérique, 1994.
(422
p.; ISBN 2890377148)
Science fiction; published also in English as: Reluctant Voyagers.
New York; Toronto: Bantam Books, c1995 (ISBN 0553562428).
See also note
under author’s Chroniques
du Pays des Mères, above.
Watmough, David, 1926-
Geraldine. Victoria, BC: Ekstasis Editions, 2007.
(145 p.; ISBN 1894800990 and 9781894800990)
Protagonist, an aging Vancouver biochemist grandmother, develops
friendship with her young gay grandson.
Watmough, David, 1926-
The Moor is Dark beneath the Moon. Vancouver: Beach Holme Pub., c2002.
(162 p.; ISBN 0888784341)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 27593068.
Watmough, David.
Thy Mother’s Glass: A
Novel. Toronto: HarperCollins, 1992.
(308 p.; ISBN 000223887X;
0006473997)
Watmough, David.
The Time of the Kingfishers. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 1994.
(194 p.; ISBN 1551520087)
Watmough, David, 1926-
Vancouver Voices. Vancouver, BC: Ripple Effect Press, 2005.
(160 p.; ISBN 1894735099 and 9781894735094)
Novel about gay priest falsely accused of child abuse.
Watmough, David.
The Year of Fears. Oakville, Ont.: Mosaic Press, 1987.
(146 p.; ISBN 0889623627; 0889623635)
Watson, Patrick.
Alter Ego. Toronto: Lester and Orpen, c1978.
(255 p.; ISBN 0919630057)
Science fiction.
Ref.: N. Richards communication. Compiler has not seen.
Item not listed in earlier Homosexuality in Canada bibliographies,
(1st ed., 1979; 2nd ed., 1984)
Whittall, Zoe.
Bottle Rocket Hearts: A Novel. Toronto: Cormorant Books, 2007.
(189 p.; ISBN 9781897151068)
Refs.: N. Richards communication; “Queer CanLit” exhibition,
catalogue for which listed elsewhere in this bibliography.
AMICUS catalogue record no. 33201969
Wieler, Diana J.
Bad Boy. Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, c1989.
(191 p.; ISBN 0888990839)
Young adult novel ; Governor-General’s Award winner; published also in
French translation as: Le bagarreur. Montréal: Editions
P. Tisseyre, c1991
(ISBN
2890514412).
Wilson, Doug, d. 1992.
Labour of Love: A Novel. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1993.
(192 p.; ISBN 0312098391)
Sequel to Peter McGehee’s Boys Like Us and Sweetheart, listed above.
Based on characters created by McGehee.
With, Cathleen, 1967-
Skids. Vancouver, BC: Arsenal Pulp Press, c2006.
(151 p.; ISBNs 1551522152, 9781551522159)
Ref.: N. Richards communication.
AMICUS catalogue no. 32702832, in which record descriptors
Homeless children and Vancouver – Social life and customs are applied.
Withrow, Sarah.
Box
Girl. Toronto: Groundwood
Books, 2001.
(181 p.; ISBN
0888994079; 0888994362)
Young adult novel. Thirteen-year-old Gwen has gay father,
who has partner.
Woodrow, Marnie, 1969-
Spelling
Mississippi:
A Novel. Toronto: A. Knopf, 2002.
(387 p.; ISBN
0676974317)
Nancy
Wesson, in an online review, has said that “the love story
…[Woodrow] has written for Cleo and Madeline is fresh, romantic
and sexy.”
Yvon, Josée.
Maîtresses-Cherokees:
récit. Montréal: VLB, 1986.
(132
p.; ISBN 289005215X; 2859201114 [Castor astral])
Ref.: Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography
Zaremba, Eve.
Beyond Hope. Toronto: Amanita Publication, c1987.
(222 p.; ISBN 0921299028)
Lesbian detective, Helen Keremos, mystery.
Zaremba, Eve.
The Butterfly Effect. Toronto: Second Story Press, c1994.
(331 p.; ISBN 0929005562)
Lesbian detective, Helen Keremos, mystery.
Zaremba, Eve.
A Reason to Kill.
2nd ed.;
Toronto: Amanita, 1989.
(140 p.; ISBN0921299087)
First ed. listed in bibliography Homosexuality in Canada, 1979.
A Helen Keremos mystery.
Zaremba, Eve.
Uneasy Lies. Toronto: Second Story Press, 1990.
(168 p.; ISBN 0929005171)
Lesbian detective, Helen Keremos, mystery.
Zaremba, Eve.
White Noise: A Helen Keremos Mystery. Toronto: Second Story Press, c1997.
(245 p.; ISBN 092900597X)
Zaremba, Eve.
Work for a Million. Toronto: Amanita Enterprises, c1986.
(172 p.; ISBN 0921299001)
Lesbian detective, Helen Keremos, mystery.
Zubro, Mark Richard.
Hook, Line, and Homicide. New York: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2007.
(237 p.; ISBN 031233303X and 9780312333034)
A Paul Turner mystery. Chicago detective is holidaying in
Lake of the Woods, Ontario, when events engage him.
Included because of Canadian setting.