Edmonton Lesbian+ Book Club

Feel free to submit your own! Edmonton Public Library I guess this one is pretty self-explanatory. The Edmonton Public Library carries many of the titles we read in the book club. Some libraries even have little rainbow stickers on the spines to indicate that it is an lgbt-related book. Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer encyclopedia This is an amazing resource about all things lgbt - including literature and authors. It also includes discussion forums. Lambda Literary Foundation The Lambda Literary Foundation gives out the Lambda awards every year to lgbt writers. We've read a number of the award winners.

Carol Anshaw We read "Lucky in the Corner." Ngahuia Te Awekotuku Ngahuia is a Maori lesbian from New Zealand. We read her collection of related stories, "Tahuri." Ngahuia was kind enough to respond to all of our questions via email! Ann Bannon Ann Bannon's "I Am a Woman" is just one of her many legendary pulp fiction novels written in the 50s. Our members contacted her about coming to visit the book club and she was quite willing, but unavailable. This woman is still very very busy - giving lectures to university classes on feminist and lesbian fiction! Barrie Jean Borich We read her autobiographical "My Lesbian Husband." Rita Mae Brown "Rubyfruit Jungle" is now a classic lesbian novel. One of our members told us she used it to identify lesbians in the crowds! Emma Donoghue We read this Irish writer's novel "Hood." Camilla Gibb We read "The Petty Details of So-and-so's Life" - a best-seller by this

February's title is Trace Elements of Random Tea Parties, by Felicia Luna Lemus.

What we've read so far: Anshaw, Carol. Lucky in the Corner Awakotuku, Ngahuia Te. Tahuri Bannon, Ann. I Am a Woman Barnes, Djuna. Nightwood Borich, Barrie Jean. My Lesbian Husband: Landscapes of a Marriage Breedlove, Lynn. Godspeed Brown, Rita Mae. Rubyfruit Jungle Calderón, Sara Levi. The Two Mujeres Donoghue, Emma. Hood Gibb, Camilla. The Petty Details of So-and-so’s Life Griffith, Nicola. Ammonite Helms, Kristie. Dish it up, Baby Humphreys, Helen. The Lost Garden Kwa, Lydia. This Place Called Absence Lai, Larissa. Salt Fish Girl Luke, Pearl. Burning Ground MacDonald, Ann-Marie. Fall on Your Knees Martinac, Paula. Out Of Time Millett, Kate. Sita Mootoo, Shani. Cereus Blooms at Night Stein, Gertrude. The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Tea, Michelle. The Chelsea Whistle Waters, Sarah. Fingersmith Woodrow, Marnie. Spelling Mississippi Woolf, Virginia. Orlando