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Metonymy Press' call for submissions is open June 15th-October 1st, 2026, and we are looking for novels, short fiction, essays, and poetry!

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We’re excited to publish two new anthologies that showcase work from some of our brilliant authors but we need some extra help getting there! As you all know, things have been hard for small publisher...

In The Sacred Heart Motel, Kwan skillfully presents a literal image and makes a connection to an emotion or feeling.

OPINION: An encampment eviction has exposed a divide in Toronto's queer community. The problem is deeper than it seems

These LGBTQ books, all by authors who come from Asian backgrounds, explore identity, desire and belonging beyond Western narratives.

Metonymy Press, Montreal’s beloved queer and feminist indie publisher, is still going strong, with April 26th, 2025 marking the ten-year anniversary of its debut publication.

Sheila Heti, Omar El Akkad, Madeleine Thien, and Sarah Bernstein are among the dozens of prominent authors who are auctioning off signed editions of their books to benefit Crips for eSims for Gaza,…

Independent booksellers, libraries and Trans Rights Readathon organizers share their favorite books written by and about trans people.

Small presses have had a rough year, but as the literary world continues to conglomerate, we at Literary Hub think they’re more important than ever. Which is why, every (work) day in March—wh…

The Publishing Triangle, the association of LGBTQ+ people in publishing, today announced forty-one finalists for the 37th annual Publishing Triangle Awards, honoring the best LGBTQ+ books published in...

After fifteen months of protests, boycotts, and pressure campaigns (from Can Lit Responds, No Arms in the Arts, and other activist groups within the Canadian literary community), the Giller Prize&#…

Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.

OPINION: Even at its zenith, the trendiness of “diversity” appears to have done little to improve the day-to-day lives of trans people as a vulnerable and exploited class

McKenzie Wark provides a roundup of forthcoming fiction and literary nonfiction by and about trans women.

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Striking, vivid, tender, intimate, and political, ZOM-FAM is a beautifully wrought journey that articulates a contemporary decolonial poetics and offers a roadmap for colonized and displaced queer and...

Celebrating the resilience of transfeminine joy

There are so many damn good queer books being published these days.