Today, we’re sharing Hana Shafi’s playlist for People You Know, Places You’ve Been! Join us in listening to this wonderful playlist curated by Hana Shafi, author of People You Know, Places You’ve Been, Small, Broke and Kind of Dirty: Affirmations for the Real World and It Begins With the Body! Hana selected these songs to accompany […]
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Many a thing has been written, spoken, and sung about love. This Valentine’s Day we join the chorus with a stellar recommended reading list! The following twelve works of prose and poetry honour true love in its many shades and forms, exploring various categories of affection from passionate affairs—which inflame, inspire, and sometimes implode; to […]
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March 8th is International Women’s Day: a celebration of women’s achievements and a call to action for women’s rights.
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Book*hug reads again.
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It’s hard to look within ourselves, with or without an endoscope or years of therapy. (Having both isn’t a guarantee.)
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Today, we have something special for you! We asked Hana Shafi, a.k.a. Frizz Kid, to create a playlist for her recently published book, Small, Broke, and Kind of Dirty.
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We’re not done yet: our list of #booksthatfightback continues today with five more powerful titles.
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“I think storytelling is almost an instinct of mine. It’s what brings me joy in life, even when it’s just telling stories among friends, which is sometimes even more powerful.” —Hana Shafi
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Today, we’re excited to unveil our forthcoming Fall 2020 season!
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As writers, we are primed for the moment when a book comes out—the launch, reviews and physical object. I asked six Queer writers—Amy Fung, Leah Horlick, Zoe Whittall, Jen Currin, Hana Shafi and Gwen Benaway—about the messy process, pitfalls and discoveries of the years in between projects. Whether your writing process is one of incubation […]
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