Looking back at a classic: Annie on My Mind
In the wake of the death of Nancy Garden, we look back at her classic novel Annie on My Mind, a deliciously-worded tale of young lesbian love.
View ArticleReview: Sarah Waters' The Paying Guests
In The Paying Guests Sarah Waters offers up another page-turner packed with lesbian love in a time well before we blazed out of the shadows.
View ArticleChris Brickell's latest treasure
A look at the 40s,50s&60s finds love affairs on active duty, nude sunbathing, gossip and relationships - and men who may just have laid the foundations for our own gay liberation.
View ArticleReview: Gareth Thomas' Proud
Move Gareth Thomasâ new autobiography to the top of your list of books to tackle. The hardman of Welsh rugbyâs story of the torturous hiding of his sexuality, and the light he was greeted with when...
View ArticleReview: The Life and Loves of a He Devil
What you see of Graham Norton on screen is more or less what you get in real life (minus the showbiz hype and bling) if this latest Norton book is any guide.
View ArticleRoy and Chargn's double act
Auckland couple Roy Ward and Chargn Keenan are a busy pair: they're both working on Victor Rodger play At The Wake and have also opened a new bookstore in Kâ Rdâs St Kevin's Arcade.
View ArticleReview: Proud - My Autobiography
A compelling book which overcomes its flaws to provide insights into what can happen when it feels as though the world will end if you come out.
View ArticleReview: Review Revue
Against the clock and in a convivial setting six glbti people review a self-selected book - or they don't.
View ArticleRediscovering James Courage
A new collection has been published to raise awareness about a man who could be considered New Zealandâs own Oscar Wilde, James Courage, our very own gay, but sidelined, literary icon.
View ArticleWant to join a glbt/queer writing group?
Auckland based writer/editor Lynne Jamneck is interested in establishing a GLBT/Queer writing group with a particular focus on genre writers.
View ArticleBook preview: The Adventures of Jonathan Dennis
A new book is being launched in Wellington telling the story of the founding director of the New Zealand Film Archive, out and proud gay man Jonathan Dennis. And there are some tales from his life to...
View ArticleTelling the tales of our first lady
The first New Zealander to have full gender reassignment surgery really does have some stories to tell. In her 72 rich years sheâs knocked down barriers countless times...
View ArticleSamesame but different: NZ writing for Ak Pride
A new addition to the annual Auckland Pride Festival well be a platform for NZ writers. It's the brainchild of author and filmmaker Peter Wells and he introduces here the concept and how it works.
View ArticlePromised Land
Adam Reynolds and Chaz Harris will be at Out in the Park this Saturday in Wellington chatting to the public about their latest project; illustrated LGBTI childrenâs book Promised Land.
View ArticleReview: Michael Todd: Straight Jacket (2016)
UK Attitude magazine editor Matthew Todd has written an excellent, thought-provoking look at how gay men live their lives in the contemporary United Kingdom. I may not agree with all of his...
View ArticleReview: Brian Lewis Wolfenden's Witnesses
Every ten years or so, since 1967, British LGBT communities commemorate the passage of the Act which inaugurated the beginnings of decriminalisation of male homosexuality in England and Wales. Therein...
View ArticleStealing from a child
A new Australian book feeds the supposed horrors of same-sex parenting sheds into the remarkably successful opposition to same-sex marriage in that country.
View ArticleAk Pride: Ngahuia Te Awekotuku
"No one else was writing about or for Maori girls like me, so I had to make words to explain that world for myself. And most of all, for others."
View ArticleSame Same: Difficult family relationships
Justine Sachs attends a session at her very first Same Same but Different writing festival, part of Auckland Pride, and comes away reeling and aching for more.
View ArticleReview: Lincoln in the Bardo
At first sight, this might seem an odd place to review a brilliant piece of experimental fiction, so some explanation is in order.
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