Five gay things I learned from The Boy In The Dress

A story of a murder in the 1940s becomes a much bigger, and queerer, tale of Australia’s history.

Review: The Death Of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

An insight into the silence and stigma of living queer in Nigeria.

Although slow to get going, Dark Rise ably sets the scene for CS Pacat’s YA fantasy trilogy.

Brandon Taylor continues to explore Black, queer Midwest life.

A collection of haunted stories that unsettle like the melting permafrost of the title.

A harrowing memoir of growing up gay in regional Australia.

A story of growing up black and queer in the UK.

Detransition, Baby is out to shake your notions of gender and family to their core.

A furious and thrilling novel about the “lives you might have had.”

My pick of the recent Melbourne Queer Film Festival.