Tag: LGBTQ2

April 26, 2024

An Interview with MJ Lyons

I recently had a chance to chat with MJ Lyons about his ongoing speculative fiction writing and his exploration of fabulous smut. I think there is so much power in the ability to explore the fantastic and the unabashedly sexy, and am excited that I was able to hear from MJ about his work, including his latest work Queer Werewolves...

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March 20, 2024

An Interview with Ashley Caranto-Morford on Digital Humanities

Folks may not know this, but Speculating Canada is a Digital Humanities project (a way to engage with the digital in scholarship or teach through the digital). I have been very lucky to have Dr. Ashley Caranto-Morford to educate me about Digital Humanities (DH) and all of the complexities of DH. In this interview, Ashley and I explore decolonial Digital...

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December 28, 2023

An Interview of Jamieson Wolf

In this interview, Jamieson Wolf and I explore disability in SF, Queer identity, and how the two intertwine in the worlds Jamieson creates Jamieson Wolf has been writing since a young age when he realized he could be writing instead of paying attention in school. Since then, he has created many worlds in which to live his fantasies and live...

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November 17, 2023

An Interview with Jen Desmarais

In this episode of Speculating Canada, I interview Jen Desmarais. Jen is the author of Crushing It, co-author of Assassins! Accidental Matchmakers, a crafter, and ghost writer. We discuss Queer writing, the interrelationship between craft-making and writing, writing with a community, and writing with a partner. Jen Desmarais is the creator of the sex education game Blush and co-author of...

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September 17, 2021

Nothing As It Seems

A review of Jamieson Wolf’s Beyond the Stone (Renaissance, 2021) By Derek Newman-stille Nothing is as it seems in Jamieson Wolf’s Beyond the Stone. This is an exciting urban fantasy adventure with many twists and turns and a world standing on the precipice of massive and dangerous change. Not only is the world in a state of change, but so...

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August 24, 2020

An Interview with Nathan Caro Frechette on SFCanada

I have had the wonderful opportunity to do some writing for SFCanada and as an introductory interview, I was able to interview author and Renaissance Press editor Nathan Caro Frechette. Here are some quotes from our interview: “So often, our stories are told by people who’ve never even met a person like us. It’s not just a question of it...

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November 16, 2019

The Flow of Disability

The Flow of Disability A review of Elliott Dunstan’s “Oliver Gutierrez and the Walking Stick of Destiny” from Nothing Without Us (Renaissance, 2019). By Derek Newman-Stille For folks like me, who are disabled, we develop a certain intimacy with our accessibility devices. They are both part of us… and not at the same time. They are extensions of our personhood,...

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October 27, 2019

Cosmic Horror and Challenging Ableisms

Cosmic Horror and Challenging Ableisms  A review of Ada Hoffmann’s The Outside (Angry Robot, 2019). By Derek Newman-Stille   There aren’t enough narratives about autism by autistic people. This, and their powerful style of writing and brilliant science fiction, is why I keep coming back to the works of Ada Hoffmann with adoration. Hoffmann’sThe Outside, with its autistic, queer narrator, is...

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October 24, 2019

No More Magical Cures

No More Magical Cures A Review of Jamieson Wolf’s “The Descent” in Nothing Without Us edited by Cait Gordon and Talia C. Johnson (Renaissance Press, 2019) By Derek Newman-Stille Jamieson Wolf’s “The Descent” explores a trope of disability that is often apparent in fantasy literature – the Magical Cure. Frequently, this trope is used because abled authors can’t imagine the...

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July 5, 2019

Fever Dream

Fever Dream A review of Larissa Lai’s The Tiger Flu (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2018) By Derek Newman-Stille Larissa Lai’s The Tiger Flu is a fever dream on paper, vivid and fantastical, and full of nightmares, which is perfect for a pandemic narrative. It is a surreal story, but it comments on issues of relevance to the real world. Set in...

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