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Carnegie Medals longlist announced; “Shuggie Bain”, “Memorial” & “My Autobiography of Carson McCullers” make the list

November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 by Jim Collins

The 2021 longlist for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction has been announced. Two novels with LGBTQ themes, Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart and Memorial by Bryan Washington, are on the fiction list while My Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland, described as an “exploration of one of America’s most […]

Douglas Stuart’s “Shuggie Bain” on the Booker shortlist

September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 by Jim Collins

Douglas Stuart’s debut novel Shuggie Bain has also made the Booker Prize shortlist (and last week was named to the longlist for the National Book Award) with his coming of age tale of a young gay Glasgow boy set during the 1980’s. Stuart spoke about his book earlier this summer: https://theface.com/culture/shuggie-bain-douglas-stuart-book-release-picador

Brandon Taylor’s “Real Life” makes the Booker shortlist

September 18, 2020September 17, 2020 by Jim Collins

Brandon Taylor’s debut novel Real Life, an LGBTQ themed novel set on a Midwestern campus, has made the shortlist for this year’s Booker Prize. Taylor gave this interview earlier this summer: https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/m7jkep/brandon-taylor-real-life-casual-racism-review-interview

2020 Stonewall Book Awards Celebration

July 2, 2020July 9, 2020 by Jim Collins

Along with other ALA book awards, the 2020 Stonewall Book Awards were presented virtually this past weekend and can be seen here:

Lambda Literary Awards announced

June 10, 2020July 1, 2020 by Jim Collins

The winners of the 32nd annual Lambda Literary Awards have been announced. Additionally, Lambda Literary has announced an online reading and conversation benefit series to celebrate Pride, virtually, this year.https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/06/lambda-literary-lammy-32nd-annual-award-winnershttps://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/2020-winners/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2020/05/pride-2020/

Pulitzer Prize news

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 by Jim Collins

Two LGBTQ writers have won Pulitzer Prizes this year. Michael R. Jackson‘s musical A Strange Loop won the drama prize and Jericho Brown won the poetry prize for the collection The Tradition. https://www.them.us/story/2-black-queer-writers-awarded-2020-pulitzer-prizes

Pride Events in 2020

May 6, 2020May 6, 2020 by Jim Collins

With most in person Pride events this year being cancelled or postponed throughout the world, there are virtual events being planned, such as Global Pride on June 27, and organizers of this and other events both large and small face this reality with challenges and efforts to continue community building, awareness and support, which is […]

Lambda Literary announces finalists for 2020 Lambda Literary Awards

March 15, 2020 by Jane Cothron

Finalists will be celebrated and winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony hosted by Saturday Night Live’s Bowen Yang the evening of Monday, June 8, 2020 in New York City. https://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/current-finalists/

JOIN US IN CHICAGO TO CELEBRATE RAINBOW RT’S 50 YEARS

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 by Joel Shoemaker

Join the Rainbow Round Table, the first professional LGBTQIA+ group in the nation, originally founded as a task force within SRRT and now one of the largest round tables within ALA, in celebrating our 50th year! Our 50th Anniversary Gala will be held at the Museum of Contemporary Art on June 28, 2020 at 8:00pm. […]

Navigating Queer Realities in School Libraries

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020 by elissa mondschein

ALA Midwinter Sunday January 26, 2020 1:00-2:00 PM This session, presented by Rae-Anne Montague of Chicago University’s Department of Information Studies, will explore effective practices for school librarians in collection development, instruction, online resources, programs, and events to recognize the contributions of LGBTQ individuals and groups. If you are free for this session, please join […]