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candie tanaka @candietanaka.bsky.social · 24d

Hey y’all, tomorrow night Thursday, October 2nd at 7pm, the wonderful Mabe Kyle and friends are launching the anthology, Queer Country Crossroads by @caitlinpress.bsky.social at @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social on Commercial Drive! Support your indie bookstores in whatever ways you can 🏳️‍⚧️❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Cross & Crows Books @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social · Aug 31

Now in stock at Cross & Crows!

The History of BDSM @historyofbdsm.bsky.social · Nov 29

My book A Lover's Pinch: A Cultural History of Sadomasochism (2018), winner of the NLA Geoff Mains non-fiction award.

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · Aug 12

I don’t want to be governed by vibes. I want to be governed by data, and I want the methods which generated that data to be peer-reviewed so aggressively that bias is recognized and mitigated.

I want to do nothing *but* trust experts, so I can spend my time as an expert in my own tiny field.

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Aug 12

1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."

It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.

I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.

RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

www.scrippsnews.com

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Cross & Crows Books @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social · Jul 28

It is always just lovely to see you!

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Cross & Crows Books @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social · Jul 27

HEYYYY fancy meeting you here! *cheery waves* Curt has been my cheerleader for aaaaaages!

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Cross & Crows Books @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social · Jul 26

Let's do! www.crossandcrows.com, contact is there, I'm at your service.

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Cross & Crows Books @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social · Jul 25

If you're able to bop up over the border, there's a queer bookstore in soi-disant Vancouver that would be honoured to welcome you instead.

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · Jul 22

Amazing news! The wonderful folks at @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social have extended the deadline to pre-order Lessons in Magic and Disaster and get a personalized/signed bookplate.

Send them your order at www.crossandcrows.com/preorder-sig... by Saturday evening to get in on this action!

Yellow graphic with daisies and the cover of Lessons in Magic and Disaster. Text says:

"Lessons in Magic and Disaster is a hymn to queer love, joy, and persistence. ... A book for our times-and for all the times before this." --Nicola Griffith, author of Spear
Readers in Canada!
PREORDER THROUGH CROSS & CROWS BOOKS BY 26 JULY to get your autographed bookplate!
See bookstore website for more details.
CR SS CPWS BOOKS
www.crossandcrows.com

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · Jun 8

Great news! The wonderful Vancouver bookstore Cross & Crows is offering signed bookplates for Canadian readers who pre-order my novel Lessons in Magic and Disaster by 7/20. You can also order any of my other books. They ship all over Canada!

More details: tinyurl.com/4mwvyxsb

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Cross & Crows Books @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social · Jun 8

We are so over the moon to offer signed bookplates to Canadian fans of @charliejane.bsky.social! Preorder Lessons in Magic and Disaster by 7/20 to get yours: tinyurl.com/4mwvyxsb #queersky #booksky #queerbookstore #fantasy #transrep #readqueerbooks

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · Jun 8

Great news! The wonderful Vancouver bookstore Cross & Crows is offering signed bookplates for Canadian readers who pre-order my novel Lessons in Magic and Disaster by 7/20. You can also order any of my other books. They ship all over Canada!

More details: tinyurl.com/4mwvyxsb

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Cross & Crows Books @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social · Jun 29

I feel perfectly represented by this.

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Cross & Crows Books @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social · Jun 8

Plus if you send your receipt to @charliejane.bsky.social, after the pub date you'll get a PDF with deleted scenes and an alt ending for All the Birds in the Sky — plus the first 10,000 words of the sequel in progress, All the Seeds in the Ground!

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Cross & Crows Books @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social · Jun 8

We are so over the moon to offer signed bookplates to Canadian fans of @charliejane.bsky.social! Preorder Lessons in Magic and Disaster by 7/20 to get yours: tinyurl.com/4mwvyxsb #queersky #booksky #queerbookstore #fantasy #transrep #readqueerbooks

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · Jun 8

Great news! The wonderful Vancouver bookstore Cross & Crows is offering signed bookplates for Canadian readers who pre-order my novel Lessons in Magic and Disaster by 7/20. You can also order any of my other books. They ship all over Canada!

More details: tinyurl.com/4mwvyxsb

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Kristy Gardner - Queer Sci-Fi & Horror Author @kristygardner.bsky.social · Jun 1

Happy Pride! 🌈 I spent half my life performing straight, the other half writing myself free.

The Broken Stars is my bi heart cracked open - queer survival in a post-apocalyptic alien hellscape.

✨ Start here → kristygardner.com/books

🌈📚 🌎📚 🪐📚 💙📚 🌈🚀💫

#Pride #Sapphicbooks #Queerbooks #sff #booksky

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Cross & Crows Books @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social · Jun 2

The latest in Bookstore Operations Math. tinyurl.com/hzwx88du

A pie chart styled as a clock face, with a glowing purple quadrant indicating progress toward a goal, the remaining circle red indicating the unmet part of the goal, and a clock hand indicating time left to meet the goal.

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Cross & Crows Books @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social · May 29

For those who have been wondering, here's how it's been going, some down but definitely some up as well: tinyurl.com/bdvkavsf #indiebookstore #queerbookstore #yourbookstore #tinybookstore #growingpains #thirdspace #queerspace #queersky #booksky

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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · May 28

“There isn’t a Black community without queer and trans people. There’s really not an LGBTQ+ community without Latinx, Black and Asian people. We have to start thinking of ourselves as a justice community.” — @doctressstory.bsky.social‬

“We have to start thinking of ourselves as a justice community,” Dr. Kaila Story on what LGBTQ+ solidarity really requires

At a time when anti-trans bills are at an all time high, Black queer scholar and feminist Dr. Kaila Story calls out the racism and sexism within the LGBTQ+ community.

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Cross & Crows Books @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social · May 28

Did you know that for every #queer book we sell between now and 9/30, we're giving $1 to @queerfilmfestival.ca? Choose from thousands of great #LGBTQ+ titles: crossandcrows.com/lists/Laj5-8...
#queerbookstore #lgbtq2sia #queerbooks #queerauthors #transauthors #queercommunity #queersky #booksky

Cross & Crows Books

East Vancouver's independent queer-owned destination bookstore

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Cross & Crows Books @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social · May 28

Gay May means more new #queer books for you! Check out this week's new releases: crossandcrows.com/lists/L7E45M... #booksky #queersky #indiebookstore #queerbookstore #yourbookstore #queerbooks #lgbtq #lgbtq2sia #lgbtqbooks #gaymay #readqueerbooks #buylocal #protectqueerspaces

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Cross & Crows Books @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social · May 22

#gaymay #queerbookstore #queerbooks #indiebookstore #queersky #booksky

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Cross & Crows Books @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social · May 22

This week's queer new arrivals: new paperback releases from Billy-Ray Belcourt, graphic novels, and more! tinyurl.com/3rfbcjbp

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Cross & Crows Books @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social · May 14

In the last 8 weeks, we've averaged about 8 people per day. Hm. tinyurl.com/4dn7m2ep #queersky #booksky #indiebookstore #queerbookstore #protectqueerspaces #queer #lgbtq #lgbtq2sia #queerbooks

White text on black background:
WHAT DOES IT TAKE
for a young bookstore to grow into an established bookstore?
About 30 book-hungry, curious, mostly queer souls per day.
www.crossandcrows.com

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Cross & Crows Books @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social · May 12

Two different books with the same great title - preorder now! Your preorders support this queer space, the small presses that publish these books (@pmpress.bsky.social and Dzanc), the contributors, and @queerfilmfestival.ca! Get 'em here: tinyurl.com/5epc4hhz #queerbookstore #queersky #booksky

On a pastel rainbw background, black text: BIG GAY PREORDER ALERT!
Cover art from two books, both entitled Be Gay Do Crime. The left-hand book has multicoloured emblems of revolution on a black background, with the title in white gothic type. The right-hand book has a hot pink background with a lighter pink illustration of a crossed rose and knife, with the title in bold white capitals. Small pink bubbles have descriptions. On the left: Short fiction about queer protest & rescue--with authors like Francesca Ekwuyasi and Myriam Gurba On the right: Queer histories of resistance and protest, first in the new Everyday Acts series from PM Press
Across the bottom in pale letters: www.crossandcrows.com

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Cross & Crows Books @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social · May 12

@booksky.bsky.social @queersky.bsky.social #booksky #queersky

Cross & Crows Books @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social · May 12

This week's crop of new #queer titles for #gaymay tinyurl.com/5epc4hhz

Cover slide, blue text on pale teal background: GAY MAY (NEW RELEASES) with little bubbles of additional text: Recommended by your favourite queer bookstore! Sounds gay, I'm in! and a small clip art of an open book. A stylized rainbow with accents of white star shapes ripples across the bottom of the image.

On a teal background, cover art for six books: THIS BOOK IS A KNIFE by L. E. Fox, THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS by Ocean Vuong, THE VINYL DIARIES by Pete Crighton, ANOTHER WORD FOR LOVE by Carvell Wallace, TRANS HISTORY by Alex Combs and Andrew Eakett, ONE OF THE BOYS by Victoria Zeller
A stylized rainbow with accents of white star shapes ripples across the bottom of the image.

On a teal background, cover art for six books: AND INTRODUCING DEXTER GAINES by Mark B. Perry, FUEL by Rosie Stockton, WHEN LOVE GIVES YOU LEMONS by Steven Salvatore, BLADES OF FURRY by Emily Erdos & Deya Muniz, THE INCANDESCENT by Emily Tesh, LOVE IN EXILE by SHON FAYE
A stylized rainbow with accents of white star shapes ripples across the bottom of the image.

Against a light teal background, cover art for six books: THE DUKE STEALS HEARTS & OTHER BODY PARTS by Elias Cold, BIG BUTCH ENERGY SYNERGY by Nina Chanel Abney, MOTHERLOVER by Lindsay Ishihiro, A FIX OF LIGHT by Kel Menton, and EDGE OF THE WORLD edited by Alden Jones
A stylized rainbow with accents of white star shapes ripples across the bottom of the image.

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