Reviews

Queerstories: Reflections on lives well lived from some of Australia's finest LGBTQIA+ writers by Peter Polites, Maeve Marsden, Amy Coopes, Rebecca Shaw, Liz Duck-Chong, Mama Alto, Jax Jacki Brown, Benjamin Law, Quinn Eades, Nic Holas, Ben McLeay, Paul van Reyk, Tim Bishop, Candy Bowers, David Cunningham, Nayuka Gorrie, Ginger Valentine, Simon Copland, Jen Cloher, Simon 'Pauline Pantsdown' Hunt, Kelly Azizi, Peter Taggart, Candy Royalle, Steven Lindsay Ross, Vicki Melson, Maxine Kauter

jillwoodfield's review

funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0

Good. Interesting collection, by queers for queers. An important read for any Australia member of the alphabet mafia

fletchie's review

4.0

I particularly enjoyed the stories in here that had nothing to do with coming out or realising queer identity, though those were well done as well. The slice-of-life as a queer person is something not done enough, and they were memorable and entertaining. This book is of great value in demonstrating a variety of queer experiences and backgrounds. I'd recommend it to any queer person.

ceedy's review

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted

2.0

luanam's review

4.0

The only reason this has four stars instead of five is because there were a couple of stories in here that I did not get into but the majority of these I did. They ranged from funny, to emotional, to reflective, to political (which is one of my favourites - Kelly Azizi's 'A shit queer').

The beauty of this book is its diversity of voices whose one similarity is that they are all eloquent.

Podcasts of a couple of my favourites from the book:

https://omny.fm/shows/queerstories/20180406-sydney-kellyazizi-v2

https://omny.fm/shows/queerstories/20180317-queer-stories-brisbane-ben-mccleay-v1

https://omny.fm/shows/queerstories/39-amy-coops-confession

radiocryptid's review

4.0

funny, in depth and well versed. thoroughly enjoyed

littlebundleofbooks's review

5.0

AMAZING