Sydney Goodwin: Stratford-Perth Pride Heartstopper, written and drawn by Alice Oseman, is a British coming of age graphic novel going into the nuances of the life of Charlie Spring and his budding friendship with the captain of the school’s rugby team, Nick Nelson. The two quickly become friends and soon Charlie is falling hard for Nick, even though he doesn’t think he has a chance. But life throws Charlie for a loop when the two boys realize Nick may like Charlie more than

Sydney Goodwin: Stratford-Perth Pride Queer Country Crossroads, edited by Mabe Kyle (they/them), is an anthology that compiles short stories, and poetry from various Queer authors all throughout Canada. This anthology beautifully showcases what life is like to live in rural Canada through the lens of 50 authors and 60 pieces in a mixture of poetry and short stories. The pieces are divided up into 6 sections: Coming of age/Growing up, Love, Multimedia works, Pain and Isolati

Sydney Goodwin: Stratford-Perth Pride Hopeless aromantic, written by Samantha Rendle, is an educational, humorous, and thought-provoking book going into the nuances of what it means to be aromantic, and the existential dread that can come with realizing you may be on the aromantic spectrum. Broken up into 8 chapters, Rendle adds her own personal experiences along with cited research on the experience of being aromantic in an alloromantic world. Ranging from definitions of t