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The Boy Maeve is due to come out in June 2026!!

Bidh The Boy Maeve a' tighinn a-mach san Ògmhios 2026!!

To be published by Hardie Grant Children's Publishing.
Cover by Janelle Barone.

https://publishing.hardiegrant.com/en-au/books/the-boy-maeve-by-kai-ash/9781761212468

#AusLit #OzLit #OzYA #YALit #LoveOzYA #fantasy #FolkLore #SpecFic #SpeculativeFiction #TransBooks #TransLit #mastodaoine #Gàidhlig

The front cover of The Boy Maeve showing a red-headed white boy kneeling on the ground holding a dirk as flames sprout from his skin and three black birds circle above him.

Just finished reading The Sapling Cage. An enjoyable fantasy adventure with a #transfem main character.

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Very excited to see my article up online at Archer Magazine

Tha mi mòr air bhioran an artaigil fhaicinn air-loidhne aig Archer Magazine

https://archermagazine.com.au/2025/11/travelling-as-an-autistic-trans-person/

#AusLit #TransLit #OzLit #ActuallyAutistic

A screenshot of an article on Archer Magazine, titled "Do not travel, and other great advice: Travelling as an autistic trans person" by Kai Ash.

This is good: funny, involving, illuminating, full-on. It could do with being a hundred pages shorter, but the sprawl has its reasons

#books #reading #TorreyPeters #fiction #trans #TransLit #BookCovers

"Detransition, Baby", by Torrey Peters. UK paperback edition by Serpent's Tail, designed by Fritz Metsch. It's pink, with white and blue text set at different angles. Red ribbon winds through the title and author's name. A green circle in the bottom corner says it was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2021. Cover quotes as follows: "Can make you laugh and cry in the space of a single chapter" (Elizabeth Day). "Her wicked humor, her zipping compassion...brilliant" (Naoise Dolan). "So good I want to scream" (Carmen Maria Machado). "Wonderful" (Juno Dawson).

Ducking into Glebebooks from a rather hot Sydney Streets and look what we found on the shelf? Thank you Tracy for insisting on taking a piccie 📷 despite my awkwardness!

#SomeoneLikeMe #UQPbooks #AusLit #OzLit #ActuallyAutistic #TransLit

I'm standing in a bookstore wearing a black face mask and pointing at a copy of the anthology Someone Like Me, a anthology of autistic women and gender diverse writers.

It's publication week for Someone Like Me!

Edited by Clem Bastow and Jo Case and published by UQP, this is an anthology of Autistic women and gender diverse writers that I'm thrilled to be part of.

#SomeoneLikeMe #UQP #AusLit #OzLit #ActuallyAutistic #TransLit

The front cover of the anthology Some Like Me. Its background colour is pale purple and the title is printed over slices of yellow and pink on top of images showing people ripped into thin slithers collage style. The book is sitting on a wooden surface.

The title page of my chapter, called An Autistic Tran Man Travels Back to the Nineties to Give His Younger Self Some Advice.

I'm very excited to be included in this anthology of Autistic women and gender diverse writers, edited by Clem Bastow and Jo Case and published by UQP, who have kindly sent me advanced copies and a nifty tote bag. The awesome cover design is by Susan Le.

The book will be available from 4 March 2025. Check it out at https://www.uqp.com.au/books/someone-like-me

#SomeoneLikeMe #UQP #AusLit #OzLit #ActuallyAutistic #TransLit #UQP

New Covers for the Second Joy Stable Series
The second book in the Second Joy Stable series, Head Shy, is now available, and I wanted to update the covers so they looked like the equestrian lit I wrote as "Mary Kit Caelsto". I'll be doing a separate announcement about that release, but for now I wanted to share the new covers for the series.

https://kitauthor.com/new-covers-for-the-second-joy-stable-series/
#BookNews #SecondJoySeries #EquestrianLit #QueerLit #SecondJoyStable #TransLit

So, I was expecting to feel some emotions when i picked up a collection of comics by Julie Kaye called “Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition”.

Was not expecting the ones I got when I read this in the intro:
“Yet another year passed, and I found myself back in the same place all over again. As much as I might have wanted them to, these thoughts & feelings weren’t going away & needed addressing. At twenty-six years old…”

Your book is called Super Late Bloomer, and you started at 26?!?!?! So what’s the term for me, starting at 45? Fossilized in Amber? 😅

(It was a good book. Definitely got the emotions I expected from revisiting those first months of transition with this)
#trans #translit #transjoy

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Don't read this book if hungry. This author writes about food in the way that Tolkien writes about trees: with exquisite and infuriating detail.

A queen of hell, a demon, a family of aliens, a homeless violinist, a doughnut store, video game music... it's so hard to tie this story down into a single review.

Just go with it. It'll be worth it.

#TransBooks #TransLit #bookstodon #BookRecommendations #BookReview #RykaAoki #LightFromUncommonStars

The front cover of "Light from Uncommon Stars" by Ryka Aoki. It shows a fish swimming through a galaxy.

I won a gift card and have put it to good use with some titles I've had my eye on 👀

Bhuannaich mi cairt gibht agus cheannaich mi leabhraichean air an do chuir mo shùil airson greis 👀

#bookstodon #TransLit #trans #autistic #neuroqueer #SurvivingTransphobia #LauraAJacobs #NeuroqueerHeresies #NickWalker #MarianthiKourti #Gàidhlig

Three books: "Working with Autistic Transgender and Non-Binary People" (edited by Marianthi Kourti), "Surviving Transphobia" (edited by Laura A Jacobs) and "Neuroqueer Heresies (by Nick Walker).

The Hand, the Eye & the Heart, by Zoë Marriott

From what I gather, this was a retelling of the American version of the story of Mulan.

I enjoyed it, but I'm still a bit confused about its plot. Was it meant to be family-focused? Or a coming of age tale? A war story? Or a political drama? Or was it always meant to be a love triangle romance? I don't know, so at the end I felt like a lot was still unresolved.

#TransLit #QueerLit #YAlit #bookstodon #BookRecommendations #BookReview #ZoëMarriott

Cover art for The Hand, The Eye & The Heart, showing a collection of images (a dragon, a mythical bird, a rose, etc.) on a dark blue background.

Sasha Masha, by Agnes Borinsky

This is a short novel about the protagonist's 'trans realisation' moment (that messy time when a trans person is realising they are trans, but not necessarily coming out to anyone about it). It's one of the first times I've read a story about this type of trans experience - most trans protagonists are either coming out or already out - so it was a nice change of pace.

#TransLit #QueerLit #YAlit #bookstodon #BookRecommendations #BookReview # AgnesBorinsky

Cover art for Sasha Masha, showing the protagonist sitting and looking away from us over their shoulder. There's another image overlaid on top, that looks like someone standing on a beach, bowed, with their arms wrapped around their middle.

Most Ardently, by Gabe Cole Novoa

I can't deny that the book reads like fanfiction, but it was great fun nonetheless. It's exactly what it says on the tin: a trans and gay retelling of Pride & Prejudice.

The pedant in me objected to some of the structural story changes (e.g., everyone was aged down). I was also bothered by some of the historical inaccuracies. But it's fiction, so best just enjoy the ride.

#TransLit #QueerLit #YAlit #bookstodon #BookRecommendations #BookReview #GabeColeNovoa

Cover art for Most Ardently. Two young men stand back to back, one reading and one pulling a letter out of their jacket. The reading one appears to be reaching for the other, who is turned slightly to peek over his shoulder.

Between Prefect & Real, by Ray Stoeve

Strangely, I didn’t write any review notes after finishing this book, which is my usual practice. I just gave it four stars and that was that. Maybe I was tired? Maybe I didn't have the words yet for my thoughts? Who knows!

#TransLit #QueerLit #YAlit #bookstodon #BookRecommendations #BookReview #RayStoeve

Cover art for Between Perfect & Real. It shows two boys's face looking at each other in the eyes, one upside down and one right way up. They are shaded in blue against a dark pastel pink background.

Stay Gold, by Tobly McSmith

I liked this book. There were a few struggles (e.g., why did the protagonist use the name "Pony" if he felt so strongly about being stealth? Maybe the name reads as more cis/masc in Texas?)

I most enjoyed the characters' relationship dynamics. They weren't always clean, but they felt real, and there was just enough supportive love to help the reader through the darker chapters.

#TransLit #QueerLit #YAlit #bookstodon #BookRecommendations #BookReview #ToblyMcSmith

Cover art for Stay Gold. Two teens - a boy and a girl - sit on the roof of a car, watching the sunset.

Zenobia July, by Lisa Bunker

This was a great book. It explores lots of themes - grief, religion, queerness, gender, neurodivergence - in a pretty even-keeled story.

It's not so much a coming out journey, or about being trans. It's about surviving school, building your self-esteem and finding support.

#TransLit #QueerLit #YAlit #bookstodon #BookRecommendations #BookReview #LisaBunker

Cover art for Zenobia July, showing a girl who is looking right at us as she tucks some hair behind her ear. She is positioned on a green background.

May The Best Man Win, by Z. R. Ellor.

This book's reviews on The Story Graph weren't too promising, but then it was marketed as a rom-com, which it is not. It’s a coming of age story about two emotionally messy teenage boys who happen to adore each other in a very chaotic way.

I particularly liked the way this book dealt with anger. I feel like not enough queer books tackle the emotion of fury enough.

#TransLit #QueerLit #YAlit #bookstodon #BookRecommendations #BookReview #ZREllor

Cover art for May the Best Man Win. Two boys - one in a gridiron helmet - face off against each other against a pink and yellow background.

I’ve been working my way through the trans-related YA books available at my local library and thought I’d share my thoughts, starting with those I enjoyed the most and ending with those I couldn’t quite take up a position on.

Note that most (all?) of these are American, and I've never been to the States, so that may affect how I read and relate to these stories.

#TransLit #QueerLit #YAlit #bookstodon #BookRecommendations #BookReview #Library #LibrariesRock

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