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Cross & Crows Books
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That queerly friendly neighbourhood bookstore in the community of East Van on unceded and occupied MST land. Offering new and used books, small gifts, and Cozy Chairs™ for the queer soul and beloved community since 2023. www.crossandcrows.com
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I am SO STOKED for the new book by @everinamaxwell.bsky.social, coming later this year! If you’ve visited the shop you’ve seen my recommendation for Winter’s Orbit, and now we get some sapphic joy! Preorder: crossandcrows.com/item/MWp_c1q...
January 5, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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I am so tempted to post excerpts from the groupchat of me reading this book for the first time because ohhhhh my god.
hawkwinglb.bsky.social Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 1d
Right. I have at least ONE THING to look forward to in the second half of this year (I heard @everinamaxwell.bsky.social mention this last year at Eastercon and I was sold even then):

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Call Me Traitor
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January 5, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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Make our season merry--come and see us for last minute gifts, gift cards, and giftwrapping service!
December 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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It's the Festival of the Last Minute at Cross & Crows Books! Join us for some sweet deals, pop-ups, and gatherings to lighten the darkest days of the year: tinyurl.com/59t6tbrk
December 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Whoopsy, I tripped and put the used books on SALE!
Friday, 12/12, all used books in stock BUY 2 GET 2 FREE! One day only, in-store only, more deals to come—
December 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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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 🏳️‍⚧️❤️🏳️‍🌈
October 2, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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Now in stock at Cross & Crows!
historyofbdsm.bsky.social 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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August 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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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.
carlbergstrom.com 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.
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August 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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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
July 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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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
The cover to Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders (daisies against a purple cracked background). It's on a yellow background with daisies and what look like roots or dendrites. The text includes a quote from Nicola Griffith: "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." Plus a thing saying that Canadian readers can pre-order this book via Cross & Crows by July 20 to get an autographed bookplate. See crossandcrows.com for more details. There's the Cross & Crows Books logo with a beautiful crow.
June 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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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
charliejane.bsky.social 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
The cover to Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders (daisies against a purple cracked background). It's on a yellow background with daisies and what look like roots or dendrites. The text includes a quote from Nicola Griffith: "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." Plus a thing saying that Canadian readers can pre-order this book via Cross & Crows by July 20 to get an autographed bookplate. See crossandcrows.com for more details. There's the Cross & Crows Books logo with a beautiful crow.
June 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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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
charliejane.bsky.social 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
The cover to Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders (daisies against a purple cracked background). It's on a yellow background with daisies and what look like roots or dendrites. The text includes a quote from Nicola Griffith: "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." Plus a thing saying that Canadian readers can pre-order this book via Cross & Crows by July 20 to get an autographed bookplate. See crossandcrows.com for more details. There's the Cross & Crows Books logo with a beautiful crow.
June 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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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
June 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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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.
June 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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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
May 29, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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“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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May 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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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
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May 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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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
May 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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This week's queer new arrivals: new paperback releases from Billy-Ray Belcourt, graphic novels, and more! tinyurl.com/3rfbcjbp
May 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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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
May 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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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
May 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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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.
May 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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May 24, 2pm: Skateboarding, Sexuality, & Storytelling with Li Charmaine Anne, Amy Mattes, and Anthony Nerada! Three queer BC writers discuss how skate culture is portrayed in their fiction. tinyurl.com/247szkrh #queersky #booksky #queerbookstore #authorevent #queerauthors #lgbtqbooks #indiebookstore
Skateboarding, Sexuality, and Storytelling: When Coming-of-Age & Kickflips Collide Colour headshots of Li Charmaine Anne (youthful-looking Chinese-Canadian enby with tousled black hair in a dark blue flannel collared shirt smiles at viewer), Amy Mattes (mid-thirties white woman with long brown hair rests her chin on her hand and smiles slightly into the distance), and Anthony Nerada (mid-thirties white man with cropped brown hair smiles at viewer and leans in a bit) Book covers: Crash Landing, Late September, Skater Boy each depict a character with a skateboard Saturday, 24 May, 2pm at Cross & Crows Books www.crossandcrows.com
May 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Order your copy from your queer, Canadian, independent bookstore: crossandcrows.com/item/6CvPe_C...
May 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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In the wake of the tragedy at Lapu Lapu festival last month, Tahanan Studio will host a permanent library of grief and Filipino cultural resources. For every 3 books on their list ordered via us, we will donate 1 for solidarity with Tahanan and our East Van Filipino neighbours. tinyurl.com/ycbj67fc
Book list for our grieving kin
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May 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM