Cross & Crows Books
crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social
Cross & Crows Books
@crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social
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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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
Now in stock at Cross & Crows!
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.
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!
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
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
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
June 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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
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
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
The latest in Bookstore Operations Math. tinyurl.com/hzwx88du
June 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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
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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May 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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
May 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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
May 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This week's crop of new #queer titles for #gaymay tinyurl.com/5epc4hhz
May 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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
May 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Order your copy from your queer, Canadian, independent bookstore: crossandcrows.com/item/6CvPe_C...
May 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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
Coming in July, a new book applying the #InternalFamilySystems therapy model to #queer and #trans people's unique needs. Get the details and preorder: crossandcrows.com/item/-K4ellC...
#queersky #booksky #queermentalhealth #queerhealing
All Parts Welcome
The Queer and Trans Internal Family Systems Workbook
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May 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We have so much bookish delight in store for you! Authors, makers, giveaways, the kickoff of a bookstore crawl covering 7 shops--come see us this weekend! @booksky.bsky.social @queersky.bsky.social #cibd2025 #queerauthors #supportindependentbookstores #protectqueerspaces #shoplocal #shopcanadian
April 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Trans icon Miss Major was just denied entry on to a plane in Arkansas because her ID had an X gender marker on it.
April 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Part of the fun of Canadian Indie Bookstore Day is that we get to come up with neat things for you to win. This year, celebrate with us and enter to win a book a month for a year! Details here: tinyurl.com/2s3s3tyw @booksky.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM