A good one, by Ben Ladouceur, over at NewPoetry.ca!

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?

My criterion collection moment in the @bookhugpress.bsky.social archives.

Tmrw in Ottawa, I'm reading w Canlit legend John Barton at a lovely bookstore! Come see! thespanielstale.ca/events/37534...

Pick up @helloiamben.bsky.social's new book from @robmclennan.bsky.social however you can.

don’t give me my phone after an edible

#bookreview: I Remember Lights by @helloiamben.bsky.social is "a lyrical read and a profound examination of the human condition through one man’s eyes.” Deb Stratis on Ladouceur's acclaimed novel for Historical Novel Society. historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/i-re...

“I Remember Lights kindles a bright future of gay romance, and asks who-, where-, however might we have kept it alight?" Andrew Woodrow-Butcher reviews @helloiamben.bsky.social's acclaimed novel for Plenitude Magazine. plenitudemagazine.ca/no-place-lik...

Get a free pack of 6 CanLit Cards plus a stick of gum with every These Days order this summer?

"Sweet, bitter, optimistic, and appropriately angry" is maybe my favourite way I've seen anything written by me ever described, lol. Really love this review from Plenitude Magazine plenitudemagazine.ca/no-place-lik...

Ladouceur’s début novel is a splendid read that celebrates gay life and honours queer resistance and resilience.” —Richard Burnett, Fugues Magazine Read more about Ben Ladouceur critically-acclaimed queer coming-of-age début novel, I Remember Lights. tr.ee/91L3OgpGGb @helloiamben.bsky.social

“Canadian poetry—not actually written in maple syrup! Not entirely about beavers!” In a reading slump? Try these poets from up north.

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Yes! Once I was waiting at the apple genius bar and took the book i was reading out of my bag, and read it. The guy beside me said "what a great way to signal your impatience!" and talked at me a lot so i couldn't read. It wasnt a performance! I was just really into that book!

currently reading (and absolutely loving) i remember lights, by the wonderful one & only @helloiamben.bsky.social

I went out to shovel dirt on my lunch break (not randomly; I am landscaping) and the final shovelfull tipped the wheelbarrow over and all the dirt fell out, and as I reshovelled it back in, my arms more tired but the dirt at least looser, I thought "this is like writing a novel."

While June may be Pride, at 49th Shelf, we celebrate 2SLGBTQ+ writers all year 'round! Check out some of our recommendations with titles from @bookhugpress.bsky.social @nimbuspub.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social @atriabooks.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... #CanLit #QueerWriters

JAKE WINS! "Daddy" is a possibly perfect poetry collection, and the queer book we all need today.

Progress is rarely a straight line.🌈 In this CTV interview, writer Ben Ladouceur talks about his gorgeous novel, I Remember Lights (@bookhugpress.bsky.social ) & his writing about notorious 1977 police raid on a gay bar, Truxx. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/video... #pride @helloiamben.bsky.social

Watch @helloiamben.bsky.social discuss his novel, I Remember Lights, in a special segment on @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social. Congrats Ben! www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/video...

This month (and every month) we have the opportunity to celebrate LGBTQ+ authors and artists in the book community. 🌈 Want to review any of these books? Drop us a line: www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s... #pride

Please stop using A.I. for resistance stuff. It’s like yelling DOWN WITH CAPITALISM while pushing a full Costco cart. Why are there two elmos. Who the fuck is that.

Today we’re back with another instalment of Pride on the Page: a Collaborative Reading List of Works by Queer Authors! Today’s pick is made by Ben Ladouceur, author of I Remember Lights! Ben has selected In September, the Light Changes by Andrew Holleran. #pride2025

My novel in the window at Black Squirrel Books in Ottawa, a bookstore i have loved for a long time 🐿️🖤

need 2 gay men to kill me like a hitchcocks rope situation

"Sadly, it told a relevant story– not about things getting gradually worse, but about good things being completely unsafe, and potentially subject to destruction at any moment." Trevor Corkum interviews @helloiamben.bsky.social for The Chat from @49thshelf.bsky.social. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/06...

does anyone have any questions?

Canada Post's new Places of Pride stamp series honours sites across Canada that 2SLGBTQIA+ people fought to make their own. Included is a stamp honouring Montreal's gay bar Truxx, site of a notorious police raid in 1977, which @helloiamben.bsky.social powerfully writes about in I Remember Lights. 🏳️‍🌈

To help us all get into the spirit of #PrideMonth, @alllitupcanada.bsky.social has put together a list of 20 new & notable books from the LGBTQ2SIA+ community. We're grateful to see I Remember Lights by @helloiamben.bsky.social included in such great company. alllitup.ca/book-list/pr... #pridereads

DUCK AT THE POOL

Read the full feature on @helloiamben.bsky.social and his novel I REMEMBER LIGHTS ( @bookhugpress.bsky.social) — and other awesome Montreal artists — in The Suburban. Thanks to @mikecohencsl.bsky.social for amplifying this excellent book and author! www.thesuburban.com/arts_and_ent...

Brand Manager getting ready for Pride Month

I Remember Lights' "understated depiction of mid-century Montreal queer culture feels reparative in turbulent political times.” Clementine Oberst reviews @helloiamben.bsky.social's first novel for The Miramichi Reader. miramichireader.ca/2025/05/i-re...

May 20th on @queerfmvan Hosts Barb @megamouthmedia.bsky.social Snelgrove & #DeniseFraser welcome Author Ben Ladouceur @helloiamben.bsky.social to talk about his new release I REMEMBER LIGHTS. 📚 Visit our Insta page for more details and guest bio! 📖 Streams at www.citr.ca 8am PST • 11am EST • 4pm GMT

I Remember Lights: The Playlist is here! Ben Ladouceur has curated a playlist of songs that inspired the writing of his debut novel I Remember Lights. We hope you enjoy! bookhugpress.ca/i-remember-l...

"If I Remember Lights has a message, it is one of hope, that we will never revert to a time when people were taught to hate who they are." Thank you to Ian Colford for this thoughtful review of @helloiamben.bsky.social's novel in the @theseaboardreview.ca. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/i-remember...

We're so excited to see the reception that Ben Ladouceur's début novel, I Remember Lights, is receiving. The first review, in Quill and Quire, called this novel "instantly canonical." That's high praise! Ben is represented by Marilyn Biderman. Congratulations, Ben!

"The whole time I was writing my novel, I read insatiably...I also read books of all kinds, often just to be reminded that books can be powerful." Check out this recommended reading list by I Remember Lights author @helloiamben.bsky.social for @49thshelf.bsky.social. 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/04...

"Like the 'bright red passport for Expo,' I Remember Lights represents a future swelled with everything that could be gained and lost." Maria Cichosz reviews I Remember Lights, the debut novel by @helloiamben.bsky.social for the Literary Review of Canada. reviewcanada.substack.com/p/bookworm-n...

Ben Ladouceur's (@helloiamben.bsky.social) eagerly awaited debut novel, I REMEMBER LIGHTS (@bookhugpress.bsky.social), depicts the optimism of queer life during Montreal's Expo 67. Check out our interview with the author right here! #AmReading #Novel #LGTBQ2S #CanLit open-book.ca/News/Ben-Lad...

Congratulations on the publication of I Remember Lights by Ben Ladouceur - out now with Book*hug Press! Read more here: transatlanticagency.com/2025/04/27/c...

“I Remember Lights is also somehow instantly canonical–an accomplished, necessary novel that should always have been written is now, at last, in print.” Brett Josef Grubisic on @helloiamben.bsky.social's debut novel in a starred review for @quillandquire.bsky.social quillandquire.com/review/i-rem...

CBC Books has published a list of 29 Canadian books you should be reading in April and we're thrilled to see elseship by Tree Abraham and I Remember Lights by @helloiamben.bsky.social included on it! www.cbc.ca/books/29-can...

My novel, out in just a couple of weeks, on a new list: www.cbc.ca/books/29-can...

I am so glad that @literaryhub.bsky.social exists for the book industry and so grateful for the support they’ve given to me personally. Ten years is a century in digital time. lithub.com/happy-birthd...

the friend to gay lovers pipeline

Wait until Pete is saying the other f word. Then we’ll know he’s really pissed

@versefest-ottawa.bsky.social is days away and if there's one thing we love to to it's poster

Who are five writers that made you? John Barton PK Page Norman Levine Penelope Fitzgerald Kazuo Ishiguro