Kindred

Kindred 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories

Twelve of Australia's best writers from the LGBTQ+ community are brought together in this ground-breaking collection of YA short stories. What does it mean to be queer? What does it mean to be human? In this powerful #LoveOzYA collection, twelve of Australia's finest writers from the LGBTQ+ community explore the stories of family, friends, lovers and strangers - the connections that form us. This inclusive and intersectional #OwnVoices anthology for teen readers features work from writers of diverse genders, sexualities and identities, including writers who identify as First Nations, people of colour or disabled. With short stories by bestsellers, award winners and newcomers to young adult fiction including Jax Jacki Brown, Claire G Coleman, Michael Earp, Alison Evans, Erin Gough, Benjamin Law, Omar Sakr, Christos Tsiolkas, Ellen van Neerven, Marlee Jane Ward, Jen Wilde and Nevo Zisin.
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Lysh (She/Her)@teachreadreview
4 stars
Sep 2, 2021

This anthology of 'own voice' short stories is bloody delightful. It encompasses all sorts of tales, from fantasy and dystopian, to realistic fiction and surrealism. We follow a range of Queer teenagers from a wide variety of backgrounds, as they endure love at first sight, questioning their sexuality, break ups, rejections, flipped realities, unsupportive friends, wedding planning, the shunning of their voice, desire, lost loved ones, and coming out. It was a wonderful way to sample some great Aussie authors. I did enjoy the stories with relationships already in place or those with a slow build, over the 'love and kiss at first sight scenario, but overall these stories were top notch.

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Daniel Kilby@d291173
4 stars
Jul 21, 2023
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Bec Taylor@becinthelibrary
5 stars
Mar 1, 2022

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