About us
ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER. STOP AAPI HATE. END ANTI-SEMITISM. END RACISM. CHOOSE LOVE. The Canandaigua (CDGA) Queer Lit Book Club has been welcoming readers since 2018. In partnership with Wood Library, we are an inclusive community of readers who meet bi-monthly in a hybrid format to discuss LGBTQAI2S+ books and/or books by LGBTQAI2S+ authors. Representation matters. Join the conversation!
The Canandaigua Queer Lit Book Club respectfully acknowledges that we operate on land, which is the territory of the Onöndowa’ga:’ (Seneca) Nation, a member of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Learn more with Ganondagan and the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center.
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Pride
Credits
CDGA Queer Lit Book Club Logo design by Jacob Marsh
Canandaigua Chamber of Commerce. [canandaiguachamberofcommer1916]. (2015,
October 26). Canandaigua, NY: The chosen spot. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44X0HKR9Vuc&t=5s
Video (CC) [♪♪ "Miracles Exist In You- Full Length/Underscore" by Adam John Salkeld, PRS and Neil Pollard, PRS playing]
Featured event
The Wildes | A Hybrid Book Discussion
- Join your friends and meet new ones as we continue our eighth season of CDGA Queer Lit Book Club and discuss The Wildes by Louis Bayard. *This hybrid event will take place in person at Wood Library in Canandaigua and online via Zoom. The link will be emailed to all readers registered to attend 24 hours in advance.
OVERVIEW
* New York Times Best Historical Fiction of 2024
* Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction 2024
* Library Journal Best Pop Fiction of 2024
* PEOPLE Book of the Week
- "In September of 1892, Oscar Wilde and his family retreated to the idyllic Norfolk countryside for a holiday. His wife, Constance, has every reason to be happy: two beautiful sons, a stellar reputation as an advocate for progressive causes, and a delightfully charming and affectionate husband and father, who is perhaps the most famous man in England. But as an assortment of house guests arrive, including an aristocratic young wannabe poet named Lord Alfred Douglas, Constance gradually--and then all at once--comes to see that her husband's heart is elsewhere and that the growing intensity between the two men threatens the whole foundation of their lives."
WE ♥ LIBRARIES
- Our event title is available to borrow through the OWWL, Monroe and New York Public Library systems.
WE ♥ INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES
- Ampersand Books is the independent bookstore owned and operated by Writers & Books, Rochester’s leading nonprofit literary arts center. CDGA Queer Lit Book Club selections are always 15% off!
- Archivist Books is a Black, Queer-owned independent bookstore based in Rochester, NY. Support Archivist Books when you purchase this event's selection on their partner page with Bookshop.
- Noire Reading Room is Rochester's online/pop-up Black Feminist Bookstore, featuring Black, Queer, and Radical texts. Support Noire Reading Room when you purchase this event's selection on their partner page with Bookshop.
- The Paperback Place is Canandaigua's premier place for bookworms. Opened in 1997, this woman-owned independent bookstore offers a diverse selection of new and used books.
CREDITS
- The Wildes: A novel in five acts. (n.d.). Penguin. Retrieved March 26, 2026, from https://search.owwl.org/Union/Search?view=list&lookfor=the%20wildes%20a%20novel%20in%20five%20acts
Upcoming events
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The Wildes | A Hybrid Book Discussion
Wood Library, 134 North Main Street, Canandaigua, NY, US- Join your friends and meet new ones as we continue our eighth season of CDGA Queer Lit Book Club and discuss The Wildes by Louis Bayard. *This hybrid event will take place in person at Wood Library in Canandaigua and online via Zoom. The link will be emailed to all readers registered to attend 24 hours in advance.
OVERVIEW
* New York Times Best Historical Fiction of 2024
* Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction 2024
* Library Journal Best Pop Fiction of 2024
* PEOPLE Book of the Week- "In September of 1892, Oscar Wilde and his family retreated to the idyllic Norfolk countryside for a holiday. His wife, Constance, has every reason to be happy: two beautiful sons, a stellar reputation as an advocate for progressive causes, and a delightfully charming and affectionate husband and father, who is perhaps the most famous man in England. But as an assortment of house guests arrive, including an aristocratic young wannabe poet named Lord Alfred Douglas, Constance gradually--and then all at once--comes to see that her husband's heart is elsewhere and that the growing intensity between the two men threatens the whole foundation of their lives."
WE ♥ LIBRARIES
- Our event title is available to borrow through the OWWL, Monroe and New York Public Library systems.
WE ♥ INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES
- Ampersand Books is the independent bookstore owned and operated by Writers & Books, Rochester’s leading nonprofit literary arts center. CDGA Queer Lit Book Club selections are always 15% off!
- Archivist Books is a Black, Queer-owned independent bookstore based in Rochester, NY. Support Archivist Books when you purchase this event's selection on their partner page with Bookshop.
- Noire Reading Room is Rochester's online/pop-up Black Feminist Bookstore, featuring Black, Queer, and Radical texts. Support Noire Reading Room when you purchase this event's selection on their partner page with Bookshop.
- The Paperback Place is Canandaigua's premier place for bookworms. Opened in 1997, this woman-owned independent bookstore offers a diverse selection of new and used books.
CREDITS
- The Wildes: A novel in five acts. (n.d.). Penguin. Retrieved March 26, 2026, from https://search.owwl.org/Union/Search?view=list&lookfor=the%20wildes%20a%20novel%20in%20five%20acts
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