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NOOTS- March 2024
By Juniper March 5, 2024 Friendly Reminders: What’s new in OOTS Queer Creator spotlight Clive Barker Born in 1952 in Liverpool England, Clive Barker is an icon of queer horror and an important figure in the body horror and splatterpunk subgenres specifically. He is a writer, director, illustrator, playwright, and comic artist whose work depicts…
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NOOTS- May 2024
By Juniper May 2, 2024 Friendly Reminders: What’s NOOTS? Queer Creator Spotlight: In honor of May being the official ‘Better Sleep’ month, I would like to put Mark Patton, star of one of the queerest horror films ever made A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985). Mark was born in 1959, grew up…
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NOOTS- June 2024
Written by Juniper June 2, 2024 Friendly Reminders: What’s NOOTS?: Queer Creator Spotlight: You may have heard of Oscar Wilde and you may be wondering why I’ve chosen such a well-known figure in queer history for this month’s spotlight. Well for one thing it’s pride and its a good time to go big and cover…
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NOOTS- July 2024
By Juniper July 2, 2024 Friendly Reminders: What’s NOOTS? Queer Creator Spotlight: Jane Shoenbrun I’m highlighting Jane today in honor of their most recent film I Saw the TV Glow which just came out in theaters. Shoenbrun was born in 1987 the same year that such queer classics The Lost Boys, Hellraiser, and, Hello Mary…
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NOOTS-August 2024
Written by Juniper August 2, 2024 Friendly Reminders: What’s NOOTS?: Queer Creator Spotlight: In honor of trans history month we are going to be spotlighting Wendy Carlos an icon of trans and music history for her pioneering work on the synthesizer. Wendy was born in Rhode Island in 1939 and was immediately drawn to music…
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NOOTS-September 2024
Written by Juniper September 2, 2024 Friendly Reminders:We moved! our new address is Malaspina Printmakers Society, 1555 Duranleau St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3S3Keep spreading the word we’re looking to expand the OOTS family!Take some time for yourself during our break before the grand opening take a nap, do a puzzle, watch a movie, whatever you…
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Out on the Shelves Library is moving!
This Pride season, Out on the Shelves (OOTS) Library is feeling especially proud. Vancouver’s oldest LGBT2QIA+ library has two exciting announcements to share: we are now a registered society, and will be relocating to Granville Island in September 2024! Established on Davie Street in 1983 (over 40 years ago!), the volunteer-run community library has continuously…
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instagram facebook twitter We are now open. Please see our regular hours posted here, with Twitter updates as our volunteers are humans and shit happens. Hours this term: Monday 10-6Tuesday 10-6Wednesday 10-6Thursday 10-6Friday 10-5Saturday 12-2 We want our patrons and volunteers to stay healthy. Please follow our safety guidelines while using the library. Interested in…