Ben Ladouceur

"That's a funny-looking strike." (Moe when they form a bowling team and a teammate, possibly Otto, does not score a strike.) To me there are like 100 layers to why this is funny, like Moe is just bursting with hate for all people; that is so not how you motivate people; Moe didn't strike either, etc

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

sir that is a dragonite

don’t give me my phone after an edible

A novel told entirely in Slack messages (Several People Are Typing @kasulke.co) was the perfect 2-hr train ride book for me recently

I Remember Lights - Historical Novel Society In this dual-timeline novel, a young man explores gay life against the backdrop of Montreal’s Expo ’67 and his involvement in the 1977 police raid on the gay bar, Truxx, ten years later. As both stori...

#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...

Thanks for this! It's an honour - and i too ADORE the good folks at @valancourtbooks.bsky.social and all that they publish!! ❤️✌🏻

“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.
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To a certain subset of Canadian millennials and older generations, she is a comedy god

"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.

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@helloiamben.bsky.social

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10 Canadian poetry books to expand your mind. Canadian poetry—not actually written in maple syrup! Not entirely about beavers! (Although I have certainly written about beavers.) Canada is a complicated place, living in the shadow of the U.S., …

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

Ben's book by my mom's blue duck lamp, run with a necklace my son made.

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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!

image of novel “i remember lights” by ben ladouceur, held up in front of a green couch with multi coloured blanket and orange cushion in background. the cover of the book is cream and features the title and author’s name in capital letters against a collage-inspired background image of several colours

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

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Also i read your alt text wrong and read "the cover of this book is ice cream" and i thought immediately "she's right" lol
Xoxoxoxo

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."

Pride Stories for 2025 · Lists · 49th Shelf Great new books by LGBTQ2S+ writers

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

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

New book on 1977 gay bar raid in Montreal The 1977 police raid at Montreal gay bar Truxx was a turning point for LGBTQ2S+ rights in Quebec and Canada. Local author Ben Ladouceur has penned a new book.

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.

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New book on 1977 gay bar raid in Montreal The 1977 police raid at Montreal gay bar Truxx was a turning point for LGBTQ2S+ rights in Quebec and Canada. Local author Ben Ladouceur has penned a new book.

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...

Books featured here include: 📖 Green by Zachari Logan (available to review) 📖 Widow Fantasies by ours truly, Hollay Ghadery (available to review) 📖 Starry Starry Night by Shani Mootoo (coming September 2025) 📖 Ajar by Margo LaPierre (coming October 2025) 📖 A Thousand Tiny Awakenings edited by Connor Lafortune and Lindsay Mayhew (available to review) 📖 Home Fires Burn by Anthony Bidulka (available to review) 📖 I Remember Lights by Ben Ladouceur (available to review)

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:
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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.

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Me pointing at my book in a window display.

A pile of my book, I Remember Lights, on a bookstore table among other books

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

Expo Love in Queer Montreal: The Chat with Ben Ladouceur · Blog Post · 49th Shelf Crafting a novel that pairs all the exhilaration of a queer romance set against the frenzied backdrop of Expo 67 in Montreal is a delicious feat in itself. ...

"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.
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