Pride is many things: celebration, remembrance, rebellion, joy. It’s also a story—of becoming, of shedding masks, of daring to speak in one’s own voice. This month, we honor Francophone queer voices that challenge conventions, rewrite the rules of literature, and expand the possibilities of identity.

The books gathered in this reading list do not shout—but they are anything but quiet. They engage with the subtle and seismic forces that shape our relationships, our politics, and our inner lives. Each, in its own way, asks us to listen more carefully—to the unsaid, the unheard, the deliberately dismissed.

This Mother's Day, what about we honor the mothers, grandmothers, and mother figures who raised us on stories—with stories?

This spring, four remarkable novels in translation —Accords Suspendus by Helen Garner, L'Inventaire des rêves by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, L'Age fragile by Donatella Di Pietrantonio, and Perle by Sian Hughes — have become available to Francophone readers. They ntricately explore the delicate yet resilient nature of family dynamics, personal identity, and the powerful undercurrents of memory and loss. And we hope…