In The Dream House with Nancy Agabian and Carmen Maria Machado
This Queer Book Saved My Life is a podcast hosted by J.P. Der Boghossian. On it, guests from across the rainbow share the queer books that had life-saving features for them. They…
Literary Lights featuring Taleen Voskuni
On February 7, 2023, the International Armenian Literary Alliance launched the Literary Lights series. The first event featured Taleen Voskuni, author of Sorry, Bro. Voskuni was in conversation with J.P. Der Boghossian,…
Queering Form: A Virtual Reading
Watch the video of this even below! On June 11, 2023, the International Armenian Literary Alliance presented this event featuring: Nancy Agabian, the author of the recently published novel The Fear of…
Artush and Zaur by Ali Akbar
Published in 2009, Artush and Zaur by Ali Akbar (alias of Alakbar Aliyev) is a novel about the relationship between Artush Saroyan and Zaur Jalilov, an Armenian and Azeri respectively. Akbar is…
Queer Armenian Literature: A Reading
In honor of LGBTQ Pride Month, the International Armenian Literary Alliance, with Hye-Phen Magazine and the Queer Armenian Library, hosted the first gloabl reading of Queer Armenian writers. Watch the video below!…
First Light at Dawn by Nyri A. Bakkalian
Published in 2017, First Light at Dawn by Nyri A. Bakkalian is a short story about a trans woman fighter pilot who is navigating both her transition and PTSD. It is notable…
Fleeting City by Hovhannes Tekgyozyan
Published in 2017, Fleeting City by Hovhannes Tekgyozyan is a novel that is part of a new generation of writers in Armenia writing about queer characters and themes. Tekgyozyan graduated from the…
Queering Yerevan
Published in 2008 and continuing through 2020, Queering Yerevan is a website featuring the work of "a collective of artists, writers, cultural critics and activists queering and using Yerevan as an experimental…
Superheroes Die in the Summer by Christian Batikian
Published in 2018, Superheroes Die in the Summer is a novel by Christian Batikian. Batikian is a translator, author, and editor. His work includes Ariutse, Vhuke yev Handerdzarane, Super Herosnere Ke Mernin…
Anamot Press
Anamot Press was set up in March 2020. Through the Poetry Streaming project, over 40 invited poets, publishers and writers shared queer experiences across borders and other stories on migration, ancestral grief, displacement, love and loss.