Publications

In Print:

Dayspring. Strange Light. April 2024.

Top 100 Best Books of 2024. Indigo Books. October 2024.
Top Ten Best Literary Fiction of 2024. Indigo Books. October 2024.
Nominated: The Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers. 2024.
“A Foot in the Door: Queering the Catholic Imaginary.” Baffler Mag. September 2024.
“An Opus and a Gospel.” Review: Dayspring at Globe & Mail. August 2024.
Review: Dayspring at Many Wor(l)ds. July 2024.
“Red Letter Gay: The Gospel According to Anthony Oliveira.” Review: Literary Review of Canada. June 2024.
Interview: Broadview Magazine. May 2024.
Canadian Bestseller: Dayspring. CBC. May 2024.
Review: The London Magazine. April 2024.
“Something Refreshingly New.” Review: Maisonneuve. April 2024.
Canadian Bestseller: Dayspring. CBC. April 2024.
International Bestseller Week of April 6/2024: Dayspring. Vancouver Sun. April 2024.
“Book Review: Dayspring.” Toronto Star. April 2024.
“Dayspring: Review.” Quill & Quire. April 2024.
“Crush on the Cross: An Interview with Anthony Oliveira.” Hazlitt. April 2024.
“To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death.” E.G.N. Lafleur on DAYSPRING.
“8 Books We’re Excited to Read.” Our Culture. April 2024.
“A Novel Remix of the Bible: DAYSPRING.” Toronto Life. April 2024.
“The Profane and Raunchy Christ of Anthony Oliveira’s DAYSPRING.” IN Magazine. Spring 2024.
Quill & Quire’s Titles We’re Most Excited About This Spring.
The Miramichi Reader Starred Review.
Goodreads’ Debut Novels to Check Out This Season.
Toronto Star’s 30 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This Spring.
British GQ’s Most Anticipated Books of 2024.

“Unlike Any Other.” Parts 1-6. Marvel Voices 95-100. Marvel Comics. Spring 2024.

I Want That Twink Obliterated: An Anthology of Queer Sci-Fi Fantasy. Bona Books. 2024.

Captain Marvel: Assault on Eden. Written by Anthony Oliveira. Art by Eleonora Carlini. Edited by Sarah Brunstad. Marvel Comics. October 2023.

We Have Always Been Here: Anthony Oliveira’s 2023 Pride Programme for Hollywood Suite. Hollywood Suite. June 2023.

Young Avengers: Paradox Lost. Issues 1-6. Marvel’s Voices: Marvel Unlimited. Summer 2022.

“Act of Grace.” Written by Anthony Oliveira. Art by Nick Robles. Young Men in Love: A Queer Romance Anthology. July 5, 2022.

Winner: Best Outstanding Graphic Novel/Anthology 2022. GLAAD Media Awards.
Winner: Best LGBTQ Comic Book Moment. Gayming Magazine.
Winner: Best of 2022. Gay League.
Winner: 2023 Great Graphic Novels for Teens. YALSA.
Winner: Best Comics and Graphic Novels 2022. The Mary Sue.
Nominee: Best LGBTQ Comic Book Moment. Gayming Magazine 2023 Awards.
Winner: Best Anthology. Ringo Awards 2023.

“The Incident in Exeter.” Written by Anthony Oliveira. Read by Dave Robison. PseudoPod. December 2021.

Wiccan & Hulkling: Last Annihilation. Written by Anthony Oliveira. Art by Jan Bazaldua. Edited by Darren Shan. Marvel Comics. September, 2021.

Winner: Panel of the Week 9/8/21. Comic Frontline.
Winner - Bronze: Best of 2021 - Graphic Novel. Reads Rainbow Award.
Winner - Best Comics of 2021. AIPT Comics.

“Early Thaw.” Written by Anthony Oliveira. Art by Javier Garrón and David Curiel. Edited by Sarah Brunstad. Marvel Voices: Pride. Marvel Comics. June 23, 2021.

Nominated: Outstanding Original Graphic Novel/Anthology 2021. GLAAD Media Awards.

Interview: VICTORIA SEES IT by Carrie Jenkins. Hazlitt Magazine: Penguin Random House. April 2021.

“Reading PARADISE LOST Amid the Plague.” Broadview Magazine. March 2021.

Winner: Award of Merit, Theological Reflection - Short Format. Associated Church Press and the Canadian Christian Communicators Association.

“The Incident in Exeter.” Curtains: 84 Concert Visions to Benefit #SaveOurStages. Editors Brock Wilbur & Meghan Ball. February 2021.

PODCAST: “The Incident in Exeter.” Read by Dave Robison. PseudoPod. December 2021.

“The Year in the Wilderness.” Hazlitt Magazine: Penguin Random House. December 2020.

Lord of Empyre: Emperor Hulkling. Written by Anthony Oliveira and Chip Zdarsky. Pencils by Manuel García. Inks by Cam Smith. Colours by Triona Farrell. Letters by Travis Lanham. Editors Wil Moss and Sarah Brunstad. Covers by Patrick Gleason, Jen Bartel, Luciano Vecchio and Jeff Dekal. Marvel Comics. July 22, 2020.

Winner: Best Single Comic Book Issue - 2020. AIPT Comics.
Winner: Best Comics of 2020. SYFY.com.
Winner: Outstanding Comic Book 2020. GLAAD Media Awards.

“Paper Faces on Parade: Sanctioning the Buffoonery of Joel Schumacher.” Hazlitt Magazine: Penguin Random House. June 26, 2020.

“Anthony Rapp and Ken Ithiphol’s Love Treks Forward.” Star Trek. March 17, 2020.

“Death in the Village.” Best Canadian Essays 2019. Biblioasis. January 2020.

A Trick of the Light: On the Ethics of Holograms. Edited by Kendra James. Star Trek. September 29, 2019.

“The Queer Guide to Comic-Con.” Pros and (Comic) Cons. Dark Horse Comics. May 29, 2019.

“Drag Brunch with Loki.” Written by Anthony Oliveira. Art by Nick Robles. Colours by Cris Peter. Edited by Wil Moss. May 29, 2019. Appearing in War Scrolls #2, Collected in War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men (2019).

Dayspring. Hazlitt Magazine: Penguin Random House. May 2, 2019.

Winner: 2019 Best Fiction - National Magazine Awards.

The Post-Script: Alexander McClelland Speaks to Anthony Oliveira about PrEP. Maisonneuve. May 2, 2019.

“Sunlight.” Shout Out Anthology. Art by Josh McKenzie. Toronto Comics. 2019.

“When the Light Breaks.” Steven Universe: Fusion Frenzy #1. Written by Anthony Oliveira. Art by Ver. Edited by Matthew Levine. March 13, 2019.

“Wolves in the Fold: Dispatches from the Sentencing of Bruce McArthur.” Xtra. February 21, 2019.

Special Thanks. “Know Fear.” Daredevil #1. Written by Chip Zdarsky. Art by Marco Checcetto. Edited by CB Cebulski. February 2019.

“Scream, Queen: Kicking Open Nightmare on Elm Street’s Closet.” Fangoria. Volume 2. Issue #2. January 2019.

“‘We’re Best Friends, Aren’t We?’: Toronto Police and Pride.” Xtra. October 16, 2018.

"Pride Month is Over. Welcome to LGBTQ Wrath Month." The Washington Post. July 4, 2018.

“Death in the Village.” Hazlitt Magazine: Penguin Random House. February 2018.

Winner: 2018 Best Essay - National Magazine Awards.
Winner: 2018 Best Long-Form Feature Writing - National Magazine Awards.
Nominated: 2018 Best Personal Journalism - National Magazine Awards.

“2017 in Film: The 2017 Jim Ridley Memorial Film Poll.” The Nashville Scene. January 2018.

“The Year in Apocalypses.” Hazlitt Magazine: Penguin Random House. December 2017.

Nominated: 2017 Best Essay - National Magazine Awards. 

“David and Jonathan.” The Queer Bible. November 2017. 

“‘Let Me See You Smile’: Ida Lupino’s Outrage and the Horrors of Rape Culture.” Torontoist. August 6, 2017.

“The Babadook, Actually, Is Gay: Celebrating a Classic of Queer Cinema.” Birth / Movies / Death. June 9, 2017.

“A Look Back at Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Birth / Movies / Death. April 4, 2017.

“2016 in Film.” The Nashville Scene. Jan 5, 2017.

Forthcoming: 

Apocrypha. Harper Teen. 2023.

“The Baroque Paradise Lost.”