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Category: Out of print book

  • Mortimer’s Deep

    Mortimer’s Deep by Simon TaylorBalnain Books, 1992. A house of men on an island at the end of the world… Mortimer’s Deep is a dangerous stretch of water in Fife. It lies between the village of Aberdour and the medieval monastery of Inchcolm on a stark, rocky island. Storms blow up quickly and, even on…

  • The Iron Ladies: Why do Women Vote Tory?

    The Iron Ladies: Why do Women Vote Tory? By Bea CampbellVirago Press, 1987ISBN 0860686892 Why do women vote Tory? How would a lesbian Communist journalist know? Bea Campbell, who worked on City Limits and other papers in London in the 1980s, was curious about the rise of Margaret Thatcher – who did little to help…

  • Murder in the Collective

    Murder in the Collective by Barbara WilsonWomen’s Press, 1984ISBN 0704339439 ‘Safe spaces’ in 1984 were thin on the ground ‘Safe spaces’ for queer  people were rarely heard of in 1984. This mystery by a lesbian writer explores the idea of ‘safe’ and ‘dangerous’. In a liberal, wealthy city, challenging the system isn’t supposed to lead…

  • Maybe the Moon

    Maybe the Moon Bantam Press 1993, a division of Transworld Publishers LtdISBN 0593 027655 The Lavender Menace LGBT+ Archive has been growing for about a year now. One of our books was rescued from a remainder shop – Maybe the Moon by Armistead Maupin, a hardback novel published in 1993. On the front is a…

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    Welcome to our blog

    We’ve already started blogging about the books in our growing archive – found in our own and friends’ collections and secondhand shops.  And we invite you to join us.