Uncategorized Archives - Lavender Menace https://lavendermenace.org.uk/category/uncategorized Queer Books Archive Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:19:57 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Eye-3.0-32x32.png Uncategorized Archives - Lavender Menace https://lavendermenace.org.uk/category/uncategorized 32 32 Our Top Queer Books for Halloween https://lavendermenace.org.uk/queer-halloween-books Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:48:35 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=15490 As the nights are drawing in, it’s the perfect time to curl up with a creepy, spooky or unsettling read. And there’s no end of queer horror books to choose […]

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]]> Book review: Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin https://lavendermenace.org.uk/ordinary-saints Fri, 01 Aug 2025 18:58:16 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=15286 Lavender Menace volunteer Katie Marson interviews Ordinary Saints author Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin. Thanks to Bonnier Books UK for the review copy and arranging the interview! Overview  Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin’s Ordinary Saints is […]

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]]> Interview with Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin https://lavendermenace.org.uk/interview-with-niamh-ni-mhaoileoin Fri, 01 Aug 2025 18:49:58 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=15283 Lavender Menace volunteer Katie Marson interviews Ordinary Saints author Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin. Thanks to Bonnier Books UK for the review copy and arranging the interview! Transcriber’s note: this interview was […]

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]]> Elizabeth Calvert: 17th-Century Radical Bookseller https://lavendermenace.org.uk/elizabeth-calvert Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:17:06 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=15205 What can 17th-Century Radical Bookseller Elizabeth Calvert Teach Us in a Modern Age of Book Bans? by Ali Leetham The US Education Department decided to end its investigations into book […]

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]]> Book review: Marsha by Tourmaline https://lavendermenace.org.uk/book-review-marsha-by-tourmaline Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:41:57 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=15193 Lavender Menace volunteer Cooper King reviews Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson by Tourmaline. Thanks to HarperCollins for providing review copies for this blog and for our […]

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]]> Join the Lavender Menace Board of Directors https://lavendermenace.org.uk/board Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:29:06 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=15178 Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive is looking for new Directors to join our Board! Our trustees play a vital role in making sure that Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive achieves […]

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]]> The History of Polari: A Bona Tour of London https://lavendermenace.org.uk/history-of-polari Wed, 09 Apr 2025 13:45:30 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=3104 Lavender Menace volunteer archivist Ali Leetham takes us on a bona tour of London in this article. Ever ordered a bevvy? Got into a barney? Or scarpered after telling a […]

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]]> Humbuggery and Bumbuggery: The Greenfield Incident https://lavendermenace.org.uk/greenfield https://lavendermenace.org.uk/greenfield#comments Sat, 21 Dec 2024 16:06:56 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=2952 Guest blogger Dr Sarah Sloane investigates the elusive story of William Greenfield, disgraced Professor of the University of Edinburgh and minister at St. Giles Cathedral. There was a certain grave […]

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]]> https://lavendermenace.org.uk/greenfield/feed 5 Book review: Queer As Folklore by Sacha Coward https://lavendermenace.org.uk/book-review-queerasfolklore Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:49:35 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=2915 Lavender Menace volunteer Ali Leetham reviews Queer As Folklore by Sacha Coward Sacha Coward’s debut book, Queer As Folklore, is dedicated “to every person who has ever walked around a […]

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]]> We’re recruiting: Oral History Project Coordinator https://lavendermenace.org.uk/oral-history-project-coordinator Tue, 15 Oct 2024 21:38:21 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=2807 Key information: Job summary This post of Oral History Project Coordinator represents a unique opportunity to work with Edinburgh’s Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive to develop an Oral History Project […]

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