Dyke’s Delight: Kate Charlesworth in Conversation with Jay Whittaker
Fri 13 March @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Join Lavender Menace for an evening of stories of lesbian life and art. Kate Charlesworth is an illustrator and writer of renowned lesbian cult classics like Sensible Footwear: A Girl’s Guide and The Life & Times of Auntie Studs. Kate will be in conversation with award-winning poet and writer Jay Whittaker.
This event is part of our exhibition Past Shelves: Queer Histories of Reading (5 March to 30 April, Museum of Edinburgh), created in partnership with the Museum of Edinburgh (City of Edinburgh Council). Thank you to our funders, National Lottery Heritage Fund and Awards for All.
Kate Charlesworth began to work as a cartoonist and illustrator in the 1970s. Her work has appeared in LGBT publications such as The Pink Paper, Gay News, Strip AIDS, Dyke’s Delight, whilst in the mainstream media she drew weekly strips for The Guardian, New Scientist, and the Independent. The award-winning graphic novel ‘Sally Heathcote – Suffragette’, co-authored with Mary and Bryan Talbot, appeared in 2014 and was followed in 2019 by her award-winning LGBT memoir/history, ‘Sensible Footwear – a Girl’s Guide.’
Jay Whittaker is an award-winning poet, author of two full length collections: Sweet Anaesthetist, (Cinnamon Press, 2020) and Wristwatch, (Cinnamon Press, 2017), which was Saltire Society Poetry Book of the Year 2018. Current projects include her third poetry collection, a queer sewing memoir in prose, and co-hosting EH11’s grass-roots poetry night, The Graveyard Shift.
(Photo by Ryan McGoverne)
Location and Access
This event is taking place at Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2LR.
The venue is fully accessible on the ground and first floor areas for all visitors with mobility difficulties and accessibility needs via a lift or handrail assistance. For full accessibility information, visit the venue website: https://cultureedinburgh.com/our-venues/assembly-rooms
