Join poet Janette Ayachi for a creative writing workshop exploring fire as both a literal & metaphorical force – destruction & renewal, love & loss, desire & transformation – while creating a safe, creative space for participants to reflect on their own inner fires. What to expect An intimate and life-affirming creative writing workshop. We […]
Join us at our monthly Queer Joy book club! In December, we’re reading Nicked by M. T. Anderson. We normally meet on the third Sunday of each month to discuss queer books through a lens of finding joy in LGBTQ+ stories. Queer books are often distressing or tragic, so we started a book club focused […]
A monthly book club focusing on queer gothic writing. Every month we choose a book (or selection of shorter texts) by LGBTQ+ authors, or featuring queer characters/themes to read and discuss together. We alternate between classic and contemporary texts. December: break January’s book: Moby Dick by Herman Melville. As Moby Dick is quite a long book, there’s […]
On the 2nd and 4th Sunday of every month, the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive is open 2pm–4pm for our informal Social Sundays. Join us for tea, cake and lots of queer book discussion! There is no need to sign up in advance, you can just turn up. Social Sundays are a great way to […]
