Queer Books Archive
The Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive joins up with Queer Film Night to bring you the December documentary: The Archivettes, about the Lesbian Herstory Archives. Founded in the 1970s in a New York City apartment, The Lesbian Herstory Archives is now the world’s largest collection of materials by and about lesbians. For more than 40 […]
Join poet Elspeth Wilson for an evening workshop focusing on bi plus poetry and the Lavender Menace archive (bi plus as a term encompasses bisexuality and other sexualities where a person has emotional, sexual or romantic attraction to more than one gender). In the workshop, we will discuss themes of in-betweenness, community and identity. We will […]
Lavender Menace Queer Book Archive presents a series of four free and informal sessions with David A. Allan. Weekly 12.15-2.15pm on Sundays: 21st & 28th January, 4th & 11th February Each week participants can enjoy conversation about gay books and gay writing. For every session the group will decide on a theme or genre, and […]
Join us at the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive for an afternoon of readings and discussion on how to reimagine archives.
12:15pm – 2:15pm on Sundays 18 Feburary, 25 February, 3 March & 17 March Join us at the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive for four discussion sessions centring on queer joy in literature. These free and informal sessions will be led by our Communications Assistant, Anna Broomfield. This group will celebrate and seek out literature […]
Join us at the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive for a brilliant event with K Patrick, in conversation with Éadaoín Lynch!
Join Waverley Care for an evening with Jill Nalder, the inspiration behind Channel 4’s smash hit It’s a Sin, to celebrate her memoir.
Comic artist Jem Milton will run a workshop exploring LGBTQ+ identity in comics. Jem will reflect on their own process of creating characters and will lead an activity exploring character creation and illustration.
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 […]
Following the success of our Lesbian Words discussion group, we are opening up to new members for a monthly informal gathering to discuss literature by lesbians and queer women.
Join Lavender Menace for an evening with Graham McKerrow, Sarah Pyke, and Sigrid Nielsen to discuss Operation Tiger, obscenity, and queer bookselling in the 1980s.
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 […]