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SUMMARY:Queer comics workshop with Jem Milton
DESCRIPTION:Saturday 23rd March \n\n\n\nDoors: 11:30am\, Event: 12-2pm \n\n\n\nComic artist Jem Milton will run a workshop exploring LGBTQ+ identity in comics. We will discuss queer representation in comics and Jem will reflect on their own process of creating queer stories and characters. Jem will also lead an activity which will explore character creation and illustration. The Flying Ship has an incredible cast of queer characters\, and we can’t wait to hear Jem’s ideas for how we can create our own. \n\n\n\nYou don’t need to be an artist to join\, and this workshop isn’t designed to be a technical “how-to” guide. We encourage you to explore your creativity and get some inspiration for creating your own comic characters! \n\n\n\nBook your ticket \n\n\n\nAbout Jem MiltonJem Milton is a comic artist and illustrator based in Glasgow. Their work focus around the themes of exploring identity and navigating a cisgender/heteronormative world through a queer lens. Their ongoing webcomic The Flying Ship was released in print this year through Dark Horse Comics. As well as creating comics and artwork they also enjoy knitting\, gaming and hanging out with their two cats. \n\n\n\nBooking informationBooking in advance is essential. Places are limited so\, if you are unable to attend\, please let us know as soon as possible so we can offer your place to someone else. \n\n\n\nA recorded version will be available on our YouTube channel after the event – you don’t need to book for this\, but sign up to our newsletter to find out when it’s available. \n\n\n\nVenue & AccessibilityThe event will take place at the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive in Edinburgh Palette. Information about accessibility and how to get to us on public transport and by car is available on our website: How To Find Us and Accessibility Information. \n\n\n\nAny other questionsPlease email themenaces@lavendermenace.org.uk.
URL:https://lavendermenace.org.uk/event/queer-comics-jem-milton
LOCATION:Midlothian
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SUMMARY:Love from the Pink Palace - In Conversation with Jill Nalder
DESCRIPTION:Date and time:  Thursday 14 March at 7pm \nLocation:  Traverse Theatre\, 10 Cambridge St\, Edinburgh\, EH1 2ED \nTicket price:  £18 (£30 with copy of the book which will be available to collect at the event). Save 20% off ticket price with an early bird offer – available until 14th February! \nBook your ticket on EventBrite \nJoin Waverley Care for an evening with Jill Nalder\, the inspiration behind Channel 4’s smash hit It’s a Sin\, to celebrate her five-star memoir Love from the Pink Palace: Memories of Love\, Loss\, and Cabaret through the AIDS Crisis. \nTickets cost £18 / £30 including book. Save 20% using code EarlyBird until 14 February. \nEntry includes the opportunity to meet Jill and have your copy of Love from the Pink Palace signed. Donations from ticket sales will help Waverley Care to be there for anyone in Scotland affected by HIV. \nJill will discuss the highs and lows of life in the 1980’s as the AIDS crisis emerged\, the legacy her activism has created\, and how her experiences were transformed into the critically acclaimed TV series It’s a Sin. \nJill’s memoir is filled with stories of injustice\, stigma\, and tragedy but also\, above all else\, love. Love that informed the drive for change\, love that created communities of people fighting together\, and the love for remembering this important history. \nBook your place to find out how Jill’s story got the nation talking about HIV\, and how you can #BeMoreJill too. \nThe Traverse Theatre bar will be open before and after the event to meet your fellow audience members and discuss the impact Jill’s book has had. Lavender Menace will also be hosting a pop-up book stall at the event\, to keep your TBR pile topped up. \nSupported by Edinburgh Art Festival and Lavender Menace.
URL:https://lavendermenace.org.uk/event/jill-nalder
LOCATION:Traverse Theatre\, 10 Cambridge St\, Edinburgh\, EH1 2ED\, Traverse Theatre\, 10 Cambridge Street\, Edinburgh\, EH1 2ED\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:K Patrick in conversation with Éadaoín Lynch
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 21st February \nDoors: 6.30pm\, Event: 7-8pm \nJoin us at the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive for a brilliant event with K Patrick\, in conversation with Éadaoín Lynch! \nThey will discuss K’s incredible debut novel Mrs S\, which is a favourite among the Lavender Menace team thanks to the gorgeous prose\, exploration of butch identity\, and intriguing boarding school setting. \nWe will also be treated to poetry readings from both K and Éadaoín. We can’t wait to hear their conversation about the overlapping themes in their work. \nBook your ticket \nAbout Éadaoín LynchÉadaoín Lynch is an Irish poet & researcher based in Edinburgh. They are co-editor of Re·creation: A Queer Poetry Anthology with Alycia Pirmohamed\, and their own poetry has appeared in Gutter and The North Magazine\, among others. Éadaoín has performed as a headliner act at multiple events and festivals around the UK\, and their work has been shortlisted for both the Jane Martin Poetry Prize and the London Magazine Poetry Prize. Fierce Scrow\, their debut poetry pamphlet\, launched in 2022 with Nine Pens Press. \n\n \n\nAbout K Patrick\n\nK Patrick is a writer based in Scotland. Their poetry has appeared in Poetry Review\, Granta and Five Dials\, and was shortlisted for The White Review Poet’s Prize in 2021\, the same year that K was also shortlisted for The White Review’s Short Story Prize. In 2023 they were shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award. \nTheir debut novel\, Mrs S\, published by Fourth Estate (UK) and Europa (US) was selected as an Observer Best Debut of the Year\, and K was named a Granta Best of Young British Novelists for 2023. Their debut poetry collection\, Three Births\, will be published by Granta Poetry in March 2024. \n\nBooking informationBooking in advance is essential. Places are limited so\, if you are unable to attend\, please let us know as soon as possible so we can offer your place to someone else. \nA recorded version will be available on our YouTube channel after the event – you don’t need to book for this\, but sign up to our newsletter to find out when it’s available. \nVenue & AccessibilityThe event will take place at the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive in Edinburgh Palette. Information about accessibility and how to get to us on public transport and by car is available on our website: How To Find Us and Accessibility Information. \nAny other questionsPlease email themenaces@lavendermenace.org.uk.
URL:https://lavendermenace.org.uk/event/k-patrick-in-conversation-with-eadaoin-lynch
LOCATION:Midlothian
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SUMMARY:Queer Joy
DESCRIPTION:12:15pm – 2:15pm on Sundays\n\n18 Feburary\, 25 February\, 3 March & 17 March\n\nJoin 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.\n\nThis group will celebrate and seek out literature which captures the joy of being queer. We will decide what to discuss together\, but we might cover themes such as gender euphoria\, love/romance\, found family\, confidence and freedom. We’ll discuss books in the archive and contemporary ones too.\n\nBook your ticket\nBooking information\nBooking in advance is essential. Your booking covers all four sessions to allow the group to get to know each other. Places are limited so\, if you are unable to attend\, please let us know as soon as possible so we can offer your place to someone else. \nPreparation\nYou do not need to prepare anything in advance if you do not want to\, but you are welcome to bring your favourite book\, story\, image\, or poem to the first meeting to share with the group. Each week we will give you short extracts to take home with you and read. \nVenue & Accessibility\nThe sessions are located at the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive in Edinburgh Palette. Information about accessibility and how to get to us on public transport and by car is available on our website: How To Find Us and Accessibility Information. \nAny other questions\nPlease email Anna Broomfield\, Communications Assistant: anna.broomfield@lavendermenace.org.uk.
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LOCATION:Midlothian
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SUMMARY:Reimagining the archive with Mae Diansangu and Shane Strachan
DESCRIPTION:Saturday 17th February \nDoors: 1:30pm\nEvent: 2pm-3pm \nJoin us at the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive for an afternoon of readings and discussion on how to reimagine archives. We will explore representation in archives through an intersectional lens and interrogate how we can ensure queer stories are preserved. We look forward to sharing this fascinating and important conversation with you! \nMae Diansangu is a queer poet and spoken word artist from Aberdeen. She has performed at literary festivals across Scotland and appeared on BBC Scotland’s Big Scottish Book Club and BBC Radio 4’s Tongue and Talk. Her series of poems “black lives\, heavy truths” is part of the National Library of Scotland’s collection. You can read her work in the anthologies “Tales fae the Doric Side” and “Re creation – a queer poetry anthology”. Mae writes in both English and Doric\, and her first collection BLOODSONGS (Tapsalteerie) will be published in Autumn 2024. \nShane Strachan’s debut poetry collection DWAMS will be published in April by Tapsalteerie. He was awarded Scots Champion at the 2023 Scots Language Awards following his year as the National Library of Scotland’s Scots Scriever. His previous works include novella Nevertheless: Sparkian Tales in Bulawayo (amaBooks)\, podcast\, film and exhibition The Bill Gibb Line\, and multiple poems and stories in Gutter\, New Writing Scotland\, Northwords Now\, Stand and others. His poetry has also appeared on BBC Radio 4 and in Aberdeen Art Gallery. He holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Aberdeen where he now lectures in Creative Writing. \nBook your ticket \nBooking information\nBooking in advance is essential. Places are limited so\, if you are unable to attend\, please let us know as soon as possible so we can offer your place to someone else. \nVenue & Accessibility\nThe event will take place at the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive in Edinburgh Palette. Information about accessibility and how to get to us on public transport and by car is available on our website: How To Find Us and Accessibility Information. \nAny other questions\nPlease email themenaces@lavendermenace.org.uk.
URL:https://lavendermenace.org.uk/event/mae-and-shane
LOCATION:Midlothian
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SUMMARY:Gay Men’s Literary Discussion Group
DESCRIPTION:Lavender Menace Queer Book Archive presents a series of four free and informal sessions with David A. Allan. \nWeekly 12.15-2.15pm on Sundays: 21st & 28th January\, 4th & 11th February \nEach week participants can enjoy conversation about gay books and gay writing. For every session the group will decide on a theme or genre\, and participants can suggest published extracts or texts to discuss. Participants do not need to prepare anything in advance\, but are welcome to bring along a text or extract from a piece of published gay writing that you feel a connection with. The theme for the first meeting will be Happiness / Identity. Each week the archive will prepare short extracts for the group to explore which you are free to take away and read. \nThis will be an informal discussion group for people who enjoy reading and talking about how gay writing has impacted our lives. \nThese sessions are for anyone who identifies as a gay or queer man and wants to discuss books. \n \nBook your ticket \nBooking\nBooking in advance is essential. Your booking covers all four sessions to allow the group to get to know each other. Places are limited to 10 so\, if you are unable to attend\, please let us know as soon as possible so we can offer your place to someone else. \nVenue & Accessibility\nThe sessions are located at the archive in Edinburgh Palette. Information on how to get to us on public transport and by car is here\, along with access information: https://lavendermenace.org.uk/how-to-find-us-accessibility-information \nAny other questions\nPlease email us: themenaces@lavendermenace.org.uk
URL:https://lavendermenace.org.uk/event/gaymensliterarydiscussiongroup
LOCATION:Midlothian
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SUMMARY:Social Sunday: Escape from Christmas
DESCRIPTION:This is an informal drop-in event with conversation\, refreshments\, and music from Nikki and Laure. No need to book\, just come for as long as you would like.
URL:https://lavendermenace.org.uk/event/socialsundayescapefromxmas
LOCATION:Midlothian
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SUMMARY:Lesbian Words
DESCRIPTION: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. Bring along a text\, poem\, or excerpt you are reading or one you want to share with the group. \nBooking\nBooking in advance is essential as places are limited so\, if you are unable to attend\, please let us know as soon as possible so we can offer your place to someone else. \nVenue & Accessibility\nThe sessions are located at the archive in Edinburgh Palette. Information on how to get to us on public transport and by car is here\, along with access information: https://lavendermenace.org.uk/how-to-find-us-accessibility-information \nAny other questions\nPlease email us: themenaces@lavendermenace.org.uk
URL:https://lavendermenace.org.uk/event/lesbian-words-monthly
LOCATION:Midlothian
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