Queer Books Archive
Doors: 6.30pmEvent: 7-8pm Join Lavender Menace for an evening with writer and editor Skye Arundhati Thomas in conversation with artist and writer Shola von Reinhold. Von Reinhold’s celebrated novel, Lote, weaves narratives of queer archival disruption, academic alienation, and obscured histories through the narrative of Mathilda’s fixation with archival figures. We ask her about the historical figures […]
Join Lavender Menace in our friendly queer book archive for a hands-on writing workshop with Heather Parry exploring the craft of the queer gothic story. Materials and refreshments provided. Heather Parry is a Glasgow-based writer of fiction and nonfiction. Her debut novel, Orpheus Builds a Girl, was shortlisted for the Saltire Fiction Book of the […]
Lavender Menace and illustrator Candice Purwin welcome you to Comics for Connection, an afternoon workshop in our archive where you will learn how to make your own art and zines on the topic of connection. Whatever your connection to queerness, to spaces and places, to self and others here and afar, the workshop aims to […]
Join the National Library of Scotland for a screening of the 1983 documentary ‘Coming Out’ followed by an exploration of the Lavender Menace archive. Join the Lavender Menace bookshop co-founder Sigrid Nielsen and other members of the community group, for a showing of this documentary. It includes footage of the Lavender Menace bookshop which opened […]
Join us for an informal party to celebrate the opening of our new co-curated exhibition! There’ll be drinks and nibbles, and the chance to hear more about the stories featured in the exhibition. Desire Paths: Reading Queer Edinburgh is an exhibition which explores our city’s histories through a queer lens. Drawing on books from our collection and […]
Desire Paths: Reading Queer Edinburgh is an exhibition which explores our city’s histories through a queer lens. Drawing on books from our collection and Edinburgh’s rich LGBT+ history, this exhibition maps Edinburgh through queer literature and places. The exhibition encourages visitors to reexamine the Edinburgh spaces they encounter in their everyday lives and to add […]
Doors 5:30pm, event 6pm-7pm Join us for an evening of readings exploring the work and legacy of genderweird Celtic Revival writer Fiona Macleod / William Sharp with Harry Josephine Giles and special guests. Fiona Macleod was a well-known Scottish author in the Celtic Twilight, a correspondent to W. B. Yeats, and possibly the originator and […]
At St Margaret’s House – on Floor 3 in Gallery 2 6pm doors open, event 6.30-8pm Join us for a reading from Eve by Jo Clifford followed by a Q&A with the writer and performer. Eve tells the story of a child raised as a boy, when she knew all along that was wrong. That child grew up […]
Doors at 6pm, Workshop 6.30-7.30pm Join Typewronger’s writer-in-residence Éadaoín Lynch (they/them) for a practice-based poetry workshop in (and inspired by) the Lavender Menace archive! You’ll have the chance to interact with unique archvial materials, plus built-in time and prompts to write with. No experience necessary, just bring a notepad or a laptop, whichever you prefer. […]
Sunday 25 May, 2pm-4pm A relaxed Social Sunday open mic with tea, coffee, and snacks. Social Sundays are usually an informal, drop in session every 2nd and 4th Sunday. We decided to run a special open mic Social Sunday this month to celebrate trans and non-binary writing. We invite you to bring along your favourite […]
Doors open 1.30pm. Workshop 2-4pm. Join Lavender Menace for a creative oral history workshop with Dom Millar-Graham, chair of OurStory Scotland. In Mapping Your Library, participants are invited to narrate their lives through the books that have meant something to them. Tell your queer story through books. Where do you find yourself on the library […]
On the 2nd and 4th Sunday of every month, the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive is open 2pm–4pm for our informal Social Sundays. On Sunday 27th July, we are running a special Social Sunday to remember our friend Lesley Storm. Lesley recently passed away and she is very much missed by the Edinburgh poetry community. […]
