• The A Team: discussion group

    Following our first meeting of The A Team with Eris Young on 30th June, the Lavender Menace volunteers will lead an informal discussion group for three initial meetings. Join our small group for tea, books, and discussion to share asexual and aromantic media in a welcoming space.

  • Queer Memory with Andrés N. Ordorica

    Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive Edinburgh Palette, Edinburgh, Scotland

    Join Lavender Menace for an in-person conversation with the wonderful Andrés N. Ordorica. We are excited to discuss his poetry and much-anticipated debut novel How We Named the Stars while exploring themes of in-betweenness in queer history, memory, and the archive.

  • The A Team: discussion group

    Following our first meeting of The A Team with Eris Young on 30th June, the Lavender Menace volunteers will lead an informal discussion group for three initial meetings. Join our small group for tea, books, and discussion to share asexual and aromantic media in a welcoming space.

  • Queer Traces exhibition

    Curator and volunteer archivist Alex Lednicky presents Queer Traces, an exhibition which traces queer history through the books and ephemera at the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive.

  • Queer Traces: open evening

    Join us for the opening night of our exhibition Queer Traces by curator and volunteer archivist Alex Lednicky! 

  • The A Team: discussion group

    Following our first meeting of The A Team with Eris Young on 30th June, the Lavender Menace volunteers will lead an informal discussion group for three initial meetings. Join our small group for tea, books, and discussion to share asexual and aromantic media in a welcoming space.

  • Social Sunday at the Botanics

    The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

    Queer liberation and the natural world are two themes that aren’t often thought of as related or connected. We’re going to read and respond to some works that explore these […]

  • Through A Lavender Lens

    French Institute of Scotland West Parliament Square, Edinburgh

    Edinburgh Art Festival present the photography exhibition Through A Lavender Lens: Celebrating the Legacy of Scotland’s First LGBTQ+ Book Shop.

  • Plotting on the Body with Jj Fadaka

    Free workshop for for queer, trans, intersex and non binary people of colour Doors 5pm, event 5:30pm-7:30pm Plotting on the Body is a reflective writing and collage workshop for QTPOC […]

  • Once Upon A Gay in Edinburgh (Portobello Book Festival)

    Portobello Library 14 Rosefield Ave, Portobello, Edinburgh

    Portobello Book Festival will take place at the Portobello Library 4th-6th October. We are delighted that Bob and Sigrid will be featured at this event: A chance to find out […]

  • Meet the Poets: In/Visible with JJ Fadaka

    LGBT Health and Wellbeing 4 Duncan Place, Edinburgh

    Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive and LGBT Health and Wellbeing come together once again to celebrate the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2024 alongside Black History Month for another showcase […]