Lavender Menace

Queer Books Archive

  • Social Sunday: Trans & non-binary open mic

    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 […]

  • Mapping Your Library with OurStory Scotland

    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 […]

  • Social Sunday: Spike, Saturn & Friends of Storm

    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 […]

  • Queer Community Programming Group with Filmhouse

    Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive Edinburgh Palette Room G25c 151 London Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Are you interested in queer films?Would you like to be involved in deciding which queer films are shown atFilmhouse?Come along to our new community programming group, a collaborationbetween Filmhouse, Lavender […]

  • Window(s) of Tolerance: Tools for Ideal Collaborations in an Un-Ideal World

    Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive Edinburgh Palette Room G25c 151 London Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Doors open at 6pm, workshop 6.30-8pmA workshop from Feminist Culture House, supported by Edinburgh Art Festival Let’s pollinate the cultural field with intersectional feminist working practices! This 1.5hr workshop uses […]

  • Sapphic Spaces: In conversation with June Thomas

    Epworth Hall 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Join Wuthering Dykes Book Club and Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive for an evening with the lesbian legend June Thomas, author of A Place of Our Own. June will be […]

  • Asexuality in the Archive

    Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive Edinburgh Palette Room G25c 151 London Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

    This interactive workshop introduces how asexuality was treated as a medical issue in the Victorian Age and its impact on contemporary media representation. It will begin by examining how nineteenth-century […]

  • Queer Men for Queer Literature

    Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive Edinburgh Palette Room G25c 151 London Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

    A friendly monthly discussion group about gay books and gay writing, for people who enjoy reading and talking about how gay writing has impacted our lives. We meet on the […]

  • Lesbian Words

    Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive Edinburgh Palette Room G25c 151 London Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

    A monthly informal gathering to discuss literature by lesbians and queer women.

  • Queer Gothic Words

    Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive Edinburgh Palette Room G25c 151 London Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

    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 […]

  • Social Sunday

    Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive Edinburgh Palette Room G25c 151 London Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

    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 […]