Lavender Menace https://lavendermenace.org.uk/ Queer Books Archive Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:46:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Eye-3.0-32x32.png Lavender Menace https://lavendermenace.org.uk/ 32 32 Book review: The Log Books by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith https://lavendermenace.org.uk/the-log-books Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:34:12 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=18203 One of the volunteer Menaces reviews The Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith, and interviews Adam Zmith. Thanks to […]

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]]> We’re recruiting: Research Coordinator https://lavendermenace.org.uk/research-coordinator Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:58:06 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=18150 Key details Role The Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive has grown out of Scotland’s first LGBTQ+ bookshops, Lavender Menace and West & Wilde. Bob Orr and Sigrid Nielsen, the owners […]

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]]> We’re recruiting: General Manager https://lavendermenace.org.uk/general-manager Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:53:06 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=18147 Key details Role The Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive has grown out of Scotland’s first LGBTQ+ bookshops, Lavender Menace and West & Wilde. Bob Orr and Sigrid Nielsen, the owners […]

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]]> An Interview with Jackie Kay on Trumpet https://lavendermenace.org.uk/jackie-kay-on-trumpet Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:40:34 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=18136 Scottish poet, playwright, and novelist Jackie Kay recently sat down for a conversation with Lavender Menace volunteer Maeve Sheridan to discuss her 1998 novel Trumpet. Following the family of a […]

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]]> Lavender Menace awarded grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to unlock Scotland’s LGBTQ+ heritage https://lavendermenace.org.uk/nlhf-2026 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:46:08 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=18125 Today, Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive is announcing a £119K grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to unlock Scotland’s LGBTQ+ heritage and improve access to it for our community. […]

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]]> Office holders wanted – Finance Director and Board Secretary https://lavendermenace.org.uk/office-holders-wanted Sun, 07 Jun 2026 20:11:55 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=18034 Our Directors play a vital role in making sure that Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive achieves its core purpose. They oversee the overall management and administration of the organisation. They […]

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]]> Book Review: Waiting on a Friend by Natalie Adler https://lavendermenace.org.uk/waiting-on-a-friend Sun, 11 Jan 2026 19:06:17 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=17382 Lavender Menace volunteer Katie Marson reviews Waiting on a Friend by Natalie Adler, which will be published by Quercus Publishing later this year. Natalie Adler’s Waiting on a Friend is […]

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]]> Our Top Queer Books for Halloween https://lavendermenace.org.uk/queer-halloween-books Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:48:35 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=15490 As the nights are drawing in, it’s the perfect time to curl up with a creepy, spooky or unsettling read. And there’s no end of queer horror books to choose […]

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]]> Reimagining the Archive with Mae Diansangu and Shane Strachan https://lavendermenace.org.uk/reimagining-the-archive Sat, 20 Sep 2025 19:38:30 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=15362 You can now watch the recording of this event online Last year, we welcomed Mae Diansangu and Shane Strachan to the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive for an afternoon of […]

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]]> Archiving Queer Futures: Eman Abdelhadi in conversation with Nat Raha https://lavendermenace.org.uk/archiving-queer-futures Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:12:53 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=15332 You can now watch the recording of this event online. Lavender Menace hosted an online discussion between two activist scholars on imagining and archiving queer futures. Dr Eman Abdelhadi is […]

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