Lavender Menace https://lavendermenace.org.uk/ Queer Books Archive Sun, 11 Jan 2026 19:06:25 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 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: 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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]]> “Indecent and obscene” – 40 years since Operation Tiger https://lavendermenace.org.uk/operation-tiger Sat, 30 Aug 2025 15:47:16 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=15323 You can now watch the recording of this event online In 1984, UK Customs and Excise officers raided Gay’s The Word bookshop in London and seized over 140 titles on […]

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]]> Book review: Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin https://lavendermenace.org.uk/ordinary-saints Fri, 01 Aug 2025 18:58:16 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=15286 Lavender Menace volunteer Katie Marson interviews Ordinary Saints author Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin. Thanks to Bonnier Books UK for the review copy and arranging the interview! Overview  Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin’s Ordinary Saints is […]

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]]> Interview with Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin https://lavendermenace.org.uk/interview-with-niamh-ni-mhaoileoin Fri, 01 Aug 2025 18:49:58 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=15283 Lavender Menace volunteer Katie Marson interviews Ordinary Saints author Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin. Thanks to Bonnier Books UK for the review copy and arranging the interview! Transcriber’s note: this interview was […]

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]]> Elizabeth Calvert: 17th-Century Radical Bookseller https://lavendermenace.org.uk/elizabeth-calvert Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:17:06 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=15205 What can 17th-Century Radical Bookseller Elizabeth Calvert Teach Us in a Modern Age of Book Bans? by Ali Leetham The US Education Department decided to end its investigations into book […]

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]]> Book review: Marsha by Tourmaline https://lavendermenace.org.uk/book-review-marsha-by-tourmaline Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:41:57 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=15193 Lavender Menace volunteer Cooper King reviews Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson by Tourmaline. Thanks to HarperCollins for providing review copies for this blog and for our […]

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]]> Join the Lavender Menace Board of Directors https://lavendermenace.org.uk/board Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:29:06 +0000 https://lavendermenace.org.uk/?p=15178 Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive is looking for new Directors to join our Board! Our trustees play a vital role in making sure that Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive achieves […]

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