Monthly book club focused on queer authors on a range of topics. Each month we’ll discuss a title and offer readers the chance to suggest the next month's read.
There’s also the opportunity to have a non-alcoholic drink, make new friends and socialise after the book discussion.
Upcoming dates
- January 2026 - Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique by Sa'ed Atshan
- February 2026 - Queer Footprints - A Guide to Uncovering London's Fierce History by Dan Glass
- March 2026 - After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz
- April 2026 - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
- May 2026 - Nightwood by Djuna Barnes
- June 2026 - My Cat Yugoslavia by Pajtim Statovci
- July 2026 - Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness and Liberation by Eli Clare
- August 2026 - Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
- September 2026 - Disoriental by Negar Djavadi
- October 2026 - Here Again Now by Okechukwu Nzelu
- November 2026 - What It Feels Like for a Girl by Paris Lees
- December 2026 - Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
Previous books read
- Ready to Catch Him Should He Fall by Neil Bartlett
- Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
- Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
- Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson
- Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen
- The Bell by Iris Murdoch
- Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H
- Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection by Madeline Dyer (editor)
- All Men Want to Know by Nina Bouraoui
- Neon Roses by Rachel Dawson
- Go Tell It to the Mountain by James Baldwin
- This Arab is Queer by Elias Jahshan (editor)
- Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield
- January 2025 - Our Lady of the Flowers by Jean Genet
- February 2025 - Maurice by E.M. Forster
- March 2025 - Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
- April 2025 - The Lesbiana's Guide To Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
- May 2025 - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
- June 2025 - Burning My Roti: Breaking Barriers as a Queer Indian Woman - Sharan Dhaliwal
- July 2025 - Feminist, Queer, Crip by Alison Kafer
- August 2025 - Rosewater by Liv Little
- September 2025 - You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
- October 2025 - The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- November 2025 - Gender Euphoria: Stories of Joy From Trans, Non-binary and Intersex Writers by Laura Kate Dale
- December 2025 - The Price of Salt/Carol - Patricia Highsmith
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