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Queer Book Club

June 14, 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Free
Monthly book club focused on queer authors.

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 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

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

Accessibility

The Centre’s accessibility statement is here.

Covid safety at the Centre

To keep our community safe, we ask that all visitors do not visit the Centre if they are feeling any Covid-19 symptoms including headache, fever, sore throat, consistent cough and chills.

You can wear a mask if you feel more comfortable. We also have masks and hand sanitiser available at the Centre.

For current information on Covid please visit the NHS website.

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Details

Date:
June 14, 2025
Time:
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Website:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-book-club-tickets-1111562947699

Venue

London LGBTQ+ Community Centre
60-62 Hopton Street, Thames Path, Bankside
London, England SE1 9JH United Kingdom
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