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Thursday 11th February
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LGBT History Month
Guided walk at 6.15pm, Talk at 7.30pm
Diana Souhami is the author of many highly-acclaimed books: 'Coconut Chaos' (2007), 'Selkirk's Island', 2001 Whitbread Biography Award winner; 'The Trials of Radclyffe Hall' (shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Biography, winner of the US Lambda Literary Award); 'Wild Girls: The Lives and Lovers of Natalie Barney & Romaine Brooks; 'Mrs Keppel and Her Daughter'; 'Greta and Cecil', and 'Gluck: Her Biography'.
Free. RSVP required (for both walk and talk). Meeting point information and reservations contact Elaine Kitteringham e.kitteringham@bbk.ac.uk Complimentary refreshments.
Walk Meeting Point Contact: e.kitteringham@bbk.ac.uk
RSVP Required by E-mail: e.kitteringham@bbk.ac.uk
This is a free event...with refreshment provided and all are welcome
Rupert Smith reads from his new historical novel
London today: a world of sex and drugs and designer clothes, where Robert searches for fulfilment in gay clubs.
London 50 years ago: Michael enters a secret queer underworld, negotiating the dangers of the law and the closet.
Past and present collide when Robert moves into a new block of flats, and discovers that history is alive and kicking in his doorstep. Robert keeps a blog - a chronicle of the contemporary gay experience that would have been unthinkable 50 years ago. Michael kept a diary - a secret record of his experiences that could have landed him and his friends and lovers in prison. Two parallel narratives - two generations - two worlds that barely recognise each other. But do Robert and Michael have more in common than they think?
'Funny, dirty, deeply romantic, Man's World is a wonderfully evocative novel that hurtles between now and our recent history in a wild and emotional waltzer ride.' - Jake Arnott
No need to RSVP. This is a free event...with refreshment provided and all are welcome
Gay Icons Through the Ages;
Talk by historian Tom Ambrose
Demonised by the Church throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, homosexuals became the scapegoats of society, constantly facing exile or a brutal death. In "Heroes to Exiles", the human cost of this long exile is told through the lives of the most eminent homosexual men and women in history.
Some were artists like the wild living Benvenuto Cellini or the repressed Edward Lear. Others were poets such as Thomas Gray, W. H. Auden or novelists such as Henry James and A. J. Symonds. Their places of refuge changed through the centuries from Italy in the 18th, to Paris in the 19th and Berlin, California and Tangier in the 20th. Some experiences were tragic, like those of William Beckford, Lord Byron or Oscar Wilde, and some were triumphant, like the remarkable story of the Ladies of Llangollen who became the most famous lesbians in Europe. Often treated with outright suspicion, homosexuals were targets for the totalitarian dictatorships of the 20th century. As such they were consigned in their tens of thousands to exile in Siberia or to the Nazi death camps. Even when peace returned after World War II most democracies still proscribed homosexual behaviour, forcing the Americans Paul Bowles and James Baldwin to seek exile in Europe and North Africa. Today the tolerance of Ancient Greece has returned to most Western societies although homosexuals are still persecuted in some Islamic countries such as Iran.
No need to RSVP. This is a free event...with refreshment provided and all are welcome
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The Gay's The Word Documentary is available to view on-line both on YouTube (keyword search 'Gays the Word Documentary) and through the ITV local web-site. For the latter simply click on the Camden area on this link to view:
Gay's The Word Documentary
Gay's the Word is now thirty years old!!! Happy Birthday to us! GTW continues to be as dedicated to the well-being and spread of ideas in the queer community as it was in 1979 when our doors first opened. We are genuinely proud of our part in promoting access to what we believe is some of the most facinating and insightful literature ever produced by some of our most creative and daring minds.
Recently we have enjoyed hosting some excellent book events, including Novelist Ali Smith discussing the work of Tove Jansson and historian Andrew Lear discussing ancient Greece.. In addition, the long-running and tremendously enjoyable Lesbian Discussion Group that meets every Wednesday at 8pm continues to provide a relaxed and welcoming woman-only space. See the [Notice Board - Lesbian Discussion Group] page for a list of weekly discussion topics.
If you are interested in accessing details of our stock that deals with Queer Youth, Lesbian and Gay Parenting or Children's books that promote diversity please either e-mail us at sales@gaystheword.co.uk, putting your topic of interest plus the word 'Review' in the subject header or, alternatively, give us a ring. We also now have Children's books listed up on this site on the [Children's Books] page.
[New Titles] [Gay Fiction] [Lesbian Fiction] [Non Fiction] [Coming Out, Sex &
Relationships] [Gay
& Lesbian History]
[Transgender] [Gay Erotic Fiction]
[Children's Books] [Notice Board - Lesbian Discussion Group]
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