“Queer Lit UK” with Matthew Cornford
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Seeing double? This here podcast just so happens to share its name with a brilliant LGBTQIA+ bookshop, located in the heart of one of the queer places to be in the UK: Manchester. I met Matthew, the owner, and Jasper, the beagle, in the shop for a chat about their origin story, their book clubs and their exciting next move… Don’t delay, listen (and visit) today! References https://www.queerlit.co.uk/ Social Refuge Feel Good Club The Cockatoo Club Daniel Harding’s Gay Man Talking Matt Cain Henry Fry Julia Armfield Meg-John Barker’s Rewriting the Rules and How to Understand Your Sexuality https://www.rewriting-the-rules.com/ “Non-binary Life” with Meg-John Barker https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48558860 Alice Oseman Sheena Patel’s I’m A Fan Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous Questions you may want to think about: If you could create any queer space, what would it look like?How do you find queer books? Matthew talks about many LGBTQIA+ books not being identifiable as such right away. Why do you think that is? Which queer book would you want to be in every school library?
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