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LGBT Reading Group

A friendly reading group that reads both fiction and non-fiction with an LGBT* theme - suggestions welcome!

All books loaned by the library, free of charge.

  • Venue: The Greyhound Public House
  • Location: 14 Bond Street, Wolverhampton WV2 4AS
  • Facilities: On site catering, toilets, disabled access, street parking, smoking area and free LGBT publications
  • Date: Every 3rd Wednesday of the month
  • Time: 7pm - 8pm

All welcome! Just turn up at The Greyhound or pre-arrange to meet Jayne in the foyer of Central Library at 6.50pm on the night of the meeting.

For more information about the group:

Download the files below to find out what we have thought of the previous books we have read.

Trumpet by Jackie Kay (62kb)

Parallel Lies by Stella Duffy (33kb)Blasphemy by Roger Tabor (44kb)Before Night Falls by Reinaldo Arenas (40kb)The Brothers Bishop by Bart Yates (38kb)Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai (38kb)Quicksand  and Passing by Nella Larsen (84kb)

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie FeinbergSottopassaggio by Nick AlexanderSalt and Honey by Candi MillerFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlagGirl Meets Boy by Ali SmithThe Married Man by Edmund White (55kb)

The Story of the Night by Colm ToibinFun Home by Alison BechdelThe Collector Collector by Tibor FischerPatrick Gale Fair Play by Tove Jansson Tommys Tale by Alan Cumming

Fingersmith by Sarah WatersAround the Houses by  Amanda BoulterTales of the City by Armistead MaupinMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesCity Secrets Ed. PP Hartnett and Cathy Bolton

* lesbian, gay, bi and trans

Our group was lucky to work with author, Kate Long, who wrote a short story for us.  You can read it here.

The Invisible Woman Goes Shopping by Kate Long (30kb)





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