My guest this week is Ray, one half of The Bookish Type! We’re talking radical queer bookshops, queer romance (that won’t make you cry), and Ray’s Bisexual Agenda.
P.S I’ve linked all the books we mention in this episode - just scroll down!
TW & CW:
We briefly mention lockdown and coronavirus during this episode.
Main segment: smoking
Agenda: Identity politics, coming out, cis actors being cast as trans characters, crying, erasure of queer history
Book recommendations: homophobia, mental health, being closeted, sexism, horror, sex drugs and rock and roll, vampires, consent, insects, bullying, othering of queer kids, Prince Charles
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Book Recommendations:
Heartstopper 1 by Alice Oseman https://thebookishtype.co.uk/products/heartstopper-volume-1-by-alice-oseman?_pos=3&_sid=da7201f96&_ss=r
Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden https://thebookishtype.co.uk/products/annie-on-my-mond-by-nancy-garden?_pos=1&_sid=767a5b74b&_ss=r
The 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid https://thebookishtype.co.uk/products/the-seven-husbands-of-evelyn-hugo-by-taylor-jenkins-reid?_pos=6&_sid=c694cde74&_ss=r&variant=32727443996757
Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo https://thebookishtype.co.uk/products/mr-loverman-by-bernardine-evaristo?_pos=1&_sid=c4bc4a12b&_ss=r
Drawing Blood by Billy Martin (books are under the name Poppy Z. Brite) https://thebookishtype.co.uk/products/drawing-blood?_pos=1&_sid=865153cf6&_ss=r
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado https://thebookishtype.co.uk/products/her-body-other-parties-by-carmen-maria-machado?_pos=1&_sid=693cf9723&_ss=r
Salt Slow by Julia Armfield https://thebookishtype.co.uk/products/salt-slow-by-julia-armfield?_pos=1&_sid=e38f9baad&_ss=r
Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love https://thebookishtype.co.uk/products/julian-is-a-mermaid-by-jessica-love?_pos=1&_sid=c20c4c0a8&_ss=r
Julian at the Wedding by Jessica Love https://thebookishtype.co.uk/products/julian-at-the-wedding-by-jessica-love?_pos=1&_sid=b18837309&_ss=r
Clive and His Babies by Jessica Spanyol https://thebookishtype.co.uk/products/clive-and-his-babies-by-jessica-spanyol?_pos=1&_sid=fbbace35d&_ss=r
Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston https://thebookishtype.co.uk/products/red-white-royal-blue-by-casey-mcquiston?_pos=1&_sid=8b774de59&_ss=r&variant=32793615073365
Bookshops:
The Bookish Type
Category is Books
Gays the Word
Page One
News from Nowhere
Housmans
Portal
Other mentions:
Pride
Rad-ish (now closed)
Libertas (now closed)
York Lesbian Arts Festival
Flamingo’s Cafe Leeds
Queering the Tarot by Cassandra Snow
West Yorkshire Queer Stories
https://wyqs.co.uk
Mel Reeve
Bi History
https://www.instagram.com/bihistory/?hl=en
Leeds Queer Film Festival
Lesbian History Archives (New York)
Non Binary Action
Leeds Bi Group
The Bi-ble
Carol (The Price of Salt)
