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An evenings of readings and celebration with many of the contributors to the collection.

Arachne Press has long been a champion of LGBTQ+ writers, but we’ve never before published an anthology of LGBTQ+ poetry. These are joyful poems that celebrate all that is best about our community/ies and lives. This is not an ‘explain it to the straights’ book, this is for us. LGBTQ+ readers can open this book at random and find a moment of poetic queer joy for themselves, however big or small. . We don’t have to earn joy. We can find it in the simplest (or most complex) things. Love, sex, a quiet night in, dancing with friends, nurturing of and from our community, and recognition from allies, a welcome from strangers, celebrating our cultural icons. Some wonderfully individual sources of joy, the identity-affirming haircut, the right jeans, books, walking, food, flint-knapping… and political action too!

The event will take place on Thursday 23rd May at 7 pm

Location: Brixton Village Studios – 404-406 Coldharbour Lane, SW9 8LF

*No need to collect your ticket prior to the event, your name will be on our email list at the door