Celebrating
LESBIAN VISIBILITY WEEK
April Mon 20 - Sun 26
The theme for LVW 2026 is
Health & Wellbeing
The LGBTQIA+ community is being targeted globally
In order to thrive, we must learn to survive
#LVW26
www.lesbianvisibilityweek.com
OUR FEATURED AUTHORS:
DAVD GEE
LILLIAN & THE ITALIANS
Venice, Amalfi - secrets & danger
Looking for a 'rolling stone' son in 1960s Italy, an English widow uncovers disturbing secrets & begins a dangerous romance with a charismatic Sicilian prince
Info+Buy:
www.davidgeebooks.com/lillian-and-...
The judgment last April was a defining, but not definitive, moment. We may come to remember April 2025 as the moment we galvanised our movement
www.wearequeeraf.com/we-mustnt-ov...
LAMBETH
Local
Author
Book
Fair
We'll be there
Selling our books
Talking about our stuff!
Saturday, May 23
3-6pm
Upper Norwood Library
39-41 Westow Hill
SE19 1TJ
Register+Info:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/local-auth...
WE'RE BACK!
MORE FREE LGBT+ Writing Workshops
Kings Arms
23 Poland St
W1F 8QJ
5.45pm
4 Mondays:
May 11, 18
June 1, 8
For LGBT+ who have a little writing experience:
Improve your writing;
Get new inspiration;
Explore different techniques.
Register+info:
www.outsavvy.com/event/35479/...
BOOK TALK
LGBT+ anthology: LOST PLACES
at City of Westminster Archives
10 St Anns St
SW1P 2DE
Wed 15 Apr
5pm
FREE!
READINGS DISCUSSION REFRESHMENTS
Celebrate our history; be part of the conversation!
INFO & FREE BOOKING:
www.outsavvy.com/event/33695/...
#join_GAW_to_join_in
Celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility
www.akt.org.uk/news/transge...
The evening will be introduced by Unfinished Histories Director Dr Susan Croft & writer of the play and Artistic Director of Homo Promos, Peter Scott-Presland.
Consenting Adults in Public’s signature play revisits these events while reworking A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
When you arrive you will find copies of the scripts. We then dive in, and some people volunteer to read parts, others are the audience.
Based on an actual 1970s event where members of the GLF decided to go to Hampstead Heath to confront the cruisers with the shallowness of their lifestyles, raise their political consciousness and convince them to come out – and went equipped with a teatrolley to offer refreshment!
Unrehearsed Histories
Presents
Classic queer romp:
TEATROLLEY
or
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SCREAM
It's Hampstead Heath
It's Midsummer Night
It's 1971 ...
Canada Water Library Theatre
SE16 7AR
Wed 25th Feb
6pm
FREE
INFO & BOOK:
www.eventbrite.com/e/lgbtq-unre...
PP PRESENTS
LGBT+ History Month
Spicy stories
bite-sized chunks
all colours of the rainbow.
JOIN US FOR
FREE READINGS
&JUICE
&BISCUITS!
Sun 1st
2pm
Pimlico Library
Sat 14th
2.30
Holborn Library
FULL INFO:
paradisepress.org.uk/events.html#...
ON SHIFTING SANDS
Writers read from the new anthology
Tue
10 Feb
8pm
Bread&Roses Pub
68 Clapham Manor St
SW4 6DZ
Unforgettable moments of
change
exploration
discovery
The shifting sands of transformation are the heart & soul of Queer identity
Book info:
bit.ly/OSSinfo
NEW YEAR - NEW CLASSES
Our hugely successful series of FREE
MONDAY workshops continues
Jan 19, 26
Feb 2,9,16,23
5.45pm
King's Arms, Soho W1
Inform& register:
www.outsavvy.com/event/32597/...
FREE LAUNCH EVENT NOW BOOKING
bit.ly/OSSLAUNCH
**ON SHIFTING SANDS**
Moments of Change, Exploration & Discovery
New LGBTQ writing
Gripping stories
Powerful voices
Readings & refreshments
Sun 30 Nov
2pm-4.30
Charing Cross Library
4-6 Charing Cross Rd
WC2H 0HF
HOT FLASHES
CROWDFUNDING APPEAL
Help publish our 2nd Queer Anthology
*Everyone has a story in them*
In 2024 we published FLASH DANCES
Showcasing Queer Emerging Writers
Now comes its sequel
but we need your support!
Give a voice to new LGBT+ writers
>> bit.ly/CFHOT
GAW PP HOMOPROMOS
FREE
LGBTQ+ CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS
*WINTER* EDITION!
ZOOM ONLY - to include people outside London.
4 Mondays :
Nov 17,24,
Dec 1, 8
5.45 - 8pm
We will be concentrating on character & character development -
FULL INFORMATION HERE:
bit.ly/Q-C-W
OUT NOW!
ON SHIFTING SANDS
Moments of Change, Exploration and Discovery
New LGBTQ writing
The shifting sands of transformation are the heart & soul of Queer identity - courage & beauty pulsates through every moment!
Gripping stories
Powerful voices
BUY IT:
bit.ly/OSSinfo
Available 4th November
ON SHIFTING SANDS
Moments of Change, Exploration, & Discovery
OUR NEW LGBTQ+ ANTHOLOGY
The shifting sands of transformation are the heart & soul of queer identity - witness the courage and beauty pulsating through every moment.
bit.ly/OSSbook
Sunday 14th September 3pm
Gay Authors Workshop Zoom Meeting
It's regular!
Monthly on the second Sunday every month at 3pm
Thinking of joining?
Members and guests can attend.
See our website for details:
gayauthorsworkshop.uk
#join_GAW_to_join_in
ANNOUNCING :
**Flash PPink**
A brand new quarterly e-zine
from Paradise Press
Autumn 2025 LAUNCH issue here :
bit.ly/FPP_1
(or our website)
READ IT
COMMENT
SUBMIT your own work
Strong plots & Flash Fiction
Work from GAW writers & weekly creative writing workshops
GAW PP HOMOPROMOS
LGBTQ+ FREE CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS
AUTUMN EDITION!
Kings Arms, 23 Poland St, Soho, London
5.30 to 8pm
5 Mondays :
September 29, October 6, 13, 20, 27
FULL INFORMATION HERE:
bit.ly/Q-C-W-7
CANCELLED: the final meeting on September 1st has been cancelled. Sorry.
Look out for the Autumn Collection of meetings coming soon!
Kathryn Bell
KATHRYN BELL co-founded GAW with partner Elsa Beckett (Wallace) & others to support LGBT+ writers
Elsa died 2018
Kathryn continued as GAW secretary
Received the 2024 ILGCN award
Kathryn died 6 Aug age 91
Funeral 20 Aug, 12.30
Info: contact via website
paradisepress.org.uk#kathryn-bell
GAW LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH EVENTS
in June 2025
7th
STALL @ Lambeth Zine Fair
Brixton Library
30th
READWRITE
Performance & discussion
@ Shepherds Bush Library
The library bought several of our books for their shelves
More GAW & PP news:
paradisepress.org.uk/news.html
#join_GAW_to_join_in
Sunday 10th August 3pm
Gay Authors Workshop Zoom Meeting
It's regular!
Monthly on the second Sunday every month at 3pm
Thinking of joining?
Members and guests can attend.
See our website for details:
gayauthorsworkshop.uk
#join_GAW_to_join_in
GAW PP HOMOPROMOS
LGBTQ+ FREE CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS
BUCKET AND SPADES EDITION!
Kings Arms, Poland St, Soho, London
Mondays :
August 4, 11, 18, 25
5.30 to 8pm
FULL INFORMATION HERE:
bit.ly/creative-wri...
BOOK LAUNCH EVENT
*The Cradle And The Cage*
by Hastie Salih
*Theme-based cake, snacks & drinks included!*
Saturday 2 Aug
3pm-5.30
George & Dragon Pub
@georgeanddragone11
155 High St E11 2RL
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opposite Wanstead tube
linktr.ee/georgeanddragone11
GAW author publishing
on 28th July:
The Cradle And The Cage
by
Hastie Salih
Yasmine's search for her truth in Kurdistan unravels family secrets, finds buried truths & unexpected bonds in a land scarred by silence & survival.
Preorder from bookshops or:
www.amazon.co.uk/Cradle-Cage-...
