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PRIDE - LGBTQ+ writing

We are proud to be queer 365 days of the year - we are queer run and owned, and we’re committed to LGBTQIA+ representation across all sections of the shop, from poetry to politics, memoirs to picture books.

We do have a large LGBTQ section bringing together books across genres and housing them alongside LGBTQ+ history and queer theory.

Proudly inclusive & intersectional, it is vibrant and global and it includes theory, biography, politics, testimony, essay and more. The authors in the section are as varied as Audre Lorde, Juno Roche, Alison Phipps, Mia Violet, Joseph Cassara, Rita Indiana, Carmen Maria Machado, Penny Pepper, Colm Toibin, Jack Halberstam, Alan Hollinghurst, Jeanette Winterson, and Virginia Woolf.

These books (listed alphabetically) are just a snapshot of those we have in the shop - if you can’t see what you’re after please do give us a shout by email, phone or drop in and we can check the shelves or order in for you!

At checkout you have the option of postage or free click & collect if you’re local to the bookshop.

Book cover of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World (A Mairi Favourite) by Elif Shafak
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World (A Mairi Favourite) £8.99
Book cover of All About Sarah - (a Mairi favourite) by Pauline Delabroy-Allard
All About Sarah - (a Mairi favourite) £14.99
Book cover of Amphibian - (a Mairi favourite) by Christina Neuwirth
Amphibian - (a Mairi favourite) £8.99
Book cover of An Apartment in Uranus by Paul B. Preciado
An Apartment in Uranus £12.99
Book cover of An Archive of Happiness by Elizabeth Reeder
An Archive of Happiness £9.99
Book cover of Animals Eat Each Other - (a Christina favourite) by Elle Nash
Animals Eat Each Other - (a Christina favourite) £9.99
Book cover of Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
Argonauts £9.99
Book cover of Arid Dreams by Duanwad Pimwana
Arid Dreams £9.99
Book cover of Art of Drag by Jake Hall
Art of Drag £18.99
Book cover of Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
Black Flamingo £7.99
Book cover of Blackfish City - (a Mairi favourite) by Sam J. Miller
Blackfish City - (a Mairi favourite) £8.99
Book cover of The Book of Queer Prophets by Ruth Hunt (ed.)
The Book of Queer Prophets £14.99
Book cover of Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones
Box Hill £9.99
Book cover of Boy Queen by George Lester
Boy Queen £7.99
Book cover of Cala by Laura Legge
Cala £8.99
Book cover of Can We All Be Feminists? - (a Peach & Anita favourite) by June Eric-Udorie
Can We All Be Feminists? - (a Peach & Anita favourite) £9.99
Book cover of Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice £13.99
Book cover of Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
Cinderella Is Dead £7.99
Book cover of Confessions of a Fox by Jordy Rosenberg
Confessions of a Fox £8.99
Book cover of The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
The Death of Vivek Oji £12.99
Book cover of Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan
Exciting Times £14.99
Book cover of Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars - (a Lindsay & Anita favourite) by Kai Cheng Thom
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars - (a Lindsay & Anita favourite) £12.99
Book cover of Flèche by Mary Jean Chan
Flèche £10.99
Book cover of Forced Out by Kevin Maxwell
Forced Out £14.99
Book cover of Frankissstein: A Love Story by Jeanette Winterson
Frankissstein: A Love Story £8.99
Book cover of Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
Freshwater £8.99
Book cover of Gears for Queers by Abigail Melton & Lilith Cooper
Gears for Queers £8.99
Book cover of Gender Explorers by Juno Roche
Gender Explorers £12.99
Book cover of Gender Rebels : 50 Influential Cross-Dressers, Impersonators, Name-Changers, and Game-Changers by Anneka Harry
Gender Rebels : 50 Influential Cross-Dressers, Impersonators, Name-Changers, and Game-Changers £8.99
Book cover of Giovanni's Room - (a Peach favourite) by James Baldwin
Giovanni's Room - (a Peach favourite) £7.99
Book cover of Happy Fat : Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You by Sofie Hagen
Happy Fat : Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You £9.99
Book cover of Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
Heavy: An American Memoir £8.99
Book cover of Hex by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight
Hex £16.99
Book cover of How Much of These Hills is Gold (a Mairi Favourite) by C Pam Zhang
How Much of These Hills is Gold (a Mairi Favourite) £14.99
Book cover of How To Have Feminist Sex by Flo Perry
How To Have Feminist Sex £12.99
Book cover of How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division by Elif Shafak
How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division £4.99
Book cover of I'm a Gay Wizard by V.S. Santoni
I'm a Gay Wizard £7.99
Book cover of Indecent Advances by James Polchin
Indecent Advances £10.99
Book cover of Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
Juliet Takes a Breath £7.99
Book cover of Leah on the Offbeat - (a Christina favourite) by Becky Albertalli
Leah on the Offbeat - (a Christina favourite) £7.99
Book cover of Lost, Found, Remembered by Lyra McKee
Lost, Found, Remembered £12.99
Book cover of Lote by Shola von Reinhold
Lote £8.99
Book cover of Love Alters - Lesbian Stories - (a Mairi favourite) by Ed. Emma Donoghue
Love Alters - Lesbian Stories - (a Mairi favourite) £8.99
Book cover of Love and Other Thought Experiments by Sophie Ward
Love and Other Thought Experiments £8.99
Book cover of Love Speaks Its Name: Gay and Lesbian Love Poems by J.D. McClatchy
Love Speaks Its Name: Gay and Lesbian Love Poems £10.99
Book cover of Lucky Dip: LGBTQ+ by Could be anyone
Lucky Dip: LGBTQ+ £12
Book cover of Melt My Heart by Bethany Rutter
Melt My Heart £7.99
Book cover of The Mercies (a Mairi favourite) by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
The Mercies (a Mairi favourite) £14.99
Book cover of Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin, Bonnie Huie (Translator)
Notes of a Crocodile £9.99
Book cover of On the Red Hill by Mike Parker
On the Red Hill £9.99
Book cover of Our Fatal Magic - (a Lindsay favourite) by Tai Shani
Our Fatal Magic - (a Lindsay favourite) £12.99
Book cover of Paul Takes The Form of A Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor
Paul Takes The Form of A Mortal Girl £8.99
Book cover of Pet by Akwaeki Emezi
Pet £7.99
Book cover of Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker & Julia Scheele
Queer: A Graphic History £13.99
Book cover of Queer Folk Tales by Kevin Walker
Queer Folk Tales £12.99
Book cover of Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez
Rainbow Milk £14.99
Book cover of Real Life by Brandon Taylor
Real Life £9.99
Book cover of Salt Slow - (a Mairi favourite) by Julia Armfield
Salt Slow - (a Mairi favourite) £8.99
Book cover of Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Shuggie Bain £14.99
Book cover of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda £7.99
Book cover of So Hormonal by Ed. Emily Horgan and Zachary Dickson
So Hormonal £11.99
Book cover of Something That May Shock and Discredit you by Daniel Mallory Ortberg
Something That May Shock and Discredit you £14.99
Book cover of The Starless Sea (a Mairi favourite) by Erin Morgenstern
The Starless Sea (a Mairi favourite) £8.99
Book cover of STIM by Ed Lizzie Huxley-Jones
STIM £9.99
Book cover of The Stonewall Reader by ed. The New York Public Library
The Stonewall Reader £14.99
Book cover of Summer by Ali Smith
Summer £16.99
Book cover of The Deep by Rivers Solomon
The Deep £7.99
Book cover of The Lamplighter by Jackie Kay
The Lamplighter £9.99
Book cover of The Pink Line: The World’s Queer Frontiers by Mark Gevisser
The Pink Line: The World’s Queer Frontiers £25
Book cover of The Rules of Seeing by Joe Heap
The Rules of Seeing £7.99
Book cover of The Times I Knew I Was Gay : A Graphic Memoir by Eleanor Crewes
The Times I Knew I Was Gay : A Graphic Memoir £14.99
Book cover of The Voice Book for Trans and Non-Binary People - (a Lindsay favourite) by Matthew Mills and Gillie Stoneham
The Voice Book for Trans and Non-Binary People - (a Lindsay favourite) £16.99
Book cover of There Will Be No Miracles Here by Casey Gerald
There Will Be No Miracles Here £9.99
Book cover of They/Them/Their: A Guide to Nonbinary & Genderqueer Identities by Eris Young
They/Them/Their: A Guide to Nonbinary & Genderqueer Identities £16.99
Book cover of Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan
Things We Say in the Dark £12.99
Book cover of This Brutal House by Niven Govinden
This Brutal House £8.99
Book cover of To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
To Be Taught, If Fortunate £8.99
Book cover of Trans Love - (a Lindsay favourite) by Ed. Freiya Benson
Trans Love - (a Lindsay favourite) £14.99
Book cover of Trumpet by Jackie Kay
Trumpet £8.99
Book cover of Unicorn : The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen by Amrou Al-Kadhi
Unicorn : The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen £14.99
Book cover of United Queerdom by Dan Glass
United Queerdom £12.99
Book cover of The Vanishing Half - (a Mairi favourite) by Brit Bennett
The Vanishing Half - (a Mairi favourite) £14.99
Book cover of We Have Always Been Here - (a Lindsay favourite) by Samra Habib
We Have Always Been Here - (a Lindsay favourite) £9.99
Book cover of We Were Always Here : A Queer Words Anthology by Ryan Vance (ed.)
We Were Always Here : A Queer Words Anthology £8.99
Book cover of Whipping Girl - (a Lindsay favourite) by Julia Serano
Whipping Girl - (a Lindsay favourite) £12.99
Book cover of White Houses by Amy Bloom
White Houses £8.99
Book cover of Women, Race & Class by Angela Davis
Women, Race & Class £9.99
Book cover of Wow, No Thank You by Samanthy Irby
Wow, No Thank You £9.99
Book cover of Yes, You Are Trans Enough by Mia Violet
Yes, You Are Trans Enough £14.99