Book event, Gay’s The Word, June 22, London.

Peter Parker and Richard Canning talk about G.F. Green and Ronald Firbank, and ask, ‘what makes a classic gay novel?’.

“What should a gay classic novel be, or do? Who is it for? What do we mean by the words “gay classic”? “

Book launch, Gay’s The Word, May 24, London.

Author and historian Mark Cornwall reads from his book on Heinz Rutha, the pioneer of a youth movement that emphasized male bonding in its quest to reassert German dominance over Czech space in the 1930s.

“Through a narrative that unravels the threads of Rutha’s own repressed sexuality, Cornwall shows how Czech authorities misinterpreted Rutha’s mission as sexual deviance and in 1937 charged him with corrupting adolescents.”

Clayton Littlewood at Gay’s The Word, May 3, London

Celebrating the launch of Clayton Littlewood’s new book Goodbye To Soho.

“Downright Dickensian… not simply a good writer but a great writer! – Polari Magazine”

Justin Torres

Justin Torres reads from his book We The Animals at Gay’s the Word, 22 March 2012.

Author D.J. West

D.J. West, who wrote the pioneering book ‘Homosexuality’ (1955), talks at Gay’s the Word, 1 March 2012.

“Now he gives a raw account of a fraught private life of love and sex, constantly under threat of public exposure, and tells how this interacted with a professional career.”

The autobiography of Raymonde’s front man.

James Maker (singer, lyricist, writer & occasional actor) reads from his award winning memoir Autofellatio.

“It has one of the best, and unquestionably the most honest title for an autobiography ever.” Mark Simpson