An exhilarating biography of the iconic poet, essayist and activist Audre Lorde Read these chapters like a collection of poems that speak in chorus in all directions. Understand each word as an opportunity for Audre’s fierce love, which is the same love that birthed...

PRE-ORDER NOW: 1st January 2029 A blazing new talent’s hilarious memoir about coming of age and coming out in Pakistan, moving to America, looking for love, and falling in love with himself along the way.I’m just a man, standing in front of a salad,...

A no-holds-barred biography of the great poet and sexual rebel, who could “give the dead a voice, make them sing” (Hilton Als, The New Yorker ).Thom Gunn was not a confessional poet, and he withheld much, but inseparable from his rigorous, formal poetry was...

In today’s world, there are a lot of opinions and discussions surrounding gender and sexual identity. Whether these conversations are happening in workplaces, legislatures, communities, schools, churches, or on social media, many are taking place without the voices of those most affected namely members...

Queer people go through all kinds of unique milestones and rites of passage as we grow into our true selves. Whether you are coming out, attending your first Pride parade, or changing your pronouns, this book will help you enter these rites of passage...

Sex, Deep Cuts, and My Soundtrack to Queer Joy. A poignant, funny, and lively memoir of sexual awakening, music, and discovering one's true self. Pete Crighton came of age in the early/mid 1980s in the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Growing up in Toronto, he was...

For readers of Hyperbole and a Half and Am I There Yet ?. Bless the Messy is a compassionate, distinctive, and voice-driven illustrated personal growth book, one that gives readers permission to radically love themselves, feel their feelings, and live with joy even as...

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas was written in 1933 by Gertrude Stein in the guise of an autobiography authored by Alice B. Toklas, who was her lover. It is a fascinating insight into the art scene in Paris as the couple were friends with...

A profoundly moving celebration of love under the darkest of circumstances from the author of The Nine. From the moment they met in 1940 in Ravensbrück concentration camp, Milena Jesenska and Margarete Buber-Neumann were inseparable. Czech Milena was Kafka's first translator and epistolary lover,...

'Oliver Sacks’s Letters isn’t a book of the year – it’s a book for a lifetime.. Keep this by your side, dip into it, be reminded of the wonders of our shared humanity' – Erica Wagner, 'Books of the year 2024', New Statesman, A...

The Stories Behind the Songs, Tours and Rise of an Icon 'Jahanzeb and St. Asaph's song-by-song analysis is illuminating. Sparkly, sassy, but with a strong foundation, much like Roan herself.' - Genevieve Williams, Library Journal WELCOME TO THE PINK PONY CLUB The SONGS, STORIES,...

From the legendary author Edmund White, a stunning, revelatory memoir of a lifetime of gay love and sex. In this peerless memoir, the 85-year-old “paterfamilias of queer literature” (New York Times) recounts the sixty-plus years of sexual escapades that have inspired his many masterpieces....

The second volume of the remarkable, Sunday Times bestselling diaries of Chips Channon. This second volume of the bestselling diaries of Henry 'Chips' Channon takes us from the heady aftermath of the Munich agreement, when the Prime Minister so admired by Chips was credited...

The second volume of the remarkable, Sunday Times bestselling diaries of Chips Channon. This second volume of the bestselling diaries of Henry 'Chips' Channon takes us from the heady aftermath of the Munich agreement, when the Prime Minister so admired by Chips was credited...

Born in Chicago in 1897, 'Chips' Channon settled in England after the Great War, married into the immensely wealthy Guinness family, and served as Conservative MP for Southend-on-Sea from 1935 until his death in 1958. His career was unremarkable. His diaries are quite the...

“One of the most original, amazing stories I've ever read” (Mary Gaitskill), iconic rock-and-roll musician Adele Bertei’s memoir Twist is her harrowing and electric story of transforming trauma through art, pluck, and imagination, as told through the inimitable voice of her young alter ego,...

World champion runner Caster Semenya offers an empowering account of her extraordinary life and career, and her trailblazing battle to compete on her own terms. Banned from the sport she loved because she was labelled 'different', Olympic and World Champion Caster Semenya is finally...

An Appetite for Life. The first full and intimate biography of writer and bon viveur Sybille Bedford. Born in Germany to aristocratic parents, Sybille Bedford's (1911-2006) life contained all the grand feeling and seismic event of the twentieth century: war and peace, love and...

FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD. Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-fiction. How do you tell the real story of someone misremembered - an icon and idol - alongside your own? Jenn Shapland's celebrated debut is both question and answer:...

Vera Holme, known as Jack, left a career as a jobbing actress to become Emmeline Pankhurst's chauffeur and mechanic. Evelina Haverfield was a classic beauty, the daughter of a Scottish baron and fourteen years older than Jack. They met in 1909, fell in love,...

A hidden history of lovers, lawbreakers and homemakers History Hit podcast presenter Dr Anthony Delaney reveals the real people that inspired Gentleman Jack and the gay romances in Bridgerton, long written out of the nation's story and now lovingly restored. 'In this moving and...

In the wake of a disastrous two-year relationship, Melissa Febos decided to take a break. For three months she would abstain from dating, relationships and sex. Her friends were amused. Did she really think three months was a long time? But to Melissa, it...

Actor & dancer Alyson Stoner's revelatory and incisive memoir. From family violence and betrayal to eating disorders and religious trauma may begin in Hollywood, but its chilling relatability will resonate with anyone navigating identity, privacy, purpose and mental health in a digital age. Raised...

Stories of Sexuality Work, Intimacy, and Healing The stories within these pages draw on the personal narratives of surrogate partners, kink and BDSM professionals, escorts and intimacy coaches, to show that all forms of sex(uality) work have the potential to provide powerful healing. Whether...

Discover the science, the stories, and the heart behind LGBTQ+ families—your essential guide to queer parenting and love. Embark on an emotional and informative journey with Allie and Sam Conway, widely recognized as "Mommy and Other Mommy," as they share their transformative path to parenthood. How...

Internationally acclaimed human rights lawyer Keio Yoshida uncovers the ongoing battle for LGBTQ+ rights, how far we’ve come, and how much further we have to go. The right to life and the right to live life free from discrimination are rights that are codified...

At no time before have so many people lived alone, and never has loneliness been so widely or keenly felt. Why, in a society of individualists, is living alone perceived as a shameful failure? And can we ever be happy on our own? 'A...

Gay Lives from Wilde to Almodovar In Love in a Dark Time, Colm Tóibín looks at the life and work of some of the greatest and most influential artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Linked by the common thread of their sexualities, his...

From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date brutally honest, surprisingly poignant, and deeply intimate memoir of growing up Black, poor, and queer in a broken home to discovering the power of performance, found...

Queer Lives and Finding Home in the Middle East Blending reportage, memoir and new travel writing, Guest Privileges is about queer lives and subcultures in the Gulf and the Middle East, specifically among the region's many global migrant communities. Pre- and misconceptions swirl around...