History & Culture

Minority Writes: How Queer Books and Bookshops Changed the World

The British Library · 96 Euston Rd., London NW1 2DB, United Kingdom

6 July 2026

Three leading voices in queer literary history gather at the British Library to trace how LGBTQ+ books and the shops that sold them quietly changed lives. Some of London's most radical spaces have always been bookshops.

Minority Writes: How Queer Books and Bookshops Changed the World

The British Library

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