due to my sudden returning interest in queerreading sherlock and supernatural, the internet taught me: hitchcock used gay coding (in times of hays code) to generate more tension
October 22, 2026 at 3:33 PM
due to my sudden returning interest in queerreading sherlock and supernatural, the internet taught me: hitchcock used gay coding (in times of hays code) to generate more tension
Today, I highlight Rhiannon Graybill’s chapter, "Love Makes a Family: Queer Kinship in Ruth," from my edited volume, At the Intersection of Hermeneutics and Homiletics. #bookofruth #queerreading
October 18, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Today, I highlight Rhiannon Graybill’s chapter, "Love Makes a Family: Queer Kinship in Ruth," from my edited volume, At the Intersection of Hermeneutics and Homiletics. #bookofruth #queerreading
Queer Sundays
Join us every Sunday in October for tea, cake, and insightful talks from queer authors.
Tickets: fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events
#nottingham #Nottinghamshire #AllTheColoursOfTheRainbow #fiveleavesbookshop #queerbooks #queersundays #queerreading #nottslgbt
Join us every Sunday in October for tea, cake, and insightful talks from queer authors.
Tickets: fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events
#nottingham #Nottinghamshire #AllTheColoursOfTheRainbow #fiveleavesbookshop #queerbooks #queersundays #queerreading #nottslgbt
October 2, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Queer Sundays
Join us every Sunday in October for tea, cake, and insightful talks from queer authors.
Tickets: fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events
#nottingham #Nottinghamshire #AllTheColoursOfTheRainbow #fiveleavesbookshop #queerbooks #queersundays #queerreading #nottslgbt
Join us every Sunday in October for tea, cake, and insightful talks from queer authors.
Tickets: fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events
#nottingham #Nottinghamshire #AllTheColoursOfTheRainbow #fiveleavesbookshop #queerbooks #queersundays #queerreading #nottslgbt
📣 New Podcast! "LIVE at Out and Wild with Ayse and Queer Girls Book Club" on @Spreaker #bookclub #lesbian #lesbianbookclub #lesbianfestival #live #livepodcast #liverecording #outandwild #queer #queerbookclub #queerbooks #queerfestival #queergirls #queergirlsbookclub #queerreading #queerwomen
LIVE at Out and Wild with Ayse and Queer Girls Book Club
Meet Ayse, founder of Queer Girls Book Club, defender of the heated debate, and dyke of the people. In this live recording from the amazing Out and Wild festival, Ayse tells me about why running a queer book club is not just about putting LGBTQIA+ titles on your reading list, all the work she is doing to nurture her bookish community, and a why disagreeing is a good skill to have. To quote Joelle Taylor: That’s community, babe!
References
Out and Wild
https://www.outandwild.co.uk/
Housmans
Joelle Taylor’s The Night Alphabet
Emily Witham
Grace Flahive
Polly Shute
Gillian Anderson
Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home and Spent
Gay on Wye
Carol Ann Duffy’s Rapture and “Forest”
Jackie Kay
Lamya H’s Hijab Butch Blues
Zoë Berryman
Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:
- Why did Ayse start Queer Girls Book Club? Have you ever thought about starting a group? What was/would have been your motivation?
- What does Ayse say about contributing to community? How do you feel about this?
- We speak about literature as being a protected space to practice debate and disagreement. Have you ever experienced this? Which example does Ayse give?
- How does Ayse speak about marginalised voices in the publishing industry? What can we as readers do to promote change?
- Are you coming to our next live recording?
www.spreaker.com
August 10, 2026 at 11:55 PM
📣 New Podcast! "LIVE at Out and Wild with Ayse and Queer Girls Book Club" on @Spreaker #bookclub #lesbian #lesbianbookclub #lesbianfestival #live #livepodcast #liverecording #outandwild #queer #queerbookclub #queerbooks #queerfestival #queergirls #queergirlsbookclub #queerreading #queerwomen
LGBTQIA+ Romance Reads
A collection of 52 titles with new authors and established writers side by side, all doing our bit for each other by cross-sharing these promos, with folk who like to read, and thus, support indie authors.
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#gaybooks #queerReading
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#gaybooks #queerReading
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May 14, 2026 at 3:01 AM
LGBTQIA+ Romance Reads
A collection of 52 titles with new authors and established writers side by side, all doing our bit for each other by cross-sharing these promos, with folk who like to read, and thus, support indie authors.
books.bookfunnel.com/lgbtqrom-may...
#gaybooks #queerReading
A collection of 52 titles with new authors and established writers side by side, all doing our bit for each other by cross-sharing these promos, with folk who like to read, and thus, support indie authors.
books.bookfunnel.com/lgbtqrom-may...
#gaybooks #queerReading
What a wonderful read. So happy I finally got this book! #queerbooks #queerreading
December 17, 2024 at 10:07 PM
What a wonderful read. So happy I finally got this book! #queerbooks #queerreading
Rewatching #Charmed and wowza, having a major #queerreading of Piper and Leo's wedding in season 3, and the sister who thinks it's "not right" and she's being "selfish" because their deities disapprove. I was watching this as W was campaigning anti-LGBTQ. #hollymariecombs
a woman is sitting at a table wearing a green shirt and a watch on her wrist .
ALT: a woman is sitting at a table wearing a green shirt and a watch on her wrist .
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December 17, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Rewatching #Charmed and wowza, having a major #queerreading of Piper and Leo's wedding in season 3, and the sister who thinks it's "not right" and she's being "selfish" because their deities disapprove. I was watching this as W was campaigning anti-LGBTQ. #hollymariecombs
DAY 25: #QueerReading Advent @edinburghup.bsky.social Afterword: AFTERWORD
LOOKING ASKANCE: READING HISTORY, READING QUEERNESS
GerShun Avilez-a beautiful finale to our queer reading collection. Thanks for following the 🧵
LOOKING ASKANCE: READING HISTORY, READING QUEERNESS
GerShun Avilez-a beautiful finale to our queer reading collection. Thanks for following the 🧵
December 24, 2024 at 5:11 PM
DAY 25: #QueerReading Advent @edinburghup.bsky.social Afterword: AFTERWORD
LOOKING ASKANCE: READING HISTORY, READING QUEERNESS
GerShun Avilez-a beautiful finale to our queer reading collection. Thanks for following the 🧵
LOOKING ASKANCE: READING HISTORY, READING QUEERNESS
GerShun Avilez-a beautiful finale to our queer reading collection. Thanks for following the 🧵
DAY 24 🎄: #QueerReading Advent @edinburghup.bsky.social CHAPTER 22: AT THE CROSSROADS: QUEER STUDIES AND INTERSECTIONALITY FATIGUE
Ben Nichols- a masterclass in queer’s interaction with intersectionality as well as an extremely important reflection upon the crossroads we now find ourselves at.
Ben Nichols- a masterclass in queer’s interaction with intersectionality as well as an extremely important reflection upon the crossroads we now find ourselves at.
December 24, 2024 at 8:52 AM
DAY 24 🎄: #QueerReading Advent @edinburghup.bsky.social CHAPTER 22: AT THE CROSSROADS: QUEER STUDIES AND INTERSECTIONALITY FATIGUE
Ben Nichols- a masterclass in queer’s interaction with intersectionality as well as an extremely important reflection upon the crossroads we now find ourselves at.
Ben Nichols- a masterclass in queer’s interaction with intersectionality as well as an extremely important reflection upon the crossroads we now find ourselves at.
Some of the images in *The Edinburgh Companion to Queer Reading* The images are in colour and in black and white. I love how the images offer another kind of reading or way into the collection #QueerReading
December 23, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Some of the images in *The Edinburgh Companion to Queer Reading* The images are in colour and in black and white. I love how the images offer another kind of reading or way into the collection #QueerReading
Only 2 days left to go on this #QueerReading advent calendar! 🎁 Thanks to everyone for their RTs and comments. It was such a pleasure to co-edit this volume with Jeremy Chow. The work collated here makes me feel proud & hopeful. Immensely hopeful.
🚨 Publication Day Klaxon 🚨 for * The Edinburgh Companion to Queer Reading * & it looks like the price is reduced for publication day. I’ll be doing an advent calendar of snippets from each chapter over the coming month. Follow the 🧵 here! #QueerReading #LGBTQStudies
December 23, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Only 2 days left to go on this #QueerReading advent calendar! 🎁 Thanks to everyone for their RTs and comments. It was such a pleasure to co-edit this volume with Jeremy Chow. The work collated here makes me feel proud & hopeful. Immensely hopeful.
DAY 23: #QueerReading Advent @edinburghup.bsky.social CHAPTER 21: A/BIDING TIME IN THE HETEROCENE
Bradley Harmon - an incisive re-reading & complication of Lee Edelman’s ‘no future’ thesis along the lines of eco-critical studies & the fascinating concept of the ‘Heterocene’. A very interesting piece
Bradley Harmon - an incisive re-reading & complication of Lee Edelman’s ‘no future’ thesis along the lines of eco-critical studies & the fascinating concept of the ‘Heterocene’. A very interesting piece
December 23, 2024 at 10:32 AM
DAY 23: #QueerReading Advent @edinburghup.bsky.social CHAPTER 21: A/BIDING TIME IN THE HETEROCENE
Bradley Harmon - an incisive re-reading & complication of Lee Edelman’s ‘no future’ thesis along the lines of eco-critical studies & the fascinating concept of the ‘Heterocene’. A very interesting piece
Bradley Harmon - an incisive re-reading & complication of Lee Edelman’s ‘no future’ thesis along the lines of eco-critical studies & the fascinating concept of the ‘Heterocene’. A very interesting piece
DAY 22: #QueerReading Advent @edinburghup.bsky.social CHAPTER 20: QUEERING FEMINISM @finnfox.bsky.social - This chapter offers a masterclass in feminist histories as they intersect with queer activist trajectories. A must read for anyone interested in trans, queer & feminist methodologies.
December 22, 2024 at 12:08 PM
DAY 22: #QueerReading Advent @edinburghup.bsky.social CHAPTER 20: QUEERING FEMINISM @finnfox.bsky.social - This chapter offers a masterclass in feminist histories as they intersect with queer activist trajectories. A must read for anyone interested in trans, queer & feminist methodologies.
DAY 21: #QueerReading Advent @edinburghup.bsky.social CHAPTER 19: LISTENING TO QUEER GHOSTS @naoisemurphy.bsky.social - a really brilliant queer reading of haunting in Irish culture using the work of Dorothy Macardle. Will be of interest to #IrishStudies #Gothic
December 21, 2024 at 10:42 AM
DAY 21: #QueerReading Advent @edinburghup.bsky.social CHAPTER 19: LISTENING TO QUEER GHOSTS @naoisemurphy.bsky.social - a really brilliant queer reading of haunting in Irish culture using the work of Dorothy Macardle. Will be of interest to #IrishStudies #Gothic
DAY 20: #QueerReading Advent @edinburghup.bsky.social CHAPTER 18: VIRAL ANTIRETROVIRAL BODIES:
QUEERNESS, SEX, CONTAGION
@noisybits.bsky.social a powerfully incisive and theoretically rich exploration of embodiment, queerness, & sexuality across viral temporalities from AIDS to COVID-19 #ViralBodies
QUEERNESS, SEX, CONTAGION
@noisybits.bsky.social a powerfully incisive and theoretically rich exploration of embodiment, queerness, & sexuality across viral temporalities from AIDS to COVID-19 #ViralBodies
December 20, 2024 at 8:37 AM
DAY 20: #QueerReading Advent @edinburghup.bsky.social CHAPTER 18: VIRAL ANTIRETROVIRAL BODIES:
QUEERNESS, SEX, CONTAGION
@noisybits.bsky.social a powerfully incisive and theoretically rich exploration of embodiment, queerness, & sexuality across viral temporalities from AIDS to COVID-19 #ViralBodies
QUEERNESS, SEX, CONTAGION
@noisybits.bsky.social a powerfully incisive and theoretically rich exploration of embodiment, queerness, & sexuality across viral temporalities from AIDS to COVID-19 #ViralBodies
DAY 19: #QueerReading Advent @edinburghup.bsky.social CHAPTER 17: 'FRIENDSHIP AS A WAY OF LIFE':
QUEERING DERRIDA AND CIXOUS'S AIMANCE
Eleri Anona Watson-this chapter offers a fascinating discussion of friendship as queer mode focusing upon the relationship between none other than Derrida & Cixous.
QUEERING DERRIDA AND CIXOUS'S AIMANCE
Eleri Anona Watson-this chapter offers a fascinating discussion of friendship as queer mode focusing upon the relationship between none other than Derrida & Cixous.
December 19, 2024 at 7:58 AM
DAY 19: #QueerReading Advent @edinburghup.bsky.social CHAPTER 17: 'FRIENDSHIP AS A WAY OF LIFE':
QUEERING DERRIDA AND CIXOUS'S AIMANCE
Eleri Anona Watson-this chapter offers a fascinating discussion of friendship as queer mode focusing upon the relationship between none other than Derrida & Cixous.
QUEERING DERRIDA AND CIXOUS'S AIMANCE
Eleri Anona Watson-this chapter offers a fascinating discussion of friendship as queer mode focusing upon the relationship between none other than Derrida & Cixous.
DAY 18: #QueerReading Advent @edinburghup.bsky.social CHAPTER 16: QUEERING THE HISTORY OF THE UK'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING SECTOR
Anna Forringer-Beal - what can a queer lens show when applied to the Modern Slavery Act? Read this fascinating discussion of anti-trafficking from a queer perspective.
Anna Forringer-Beal - what can a queer lens show when applied to the Modern Slavery Act? Read this fascinating discussion of anti-trafficking from a queer perspective.
December 18, 2024 at 5:49 AM
DAY 18: #QueerReading Advent @edinburghup.bsky.social CHAPTER 16: QUEERING THE HISTORY OF THE UK'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING SECTOR
Anna Forringer-Beal - what can a queer lens show when applied to the Modern Slavery Act? Read this fascinating discussion of anti-trafficking from a queer perspective.
Anna Forringer-Beal - what can a queer lens show when applied to the Modern Slavery Act? Read this fascinating discussion of anti-trafficking from a queer perspective.
DAY 17: #QueerReading Advent @edinburghup.bsky.social CHAPTER 15: STAYING WITH THE SODOMY AT PROSPECT COTTAGE: DEREK JARMAN AND NATURE'S
QUEER NEGATIVITY
declan wiffen - important chapter on queer negativity and the queer ecology of #DerekJarman #Dungeness #QueerEcology
QUEER NEGATIVITY
declan wiffen - important chapter on queer negativity and the queer ecology of #DerekJarman #Dungeness #QueerEcology
December 17, 2024 at 8:06 AM
DAY 17: #QueerReading Advent @edinburghup.bsky.social CHAPTER 15: STAYING WITH THE SODOMY AT PROSPECT COTTAGE: DEREK JARMAN AND NATURE'S
QUEER NEGATIVITY
declan wiffen - important chapter on queer negativity and the queer ecology of #DerekJarman #Dungeness #QueerEcology
QUEER NEGATIVITY
declan wiffen - important chapter on queer negativity and the queer ecology of #DerekJarman #Dungeness #QueerEcology
I spy @edinburghup.bsky.social on here. Please repost this #QueerReading Advent calendar for one of your most recent companion series titles.
🚨 Publication Day Klaxon 🚨 for * The Edinburgh Companion to Queer Reading * & it looks like the price is reduced for publication day. I’ll be doing an advent calendar of snippets from each chapter over the coming month. Follow the 🧵 here! #QueerReading #LGBTQStudies
December 16, 2024 at 9:25 PM
I spy @edinburghup.bsky.social on here. Please repost this #QueerReading Advent calendar for one of your most recent companion series titles.
DAY 16: #QueerReading Advent. CHAPTER 14: SODOMITES AND WHITE STICKS: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS AND INTERSECTIONS WITH
E. F. BENSON AND EDWARD CARPENTER
Chris Mounsey - an auto critical piece that weaves gay literary analysis of 20thC gay male writers together with crip memoir. Argues for VariAbility.
E. F. BENSON AND EDWARD CARPENTER
Chris Mounsey - an auto critical piece that weaves gay literary analysis of 20thC gay male writers together with crip memoir. Argues for VariAbility.
December 16, 2024 at 9:12 PM
DAY 16: #QueerReading Advent. CHAPTER 14: SODOMITES AND WHITE STICKS: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS AND INTERSECTIONS WITH
E. F. BENSON AND EDWARD CARPENTER
Chris Mounsey - an auto critical piece that weaves gay literary analysis of 20thC gay male writers together with crip memoir. Argues for VariAbility.
E. F. BENSON AND EDWARD CARPENTER
Chris Mounsey - an auto critical piece that weaves gay literary analysis of 20thC gay male writers together with crip memoir. Argues for VariAbility.
DAY 15: #QueerReading Advent. CHAPTER 13: HISTORIANS OF THE CLOSET: QUEERING THE PAST IN CONTEMPORARY GAY, LESBIAN, AND TRANS FICTION
Declan Kavanagh - if interested in the use of #queer #historiography in the work of Bernardine #Evaristo Katherine O’Donnell & Jordy Rosenberg then this will appeal!
Declan Kavanagh - if interested in the use of #queer #historiography in the work of Bernardine #Evaristo Katherine O’Donnell & Jordy Rosenberg then this will appeal!
December 15, 2024 at 8:28 AM
DAY 15: #QueerReading Advent. CHAPTER 13: HISTORIANS OF THE CLOSET: QUEERING THE PAST IN CONTEMPORARY GAY, LESBIAN, AND TRANS FICTION
Declan Kavanagh - if interested in the use of #queer #historiography in the work of Bernardine #Evaristo Katherine O’Donnell & Jordy Rosenberg then this will appeal!
Declan Kavanagh - if interested in the use of #queer #historiography in the work of Bernardine #Evaristo Katherine O’Donnell & Jordy Rosenberg then this will appeal!
DAY 14: #QueerReading Advent. CHAPTER 12: FROM BUCKINGHAM TO VARBLE:
RACE AND QUEERNESS IN EARLY MODERN PERFORMANCE AND APPROPRIATIONS
Anita Raychawdhuri - the first in our third section queer reading as practice, this chapter explores queerness through Varble & performance that signals #EarlyModern
RACE AND QUEERNESS IN EARLY MODERN PERFORMANCE AND APPROPRIATIONS
Anita Raychawdhuri - the first in our third section queer reading as practice, this chapter explores queerness through Varble & performance that signals #EarlyModern
December 14, 2024 at 11:26 AM
DAY 14: #QueerReading Advent. CHAPTER 12: FROM BUCKINGHAM TO VARBLE:
RACE AND QUEERNESS IN EARLY MODERN PERFORMANCE AND APPROPRIATIONS
Anita Raychawdhuri - the first in our third section queer reading as practice, this chapter explores queerness through Varble & performance that signals #EarlyModern
RACE AND QUEERNESS IN EARLY MODERN PERFORMANCE AND APPROPRIATIONS
Anita Raychawdhuri - the first in our third section queer reading as practice, this chapter explores queerness through Varble & performance that signals #EarlyModern
DAY 13: #QueerReading Advent. Chapter 11: ALL TREE, ALL SHADE: THE QUEER APOCALYPTIC ECOLOGIES OF RUPAUL's DRAG RACE
Jeremy Chow - if you haven’t read Chow’s work this chapter is a good place to start. #RuPaulsDragRace is queerly read for what it reveals about apocalyptic ecologies. What a read!
Jeremy Chow - if you haven’t read Chow’s work this chapter is a good place to start. #RuPaulsDragRace is queerly read for what it reveals about apocalyptic ecologies. What a read!
December 13, 2024 at 4:52 PM
DAY 13: #QueerReading Advent. Chapter 11: ALL TREE, ALL SHADE: THE QUEER APOCALYPTIC ECOLOGIES OF RUPAUL's DRAG RACE
Jeremy Chow - if you haven’t read Chow’s work this chapter is a good place to start. #RuPaulsDragRace is queerly read for what it reveals about apocalyptic ecologies. What a read!
Jeremy Chow - if you haven’t read Chow’s work this chapter is a good place to start. #RuPaulsDragRace is queerly read for what it reveals about apocalyptic ecologies. What a read!
DAY 12: #QueerReading Advent. CHAPTER 10: CHICKEN: A QUEER, VISUAL ECOPOETICS
Andil Gosine - there is so much that is personal & situated within the realm of memoir, of taking note here, that the essay becomes quite arresting. Powerful is also a word that comes to mind.
Andil Gosine - there is so much that is personal & situated within the realm of memoir, of taking note here, that the essay becomes quite arresting. Powerful is also a word that comes to mind.
December 12, 2024 at 7:14 AM
DAY 12: #QueerReading Advent. CHAPTER 10: CHICKEN: A QUEER, VISUAL ECOPOETICS
Andil Gosine - there is so much that is personal & situated within the realm of memoir, of taking note here, that the essay becomes quite arresting. Powerful is also a word that comes to mind.
Andil Gosine - there is so much that is personal & situated within the realm of memoir, of taking note here, that the essay becomes quite arresting. Powerful is also a word that comes to mind.
DAY 11: #QueerReading Advent. CHAPTER 9: EROTIC KINGDOMS:
MATING, MATERIALITY, MEANING
Katie Goss and Rebecca Reynolds - richly theoretical and, it has to be said, replete with ideas (and pictures) that will stay with you 🦐
MATING, MATERIALITY, MEANING
Katie Goss and Rebecca Reynolds - richly theoretical and, it has to be said, replete with ideas (and pictures) that will stay with you 🦐
December 11, 2024 at 12:25 PM
DAY 11: #QueerReading Advent. CHAPTER 9: EROTIC KINGDOMS:
MATING, MATERIALITY, MEANING
Katie Goss and Rebecca Reynolds - richly theoretical and, it has to be said, replete with ideas (and pictures) that will stay with you 🦐
MATING, MATERIALITY, MEANING
Katie Goss and Rebecca Reynolds - richly theoretical and, it has to be said, replete with ideas (and pictures) that will stay with you 🦐