50 shades of gay
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Fifty Shades of Gay is a new selection of the best in LGBT writing which highlights the work of librarians’ favourite 50 new and classic authors.TRANSCRIPT
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Manchester Libraries are celebrating the best in LGBT writing with a collection of our favourite 50 new and classic authors.
Alan HollinghurstAli SmithAlison BechdelArmistead MaupinCarol Anne DuffyChad HarbachChristopher IsherwoodDavid LeavittDavid SedarisDennis CooperDrew FergusonEdmund WhiteE F BensonEmma DonoghueJackie KayJake ArnottJeanette Winterson
Joe KeenanJohn GreenJ T LeroyKathleen WinterLouise WelshMartin EdenMax SchaeferMichael ArdittiMichael CarsonMichael ChabonMikey WalshPatricia DunckerPatricia Nell WarrenPatrick GalePaul BurstonPaul Magrs R. Raj Rao
Robert LennonRobin ReardonRodney BoltRonald FirbankSarah WatersSiba Al-HarezStacey D’erasmoStella DuffyStephen ChboskyStephen FryTerry RonaldTove JanssonValerie TaylorVal McDermidW H AudenWill Davis
AUTHORS
You can � nd these books at City Library on Deansgate and Chorlton Library. City Library also has a new collection of LGBT dvds. From the raw ‘Break My Fall’ to the classic ‘Milk’.
If you prefer your books in e-format or audio we have a collection of books by these authors to download at manchester.gov.uk/libraries
Also every Friday in October and November we’ll be blogging about one of the books. visit manchesterlitlist.blogspot.com and tell us what you think.
Our selection of books will take you on a journey through backstreet bars, Victorian society, Indian history, gothic horror, sports locker rooms, 1920’s village life and back to Manchester for some Sunday afternoon poetry.
WILL D
AVIS M
Y SIDE O
F THE STO
RY
W H
AUD
EN
SELECTED
POEM
S
VAL MC
DERM
ID
KIC
K BA
CK
VALERIE TAYLOR
STRAN
GER O
N LESBO
S
TOVE JAN
SON
TH
E SUM
MER BO
OK
TERRY RON
ALD
BECO
MIN
G N
AN
CY
STEPHEN
FRY PA
PERWIG
HT
STEPHEN
CH
BOSKY
THE PERK
S OF BEIN
G A
WA
LLFLOW
ER
STELLA DU
FFY TH
EOD
ORA
STACEY D
’ERASMO
TH
E SKY BELOW
SIBA AL-HAREZ
THE O
THERS
SARAH W
ATERS FIN
GERSM
ITH
RON
ALD FIRBAN
K VA
ING
LORY
ROD
NEY BO
LT TH
E IMPO
SSIBLE LIFE OF M
ARY BEN
SON
WILL D
AVIS M
Y SIDE O
F THE STO
RY
W H
AUD
EN
SELECTED
POEM
S
VAL MC
DERM
ID
KIC
K BA
CK
VALERIE TAYLOR
STRAN
GER O
N LESBO
S
TOVE JAN
SSON
TH
E SUM
MER BO
OK
WILL D
AVIS M
Y SIDE O
F THE STO
RY
W H
AUD
EN
SELECTED
POEM
S
VAL MC
DERM
ID
KIC
K BA
CK
VALERIE TAYLOR
STRAN
GER O
N LESBO
S
TOVE JAN
SON
TH
E SUM
MER BO
OK
TERRY RON
ALD
BECO
MIN
G N
AN
CY
STEPHEN
FRY PA
PERWIG
HT
STEPHEN
CH
BOSKY
THE PERK
S OF BEIN
G A
WA
LLFLOW
ER
STELLA DU
FFY TH
EOD
ORA
STACEY D
’ERASMO
TH
E SKY BELOW
SIBA AL-HAREZ
THE O
THERS
SARAH W
ATERS FIN
GERSM
ITH
RON
ALD FIRBAN
K VA
ING
LORY
ROD
NEY BO
LT TH
E IMPO
SSIBLE LIFE OF M
ARY BEN
SON
ROBIN
REARDO
N
THE EVO
LUTIO
N O
F ETHA
N PO
E
ROBERT LEN
NO
N
THE M
ILES
RAJ R RAO
THE BO
YFRIEND
PAUL M
AGRS
66
6 C
HA
RING
CRO
SS ROA
D
PAUL BU
RSTON
TH
E GA
Y DIVO
RCEE
PATRICK G
ALE N
OTES FRO
M A
N EXH
IBITION
PATRICIA N
ELL W
ARREN
THE FRO
NT RU
NN
ER
PATRICIA D
UN
CKER
HA
LLUC
INA
TING
FOC
AU
LT
MIKEY W
ALSH
GYPSY BO
Y
MIC
HAEL C
HABO
N
THE M
YSTERIES OF PITTSBU
RGH
MIC
HAEL C
ARSON
BEN
SON
AT SIXTY
MIC
HAEL ARD
ITTI PA
GA
N A
ND
HER PA
RENTS
MAX SC
HAEFER
CH
ILDREN
OF TH
E SUN
MARTIN
EDEN
SPA
ND
EX
LOU
ISE WELSH
TH
E CU
TTING
ROO
M
KATHLEEN
W
INTER A
NN
ABEL
J T LEROY
THE H
EART IS D
ECEITFU
L ABO
VE ALL TH
ING
S
JOH
N G
REEN
WILL G
RAYSO
N, W
ILL GRA
YSON
JOE KEEN
AN
PUTTIN
G O
N TH
E RITZ
JEANETTE W
INTERSO
N
ORA
NG
ES ARE N
OT TH
E ON
LY FRUIT
JAKE ARNO
TT TH
E LON
G FIRM
JACKIE KAY
REALITY, REA
LITY
EMM
A DO
NO
GH
UE
ROO
M
E F BENSO
N
MA
PP AN
D LU
CIA
EDM
UN
D W
HITE
CH
AO
S
DREW
FERGU
SON
SC
REWED
UP LIFE O
F CH
ARLIE TH
E SECO
ND
DEN
NIS C
OO
PER G
OD
JR
DAVID
SEDARIS
SQU
IRREL SEEKS C
HIPM
UN
K
DAVID
LEAVITT TH
E IND
IAN
CLERK
CH
RISTOPH
ER ISHERW
OO
D
GO
OD
BYE TO BERLIN
CH
AD H
ARBACH
TH
E ART O
F FIELDIN
G
CARO
L ANN
E DU
FFY TH
E BEES
ARMISTEAD
MAU
PIN
TALES O
F THE C
ITY
ALISON
BECH
DEL
ARE YO
U M
Y MO
THER?
ALI SMITH
TH
ERE BUT FO
R THE
ALAN H
OLLIN
GH
URST
THE LIN
E OF BEA
UTY