“Queer Lit UK” with Matthew Cornford

Seeing double? This here podcast just so happens to share its name with a brilliant LGBTQIA+ bookshop, located in the heart of one of the queer places to be in the UK: Manchester. I met Matthew, the owner, and Jasper, the beagle, in the shop for a chat about their origin story, their book clubs and their exciting next move… Don’t delay, listen (and visit) today! Referenceshttps://www.queerlit.co.uk/Social RefugeFeel Good ClubThe Cockatoo ClubDaniel Harding’s Gay Man TalkingMatt CainHenry FryJulia ArmfieldMeg-John Barker’s Rewriting the Rules and How to Understand Your Sexuality https://www.rewriting-the-rules.com/“Non-binary Life” with Meg-John Barker https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48558860Alice OsemanSheena Patel’s I’m A FanOcean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous Questions you may want to think about:If you could create any queer space, what would it look like?How do you find queer books? Matthew talks about many LGBTQIA+ books not being identifiable as such right away. Why do you think that is? Which queer book would you want to be in every school library?