
Gay's The Word
@gaystheword
Independent LGBT Bookshop Est 1979
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Open Mon-Sat 11am-6pm.
Sun 1pm-6pm.
Two mins from Russell Sq
Online 24/7
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lex croucher
@lexcroucher
NYT bestseller & good time boy. rep @chloeseager. account no longer active
Stonewall
@stonewalluk
We imagine a world where all lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, questioning and ace (LGBTQ+) people are free to be themselves 🌈
Andrew Copson
@andrewcopson
Humanist • Midlander • Quondam Classicist • Xennial | Chief Exec @Humanists_UK | President @HumanistsInt | Almost certainly not going to argue with you
Paul Burston @paulburston.bsky.social
@paulburston
Memoir WE CAN BE HEROES "probably the gay book of the year" - @ESMagOfficial Writer. Fighter. Lover. Founder @polarisalon @PolariPrize Rep @DavidHHeadley
Joe Thomas
@joe_thomas25
(he/him) Deputy Publicity Director and Commissioning Editor @headlinepg @wildfirebks | ex-@publicitycircle Chair | 3 x PPC award winner | 🏳️🌈
Harry McDonald
@_dandyharold
it's a car wash, ladies and gentlemen (writer: @FoamThePlay; @AutumnThePlay)
Royal Vauxhall Tavern
@thervt
Built in 1860, this iconic and Grade II listed LGBTQ entertainment venue, Royal Vauxhall Tavern, has stood proud for more than 150 years. #RVT
Travis
@travisalabanza
author and playwright still invested in the art of bad spelling and glamorous outfits 🎭🎬📺: @katbuckle @cbtheatrefilmtv 📚: @philippasitters @DGAlitagents
Deborah Finding
@deborahfinding
feminist. dr of pop music & trauma. poet-in-residence at The Soho Poly. pamphlets: 'Vigils for Dead and Dying Girls' (Nine Pens) and 'Amortisation' (Live Canon)
ollie
@ollie__martin
post office windows start to look like the louvre // senior publicity manager @transworldbooks // he/him // unfortunately, all views my own🏳️🌈
Terrence Higgins Trust
@thtorguk
We’re Terrence Higgins Trust, the UK's leading HIV charity. Free confidential support: 0808 802 1221.
Simon James Green
@simonjamesgreen
Award-winning author of books for children and young adults. (He/him)
Open Air Theatre
@openairtheatre
We create popular, enriching and unexpected theatre that provides a lens into the here and now.
William Hussey
@whusseyauthor
Author of the award-winning SCOTT JERICHO thrillers
Dante or Die
@danteordie
We make bold and ambitious site-based performances in unusual spaces. Spring 2024: Kiss Marry Kill, inspired by the first same-sex marriage in a UK prison.
Books for Keeps
@booksforkeeps
Books for Keeps “the most important periodical in the world of children’s books”. Taking children's books seriously since 1980. New issue published bi-monthly.
Simon Blake
@simonablake

Wendy Moore
@wendymoore99
Freelance journalist and author of The Knife Man, Wedlock, How to Create the Perfect Wife, The Mesmerist, Endell Street. New book, JACK AND EVE, out now.
LGBT+ History Month 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@lgbthm
UK LGBT+ History Month was founded by @SchoolsOUTUK in 2004, first celebrated in February 2005. The 2025 theme is Activism and Social Change. #LGBTplusHM25
Amrou Al-Kadhi 🦄
@glamrou
Writer / Performer / Filmmaker - Life as a Unicorn @HarperCollins - LAYLA | Sundance 2024 - Little America @AppleTV - Rep: CAA & Grandview. THEY/THEM
Phyll Opoku-Gyimah (Dr Lady Phyll)
@msladyphyll
Co-Founder, CEO @ukblackpride| Patron @kaleidoscope_t and @microrainbow| Co-Editor SistaAnthology| @LinkedIn Changemaker| Trade Unionist| Human Rights| Speaker
Anna Frame
@annaframe
Not here any more.
Radhika Sanghani
@radhikasanghani
Author | Journalist | Screenwriter The Girl Who Couldn't Lie (out May 2024) Here To Slay (out Sept 2024) Books rep: @agentmilburn TV rep: Jess Sykes @itg_ltd
The Irish Cultural Centre
@myicclondon
The home of Irish Arts & Culture in London since 1995 - Ireland’s best live music, film, literature, theatre & art events. 🦋 irishculturalcentr.bsky.social
Iqbal Hussain #NorthernBoy
@ihussainwriter
Winner Unbound Firsts 2024 with my debut novel “Northern Boy”. Agents - adult: @rcaskie1; children's - @lucyirvine93 at PFD
Gendered Intelligence
@genderintell
The national trans-led charity, improving the lives of trans including non-binary people in the UK
Justin Myers
@theguyliner
Author and journalist. A voice loud enough to blow the froth off a Horlicks two tables away. Fourth novel LEADING MAN out now and it bangs. (he/him)
Páraic Kerrigan
@paraickerrigan
Assistant Professor | @ucddublin | Media and Communication | Digital Media Cultures | Queer Irish Culture |Author Reeling in the Queers with @newislandbooks
Jellybooks Ltd.
@jellybooks
We specialise in browser-based reading systems from peek-inside samples for bookshops to ebook and audiobook distribution into schools.
Gallic Books
@gallicbooks
We have a new home at Pushkin Press. Follow @pushkin_press and find us at pushkinpress.com.
Yagnishsing Dawoor
@yagnishsingd
Books/criticism @guardian.
Dr George Bartlett
@georgewbartlett
Associate lecturer in Byzantine art @courtauld
Khaled Alesmael
@khaledalesmael
Queer Syrian writer and journalist lives London 🏳️🌈 Books: Selamlik and Gateway to the Sea| Award-winning short story writer | he/him
Oluwaseun Olayiwola
@itsamule
Strange Beach forthcoming from @FitzcarraldoEds & @SoftSkull | poet + critic + choreographer | rep: @thestormboy |
Manchester University Press
@manchesterup
We believe in books that promote positive change and enrich culture. Sign up to the MUP newsletter & receive 30% off all orders. Follow the link below.
Sofie Hagen
@sofiehagen
Buy 'Will I Ever Have Sex Again?', my book about NOT having sex. UK BOOK + STAND-UP TOUR 2024 TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW.
Julia Armfield
@juliaarmfield
the mayor of shark city || salt slow || Our Wives Under The Sea || Private Rites ||
Stephen Haskins
@mybookishlife
Events and Hires Manager at Studio Wayne McGregor. PR Assist @BlackCrow_PR, Camp YA co-founder occasional Blogger. 100% Londoner. All views my own 🏳️🌈 he/him
James Cahill
@jamescahill
THE VIOLET HOUR, 2025 @SceptreBooks. TIEPOLO BLUE, 2022. Writing a book on the first Real Housewife of Beverly Hills. Visiting Research Fellow @KingsCollegeLon
The Broadway Bookshop
@thebbookshop
We choose every book that we stock: literary fiction, travel, philosophy, children's books, poetry & more. Come in and browse.
Qisetna | قصّتنا
@qisetna
A platform for Syrians preserving the cultural and oral heritage of Syria, one story at a time. instagram.com/qisetna/
Minna Kokka
@kokkaminna
Myyntiä, innostusta, leania ja toimintaa. Why not, kokeillaan! Toimitusjohtaja/Suomalainen Kirjakauppa
LGSM
@lgsmpride
The original Lesbians and Gay Men Support the Miners activists featured in the film PRIDE! Solidarity forever!
Sarah Braybrooke
@srbraybrooke
Publishing mainly nonfiction and translation @IthakaPress ⛵️ an imprint of @bonnierbooks_uk
Seán Hewitt
@seanehewitt
Author of Rapture’s Road; 300,000 Kisses; All Down Darkness Wide; Tongues of Fire. Assistant Professor @tcdenglish. @matthewmarland looks after me. He/him.
Sacha Coward
@sacha_coward
LGBTQ+ history dude (He/Him) 🌈🧜🏼♂️Author! Research, Tours & Escape Rooms. Lifts heavy things for attention. unbound.com/books/queer-as…
Just Like Us
@justlikeusuk
The LGBT+ young people's charity 🌈
VERVE Books
@verve_books
We're a dynamic publisher, inspired by a love of diverse, original, and page-turning fiction! 🧡
The Feminist Bookshop
@feminist_books_
Independent feminist bookshop, 48 Upper North Street, Brighton 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Visit our online shop to click & collect at the bookshop or for delivery in the UK
Between Gentlemen
@alchemiebooks
Exploring clandestine gay histories, and their undercurrents, to reveal hidden truths. Vis: 𝗔 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗟𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡. Details at link:
Emma 📚🏳️🌈💗 (booktwt)
@emreadsthebooks
Emma/Em. #BookTwitter Queer 🏳️🌈 Aries ♈ Read diversely/queer books/classics/contemporary Theatre lover (EDS/Endo/ASD) [email protected]
ACORN Liverpool
@acornliverpool
The Union for the Community. We use collective action to transform our communities and fight for a better life. Liverpool branch of @ACORNunion 🚩
Alison Rumfitt
@hangsawoman
Shirley Jackson Award nominee for BRAINWYRMS. Doctor Who novelisation SPACE BABIES available now.
Amaan Hyder
@hyder_amaan
Books: At Hajj (2017) @PennedintheM Self-Portrait With Family (2024) @NineArchesPress / Ledbury Poetry Critic / Visiting Lecturer @RHULEnglish
Cipher Press
@cipherpress
An independent press publishing books by queer and trans authors
Queer Lit
@queerlituk
We are Europe's largest LGBTQ+ bookshop with an unmatched selection of LGBTQ+ titles and hundreds of pride accessories in store and online.
Afrori Books | Bookseller of the Year 2023
@afroribooks
Biggest collection of books by black authors in UK. Supporting black authors, creating diverse bookshelves, a voice against injustice.
Black Crow
@blackcrow_pr
PR & Marketing on the darker side of publishing. Contact: [email protected]
Andrew McMillan
@amcmillanpoet
Pity @canongatebooks /physical,playtime,pandemonium (@jonathancape) / 💯Queer Poems (@vintagebooks) / prof / agent: Chris Wellbelove
Brighton Book Festival
@brightbookfest
Making the marginalised mainstream since 2022 The grass is greener on BlueSky @brightbookfest
Dyddiau Du
@dyddiaudu
A neurodivergent, queer-led community library and art/lit space! 1-6pm Thurs-Sat 1-4pm Sun Tweets by @nothumanhead 🏴🏳️🌈
BBUK_Club
@bbuk_club
Bonnier Books UK news, advances, proofs and POS. Exclusively for booksellers 📚 Tweets by Andrea 📧 Email for requests: [email protected]
foamtheplay
@foamtheplay
The terrifyingly personal and the violently political collide in FOAM, the world premiere of a new play by Harry McDonald. 19 March - 13 April @finborough
Orlando OrtegaMedina
@oortegamedina
Managing Editor for @AmblePress and Author | Fourth novel EMERALD ROAD forthcoming 2025.
Eleanor Medhurst (she/her)
@eleanormedhurst
Lesbian fashion historian, writer, lecturer 💖☀️ dressingdykes.com 📚 ‘Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion’ out now @hurstpublishers
Eric Marcus
@ericbmarcus
Journalist. Storyteller. Founder & host @MakingGayHistry. Co-producer Those Who Were There @TWWTpodcast. Anti-fascist proud gay Jew since 1958.🏳️🌈
Knights Of
@_knightsof
Independent. Inclusive. Award-winning children's books publisher 📚 | Bookshop in Brixton: @booksround
Michael Foran
@michaelpforan
Lecturer in public law @UofGLaw | Constitutional and Discrimination law | "Equality Before the Law" Out Now | "Sex Gender Identity and the Law" forthcoming 2025
Jack Jordan
@jackjordanbooks
Sunday Times bestselling author of 8 thrillers. #DoNoHarm 🫀#CONVICTION 🐍 My new thriller #REDEMPTION is out now! 🦂 Rep: @agentmilburn. He/him🏳️🌈
Queer Britain
@queerbritain
The UK's first national LGBTQ+ museum. Let's make history! | 2 Granary Sq, Kings Cross, N1C 4BH linktr.ee/queerbritain | Open Wed-Sun 12pm-6pm