A event on Thursday 13th February. The event starts at 19:00.
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Gloucester Road Books presents author, Elizabeth Lovatt, who will be discussing her fascinating new title, Thank You For Calling The Lesbian Line. The book is a celebration of the ordinary lives of queer women and examines how lesbian identity continues to remake and redefine itself in the 21st century. And we’re excited to say that Elizabeth will be in conversation with Bristol’s former City Poet, the wonderful Kat Lyons.
In the book Elizabeth reimagines the women who both called and volunteered for the Lesbian Line in the 1990s, whilst also tracing her own journey from accidentally coming out to disastrous dates to finding her chosen family. With callers and agents alike dealing with first crushes and break-ups, sex and marriage, loneliness and illness (or simply the need to know the name of a gay bar on a night out)
“Deliciously informative and rigorously researched, this book imagines the often invisible lives and denied passions of callers to the London Lesbian Line, as well as tracing the author's own coming out story. I loved it.” Julia Bell, author of Dirty Work
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Elizabeth Lovatt is a writer of fiction and creative non-fiction, originally from Leicester and now living in London. She has been published by Popshot Magazine, Spread the Word, 404 Ink and Cipher Press, among others. In 2020, she was accepted onto Penguin Books’ #WriteNow mentorship scheme for underrepresented writers to develop the manuscript of Thank You for Calling the Lesbian Line. She occasionally runs writing and zine-making workshops, as well as her own newsletter, the tiny narrative, which was recommended as one of the best cultural newsletters by Elephant Magazine in 2021.
Kat Lyons is a Queer writer, performer, workshop facilitator and creative producer whose work is grounded in everyday politics and a love of storytelling. Their poetry has been featured in Under the Radar, Ink Sweat & Tears and Bath Magg, and their collection, Love Beneath the Nails, is published by Verve Poetry Press. Kat was Bristol City Poet from 2022-2024, and recently completed Dry Season, a multi-year spoken word project and touring theatre show exploring age, identity and menopause.
Entry requirements: 16+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio
Gloucester Road Books presents author, Elizabeth Lovatt, who will be discussing her fascinating new title, Thank You For Calling The Lesbian Line. The book is a celebration of the ordinary lives of queer women and examines how lesbian identity continues to remake and redefine itself in the 21st century. And we’re excited to say that Elizabeth will be in conversation with Bristol’s former City Poet, the wonderful Kat Lyons.
In the book Elizabeth reimagines the women who both called and volunteered for the Lesbian Line in the 1990s, whilst also tracing her own journey from accidentally coming out to disastrous dates to finding her chosen family. With callers and agents alike dealing with first crushes and break-ups, sex and marriage, loneliness and illness (or simply the need to know the name of a gay bar on a night out)
“Deliciously informative and rigorously researched, this book imagines the often invisible lives and denied passions of callers to the London Lesbian Line, as well as tracing the author's own coming out story. I loved it.” Julia Bell, author of Dirty Work
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Elizabeth Lovatt is a writer of fiction and creative non-fiction, originally from Leicester and now living in London. She has been published by Popshot Magazine, Spread the Word, 404 Ink and Cipher Press, among others. In 2020, she was accepted onto Penguin Books’ #WriteNow mentorship scheme for underrepresented writers to develop the manuscript of Thank You for Calling the Lesbian Line. She occasionally runs writing and zine-making workshops, as well as her own newsletter, the tiny narrative, which was recommended as one of the best cultural newsletters by Elephant Magazine in 2021.
Kat Lyons is a Queer writer, performer, workshop facilitator and creative producer whose work is grounded in everyday politics and a love of storytelling. Their poetry has been featured in Under the Radar, Ink Sweat & Tears and Bath Magg, and their collection, Love Beneath the Nails, is published by Verve Poetry Press. Kat was Bristol City Poet from 2022-2024, and recently completed Dry Season, a multi-year spoken word project and touring theatre show exploring age, identity and menopause.
Entry requirements: 16+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio