books – Vada Magazine

Book launch: Manchester Isn’t the Greatest City in the World by Gerry Potter

8 September, 201811 September, 2018Vada That

On Wednesday 28 November, Flapjack Press launches Manchester Isn’t the Greatest City in the World, Gerry Potter’s latest collection of hard-hitting sociopolitical poetry, prose and plays.

#WIN: Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache: How Music Came Out

18 October, 201618 October, 2016Simon Blish

“All rock’n’roll is homosexual,” Manic Street Preachers once claimed, and stuck it on a T-shirt.

Writers Recommend Summer Reads

13 July, 201613 July, 2016Charlotte Maxwell

Here's our collection of recommendations from award-winning authors on what you should be reading this summer.

16 books for GLBT Book Month 2016

5 June, 20161 October, 2018Charlotte Maxwell

As June is the month for celebrating LGBT books in America, we thought we'd dust off some of our favourites.

RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 8 Episode 8: Book Ball

28 April, 201630 April, 2016Bryony Bates

Bryony Bates recaps the eighth episode of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 8: Book Ball.

Interview with Mr Motivator

25 March, 201624 March, 2016Charlotte Maxwell

We chat to Mr Motivator about fitness, Power Rangers and colourful sportswear!

Over the Rainbow: Money, Class and Homophobia

19 December, 201519 December, 2015Vada That

Nicola Field is calling on friends to help her republish Over the Rainbow, a seminal book on class and LGBT politics.

Larry Kramer’s ‘The American People’ to be published in 2015

6 October, 20146 October, 2014James Patrick Carraghan

Larry Kramer’s The American People will finally be published in two volumes, with the first being published in April 2015.

Books: mirrors for children’s lives?

5 August, 201421 September, 2018Afshan Lodhi

Afshan Lodhi writes about the problem of diversity in children's books