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🇮🇪 IRISH BOOK WEEK 🇮🇪 Just some of the amazing books I’ve read recently that just happen to be by Irish authors. We really do have some amount of exceptional writers for such a small island. Please let me know your favourite Irish author or book ❤️

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24/7 Party People in the UK 👻 what a gift to meet so many brilliant readers and writers, what a brilliant literary culture 🏰 thank you for having me @riverrun_books 💛 thank you for sorting it @anabooks and @elizabethmasters 🖤

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🛟Big Debuts with Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin and Rozie Kelly🛟

With Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin @niamhsquared
Rozie Kelly (@rozeamee)
Billy Lindon (@billylindon)

If I have an emotional reaction that probably means I need to fix it. But if it doesn't bother me at all but I just know it's a "no", that's where I know to hold my ground." Rozie on working with editors

Photos by @rosiepowellfreelance

#tciq26 #QueerAuthors

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Happy International Lesbian Day (Oct 8) which exists to celebrate lesbian history, diversity and culture. Here’s some of my favourite recent novels with lesbians themes. Some feature in my book The Queer Bookshelf and some are even more recent. Some characters in these books have also been understood within other sapphic identities but all resonated strongly with me as a lesbian and made me think about myself, the world, and lesbian history, diversity and culture in new ways. How many have you read? And what’s your own favourite book with lesbian themes published in the 21st century?

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THE ANGELS CAME TO SODOM IN THE EVENING by Paul Russell

Set against the backdrop of the American South, the story follows Rory Singleton, a closeted man whose life is built on deep-seated secrets, beginning with his intense childhood friendships in 1970s Memphis and a formative adolescent sexual awakening at a Christian camp. As an adult, Rory becomes the pastor of a prominent, thriving megachurch, managing to suppress his desire through careful silences and furtive encounters. However, his carefully constructed world faces a devastating reckoning when he is sent to Africa to lead a homophobic crusade, forcing him to confront the unbearable contradictions of religious hypocrisy and navigate a path from the pulpit into underground queer spaces toward radical honesty and true self-acceptance.

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No 8 of our October TBR recommendations: links below

https://tinyurl.com/Oct2026TBR
https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/october-2026-recommended-new-releases-from-independent-presses

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More Queer Faith:
* Since I Laid My Burden Down by Brontez Purnell @brontezpurnell, Cipher Press @cipher_press
* Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth @chloemichelleh, Verve Books @verve_books
* Truth & Dare by So Mayer, Cipher Press @cipher_press
* Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir by Lamya H @lamyaisangry, Icon Books @iconbooks
* Kingfisher by Rozie Kelly @rozeamee, Saraband @sarabandbooks
* Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin @niamhsquared, Manilla Press @manilla_press
* The Ayatollah's Gaze by Majid Parsa @majidparsa.author, Wilton Square Books @wiltonsquarebooks

#TheAngelsCameToSodomInTheEvening #PaulRussell #PaulRussellAuthor #BarbicanPress #QueerLit #LGBTQBooks #QueerFiction #GayLiterature #LGBTQReads #QueerBookstagram #Bookstagram #BookstagramUK #NonFictionBooks #Bookstagram #BookstagramUK #ReadersOfInstagram

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Another fabulous day at #PortyBookFest where we've had sessions on Scottish crime fiction, playing with time in novels, politics, poetry, gender identity in writing and storytelling for children and grown-ups! We've enjoyed ourselves and hope all our audiences have too. See you tomorrow for another busy day! (Thanks to @thefirstelevenminutes for letting us use some of his photos!)

#scottishbookfestival #portobello #scottishfiction #storytelling

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New month and here there are the books I read in September:

- ‘Ordinary Saint’s by Niahm Ní Mhaolcoin @niamhsquared
- ‘The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry’ by Gabrielle Zevin @gabriellezevin
- ‘Hamnet’ by Maggie O’Farrell @maggieofarrellofficial
- ‘Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow’ by Gabrielle Zevin @gabriellezevin Absolute favourite. If you grew up in the 70s/80s and love playing videogames, I think you’ll like this one.
- ‘How to stop time’ by Matt Haig @mattzhaig

What are you reading? Any recommendations?

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A week on from Braemar Literary Festival 2026 and we’re still feeling so inspired by the talks, conversations and gatherings we enjoyed over the weekend. Our village in the Scottish Highlands became a home for ideas and imagination, with a programme filled with talks by some of the UK’s most brilliant writers and creative minds.

Our heartfelt thanks to the wonderful speakers and audiences who made the festival so special.

We can’t wait to welcome you back to Braemar for the 2027 festival. Details will be shared soon, sign up to our newsletter via the link in bio to receive priority access.

@thequeensreadingroom @theglenrothes @womensprize @stmargaretsbraemar @yeadons_of_banchory

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We’re so happy to be partnering with @wutheringdykesbookclub to bring you a stunning conversation between Natalie Adler (@natalie.and.chester) and local favourite Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin (@niamhsquared)!

Natalie Adler’s debut novel depicts the haunting transition of New York’s East Village during the AIDS crisis, from queer avant-garde to gentrified graveyard - join us for an Edinburgh launch of her stunning, genre-bending queer novel Waiting On A Friend.

Both heartbreaking and healing, tragic and triumphant, Waiting on a Friend is a magical retelling of queer history and a celebration of youth and camaraderie. With pathos and humour, empathy and an edge, Natalie Adler freshly reimagines the past for a new generation, reclaiming the spirit of resistance and determination that would become one of the era’s defining legacies.

Join us next Tuesday at 7PM for one of our most anticipated events of this year! Pao holds up a copy of Waiting on a Friend and Ordinary Saints while smiling outside the shop.

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Between my book release (ahh!) and the dev editing class I’m taking, this month has been a chaotic whirlwind. I can’t believe it’s already time to talk about the books I read in September!

I listened to a bunch of audiobooks thanks to Libby and Hoopla and made time to read two debut novels from Bywater Books! If you haven’t read Our Last Fall yet, it’s an amazing YA book about grief and friendship. She’s on to Something comes out October 13—I was lucky enough to get an early copy at GCLS. If you enjoy thrillers and crimesolving, check it out!

#sapphicbooks #bookstagram #wlwbooks #sapphicromance #sapphicYA

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ORDINARY SAINTS by @niamhsquared has been selected as one of @Waterstones Paperbacks of 2026! ❤️ Congratulations Niamh.

Moving, funny, and full of heart, Ordinary Saints is a brilliant exploration of family, queer identity, grief, and who gets to decide how we’re remembered.

Head to Waterstones for your copy 📚✨

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We’re delighted that ORDINARY SAINTS by @niamhsquaredhas been selected as one of @Waterstones Paperbacks of 2026! 🎉

Moving, funny and full of heart, ORDINARY SAINTS is a brilliant exploration of family, queer identity, grief and who gets to decide how we’re remembered. ❤️

If you haven’t discovered it yet, consider this your sign 📖💫

Get your copy of ORDINARY SAINTS on Waterstones now.

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