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*<cite>Rough Music</cite> and <cite>A Place Called Winter</cite> by [[Patrick Gale]] | *<cite>Rough Music</cite> and <cite>A Place Called Winter</cite> by [[Patrick Gale]] | ||
*<cite>[[Arctic Summer]]</cite> and <cite>In a Strange Room</cite> by Damon Galgut | *<cite>[[Arctic Summer]]</cite> and <cite>In a Strange Room</cite> by Damon Galgut | ||
| − | *Carrington: A Life by Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina | + | *<cite>[[Carrington: A Life]]</cite> by Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina |
*<cite>[[Black and Gay in the UK: An Anthology]]</cite> by [[John R Gordon]] | *<cite>[[Black and Gay in the UK: An Anthology]]</cite> by [[John R Gordon]] | ||
*<cite>Notes on a Scandal</cite> by [[Zoë Heller]] | *<cite>Notes on a Scandal</cite> by [[Zoë Heller]] | ||
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*<cite>Trumpet</cite> and <cite>The Red Dust Road</cite> by [[Jackie Kay]] | *<cite>Trumpet</cite> and <cite>The Red Dust Road</cite> by [[Jackie Kay]] | ||
*<cite>The Rainbow</cite> by [[D H Lawrence]] | *<cite>The Rainbow</cite> by [[D H Lawrence]] | ||
| − | *The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan | + | *<cite>The Gracekeepers</cite> by [[Kirsty Logan]] |
*<cite>Tales of the City</cite>, <cite>Michael Tolliver Lives</cite> and <cite>The Days of Anna Madrigal</cite> by Armistead Maupin | *<cite>Tales of the City</cite>, <cite>Michael Tolliver Lives</cite> and <cite>The Days of Anna Madrigal</cite> by Armistead Maupin | ||
*<cite>A Darker Domain</cite> by [[Val McDermid]] | *<cite>A Darker Domain</cite> by [[Val McDermid]] | ||
*<cite>Enduring Love</cite> by [[Ian McEwan]] | *<cite>Enduring Love</cite> by [[Ian McEwan]] | ||
*<cite>At my Mother's Knee and Other Low Joints</cite> by [[Paul O'Grady]] | *<cite>At my Mother's Knee and Other Low Joints</cite> by [[Paul O'Grady]] | ||
| − | *The Magician’s Assistant by Ann Patchett | + | *<cite>The Magician’s Assistant</cite> by Ann Patchett |
*<cite>The Bell Jar</cite> by Sylvia Plath | *<cite>The Bell Jar</cite> by Sylvia Plath | ||
*<cite>Brokeback Mountain</cite> by Annie Proulx | *<cite>Brokeback Mountain</cite> by Annie Proulx | ||
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*<cite>A Stone's Throw</cite> and <cite>Tell it to the Bees</cite> by [[Fiona Shaw (author)|Fiona Shaw]] | *<cite>A Stone's Throw</cite> and <cite>Tell it to the Bees</cite> by [[Fiona Shaw (author)|Fiona Shaw]] | ||
*<cite>[[Mrs Keppel and her Daughter]]</cite> by [[Diana Souhami]] | *<cite>[[Mrs Keppel and her Daughter]]</cite> by [[Diana Souhami]] | ||
| − | *The City of Devi by Manil Suri | + | *<cite>The City of Devi</cite> by Manil Suri |
*<cite>Valentine Grey</cite> by [[Sandi Toksvig]] | *<cite>Valentine Grey</cite> by [[Sandi Toksvig]] | ||
*<cite>Sacred Country</cite> by [[Rose Tremain]] | *<cite>Sacred Country</cite> by [[Rose Tremain]] | ||
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*<cite>[[Brideshead Revisited]]</cite> by [[Evelyn Waugh]] | *<cite>[[Brideshead Revisited]]</cite> by [[Evelyn Waugh]] | ||
*<cite>My Lives</cite> by Edmund White | *<cite>My Lives</cite> by Edmund White | ||
| − | *The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde | + | *<cite>The Ballad of Reading Gaol</cite> by [[Oscar Wilde]] |
| − | *Alexander McQueen: Beneath the Skin by Andrew Wilson | + | *<cite>[[Alexander McQueen: Beneath the Skin]]</cite> by Andrew Wilson |
*<cite>Oranges are not the only Fruit</cite>, <cite>Written on the Body</cite> and <cite>Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?</cite> by [[Jeanette Winterson]] | *<cite>Oranges are not the only Fruit</cite>, <cite>Written on the Body</cite> and <cite>Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?</cite> by [[Jeanette Winterson]] | ||
*<cite>Memoirs of Hadrian</cite> by Marguerite Yourcenar | *<cite>Memoirs of Hadrian</cite> by Marguerite Yourcenar | ||
Revision as of 07:37, 3 April 2017
The Rainbow Reading Group is an LGBT Reading Group, organised by Croydon Area Gay Society (CAGS) in conjunction with Croydon Library. It meets monthly in the Central Library, Croydon.
It was started in October 2010, but had its official opening in February 2011 with a visit by Issy Festing, author of The Bird Keeper.[1] Fiona Shaw, author of A Stone's Throw, was the guest in February 2013, and Stevie Henden, author of The Lost Boy, the Doodlebug, and the Mysterious Number 80 was the guest in February 2014.
Books discussed
Books so far read and discussed (to the end of 2015):[1]
- The Yacoubian Building by Alaa al Aswany
- Giovanni's Room, Go Tell it on the Mountain and Just Above My Head by James Baldwin
- Mr Clive & Mr Page by Neil Bartlett
- The Gulf between us by Geraldine Bedell
- Leaving Tangiers by Tahar Ben Jelloun
- Smut by Alan Bennett
- Ruby Fruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
- Shameless by Paul Burston
- Love is where it Falls by Simon Callow
- Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
- Briefs Encountered by Julian Clary
- Retreat from Love by Colette
- The Naked Civil Servant by Quentin Crisp
- The Hours by Michael Cunningham
- Astray by Emma Donoghue
- James Miranda Barry by Patricia Duncker
- Justine by Lawrence Durrell
- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
- The Bird Keeper by Issy Festing
- Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café by Fannie Flagg
- Maurice by E M Forster
- Rough Music and A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale
- Arctic Summer and In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut
- Carrington: A Life by Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
- Black and Gay in the UK: An Anthology by John R Gordon
- Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller
- The Lost Boy, the Doodlebug, and the Mysterious Number 80 by Stevie Henden
- Carol by Patricia Highsmith
- The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
- Goodbye to Berlin and A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
- Trumpet and The Red Dust Road by Jackie Kay
- The Rainbow by D H Lawrence
- The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan
- Tales of the City, Michael Tolliver Lives and The Days of Anna Madrigal by Armistead Maupin
- A Darker Domain by Val McDermid
- Enduring Love by Ian McEwan
- At my Mother's Knee and Other Low Joints by Paul O'Grady
- The Magician’s Assistant by Ann Patchett
- The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
- Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
- The Friendly Young Ladies and The Persian Boy by Mary Renault
- The Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger
- A Stone's Throw and Tell it to the Bees by Fiona Shaw
- Mrs Keppel and her Daughter by Diana Souhami
- The City of Devi by Manil Suri
- Valentine Grey by Sandi Toksvig
- Sacred Country by Rose Tremain
- The Death of Lucy Kyte by Nicola Upson
- The Colour Purple by Alice Walker
- Gypsy Boy by Mikey Walsh
- Affinity , Fingersmith, The Night Watch, Tipping the Velvet and The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
- Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
- My Lives by Edmund White
- The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde
- Alexander McQueen: Beneath the Skin by Andrew Wilson
- Oranges are not the only Fruit, Written on the Body and Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson
- Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.rainbowreadinggroup.org.uk/. Accessed: 2015-12-06. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6da6wL0kw)
