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• Review: After My Own Heart by Sophia Blackwell
  on Jan 23, 2012 in Review
  AFTER MY OWN HEARTby Sophia BlackwellPublished by Lime House BooksReviewed by Eric Karl AndersonEvie Day is a woman in her late twenties who feels like she should be settling down. She has a steady job in public relations and lives with her girlfrien...
• Review: Hymn by John Barton
  on Mar 18, 2011 in Poetry Review John Barton
  HYMNJohn BartonPublished by Brick BooksReviewed by Gregory WoodsThe pithiest thing about the Canadian poet John Barton’s new collection, HYMN, is the pun in its title, suggesting a hymn to him (whom?). The word also always brings ‘hymen’ to my...
• Review: Ganymede Unfinished
  on Oct 19, 2010 in John Stahle Review Ganymede Unfinished
  Ganymede UnfinishedBrian Borland (ed)Published by Sibling Rivalry PressReviewed by Gregory WoodsThe gay literary and cultural journal Ganymede had only been going since 2008, and had only appeared in seven issues, at a rate of three a year, when its...
• Announcing GFEST 2010: London's gay arts festival
  on Oct 9, 2010 in GFEST Gay Arts Festival
  GFEST – Gaywise FESTival, 'London's LGBT and queer cross - art festival for all', has announced an exciting and ambitious 2010 programme. The festival will take place across London in prestigious venues such as V&A and The National Gallery.GFES...
• Review: Stranger in Town by Cedar Sigo
  on Oct 1, 2010 in City Lights Cedar Sigo Poetry Review
  Stranger in TownCedar SigoPublished by City Lights PressReviewed by Colin Herd‘I have tried above all to bring an allure to poetry.’The phrase ‘Stranger in Town’ always makes me think of the 1965 record by Del Shannon, a stomping strum-along...
• Review: The King of Carnaby Street: the Life of John Stephen
  on Sep 24, 2010 in Review Biography
  The King of Carnaby Street: the Life of John StephenJeremy ReedPublished by Haus PublishingReviewed by Richard CanningJohn Stephen’s name may have faded from general consciousness today just as clearly as it was unknown when the 18-year-old, near p...
• Review: Frostbitten by Mark Walton
  on Sep 8, 2010 in Poetry Review Mark Walton
• The Green Carnation Prize Longlist 2010 Announced
  on Sep 1, 2010 in Gay Fiction Award Green Carnation Prize
  The Green Carnation Prize is a new UK award given to works of fiction or memoir by gay men. The judges have debated long and hard to come up with the following longlist:Generation A by Douglas Coupland (Windmill Books)Bryant and May Off the Rails by...
• Women on the Move: Three New Films Reviewed by Sophie Mayer
  on Aug 28, 2010 in Film Review Lesbian films
  Perestroikadirected by Sarah TurnerThe Headless Woman directed by Lucrecia MartelVilla Amalia directed by Benoit Jacquot Reviewed by Sophie MayerIn Lesbian Visibility, film theorist Amy Villarejo suggests that maybe out-there L-Word style representat...
• Theatre Review: Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens at the Shaw Theatre
  on Aug 21, 2010 in Theatre Review Shaw Theatre
  Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queensby Bill Russell and Janet HoodShaw Theatre, London, 10-28 August 2010directed by John-Jackson Almondmusical director Michael RoulstonReviewed by Richard CanningThis revival of the song cycle by Bill Russell...

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