Strange Perfume

Talks and workshops curated by Paul Clinton. Co-organised with Jordan Taylor, Jamie Atherton and Cherry Styles


Strange Perfume is a LGBTQIA book fair that focuses primarily on artists books and printed matter. Taking place across two days, the fair will feature stands from an international mix of independent publishers and artists, selling queer fiction, critical and political writing, drawing and printmaking. Alongside this, a programme of performances, readings and workshops will reflect the diversity of queer artists’ publishing, including activist, historical and more recent work. Here’s a whiff of what Strange Perfume is all about:


What was once the ‘love that dare not speak its name’ now seems to never shut up, with ever more queers publishing their own material. Scenting this change in the air, Strange Perfume is a new fair gathering together the wealth of printed matter being produced by queer artists about the LGBTQIA experience. Step up to the fragrance counter and sample from a range of stalls featuring books, editions, posters, badges and more, alongside talks and events.


It’s a chance to meet other bookish benders at a time when gay bars and clubs are shutting down and the queer experience is being co-opted by mass media. So get off Grindr, say sod off to Scruff, step out into the world and envelope yourself within the Strange Perfume. – Paul Clinton

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TALKS BY:


AA BRONSON

NO BRA

PREM SAHIB

HANNAH QUINLAN & ROSIE HASTINGS

PREM SAHIB

JAMES MORGAN

IRENE REVELL


WORKSHOPS BY:


SARAH SHIN (SILVER PRESS)

HELENA RECKITT

PAUL SAMMUT

WOMEN OF COLOUR INDEX READING GROUP


BOOKS FROM:


SOOFIYA ANDRY

ALEX MARGO ARDEN

ALEX BARRETT

BURNING HOUSE BOOKS

AA BRONSON

SAM COTTINGTON

KATIE DELLA-VALLE

TIFFANY R CHAN

SIMON ENGLISH

CASPAR HEINEMANN

ORION FACEY

CHLOE A.D FILANI

SARAH JOY FORD

IAN GILES

MS KEVIN LE GRAND

HANNAH QUINLAN & ROSIE HASTINGS

FOX IRVING

TOM KEMP

NATASHA LALL

HUW LEMMEY

RACHEL LITTLEWOOD

RUDY LOEWE

GEORGIA LUCAS-GOING

DAWN MELLOR

MADISON MOORE

AMY PENNINGTON

MEGAN PICKERING

EMILY POPE

SILVER PRESS

SYNCHRONISE WITCHES PRESS

GEORGE REINER

GABY SAHHAR

JACK SCOTT

SINA SPARROW

FAILED STATES

JANINA SABALIAUSKAITE & JADE SWEETING

JENKIN VAN ZYL

ROSE WALSH

JOHN WALTER

CLAWSON & WARD

LIV WINTER

SISTERS UNCUT

VAGINA DENTATA ZINE