Harold Acton | Nancy Mitford | What was Nancy Mitford’s wicked sense of humour really like? The writer and poet Harold Acton was – like Nancy Mitford herself – one of the Bright You
Henri Crouzat | Island at the End of the World | Shipwrecked when their hospital ship is torpedoed, a young officer of the French Air Force and three English nurses find themselves marooned on a tiny
Randy Salem | Sex in the Shadows | ‘They prowl, these older lesbians, like Ivy. Then one day they strike and girls like Stephanie become their victims forever.’
Alexander Trocchi | Helen & Desire | Written as a diary, this novel recounts the coming of age of 18-year-old Helen Smith, a late 1940’s Australian girl living in a small sea village with
Dola de Jong | The Tree and The Vine | This courageous early work of lesbian fiction (1951) tells the gripping story of two women torn between desires and taboos in the years leading up to
Mercedes De Acosta | Until the Day Break | The novel parallels the life of the author, portraying a married woman like herself who is confused about her sexual longings, rejects marriage and d
Karla Jay; Allen Young | Lavender Culture | To read this book is to glimpse gay culture in its first morning…. It offers a comprehensive and poignant overview of a very special moment in gay c
