In association with Pride London, Foyles, the renowned London bookseller, stages two literary events bringing together some of the UK’s finest gay and lesbian writers. Pride Words (June 22) is an opportunity to hear leading novelists read and talk about their latest work, with Stella Duffy (Stonewall Writer of the Year 2008 and author of The Room of Lost Things), Adam Mars-Jones (Pilcrow), Mia Farlane (Footnotes to Sex), Karen Mcleod (In Search of the Missing Eyelash) and LAMBDA Award Finalist Drew Gummerson (Me and Mickie James). Who’s the Daddy? (June 23), presented by Chroma, the queer literary journal, is an evening of confessional, sentimental and wholesomely kinky poetry and live music on the multifaceted theme of fatherhood, featuring singer-songwriter Marie Tueje, playwright and poet Berta Freistadt, poet and critic Cherry Smyth, Gold Inkwell winner for poetry and drama Andra Simons and Chroma Editor Shaun Levin.
 
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