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ROBIN REARDON
THE MILES
THE EVOLUTION OF ETHAN POE
THE BOYFRIEND
666 CHARING CROSS ROAD
ROBERT LENNON
R. RAJ RAO
PAUL MAGRS
THE GAY DIVORCEE
NOTES FROM AN EXHIBITION
PAUL BURSTON
PATRICK GALE
WARREN THE FRONT RUNNER
HALLUCINATING FOCAULT
PATRICIA NELL
PATRICIA DUNCKER
GYPSY BOY
THE MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH
MIKEY WALSH
MICHAEL CHABON
BENSON AT SIXTY
PAGAN AND HER PARENTS
MICHAEL CARSON
MICHAEL ARDITTI
CHILDREN OF THE SUN
SPANDEX
MAX SCHAEFER
MARTIN EDEN
THE CUTTING ROOM
ANNABEL
LOUISE WELSH
KATHLEEN WINTER
WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON
THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS
JOHN GREEN
PUTTING ON THE RITZ
J T LEROY
JOE KEENAN
ORANGES ARE NOT THE ONLY FRUIT
THE LONG FIRM
JEANETTE WINTERSON
JAKE ARNOTT
REALITY, REALITY
ROOM
MAPP AND LUCIA
JACKIE KAY
EMMA DONOGHUE
E F BENSON
CHAOS
SCREWED UP LIFE OF CHARLIE THE SECOND
EDMUND WHITE
DREW FERGUSON
GOD JR
SQUIRREL SEEKS CHIPMUNK
DENNIS COOPER
DAVID SEDARIS
THE INDIAN CLERK
GOODBYE TO BERLIN
DAVID LEAVITT
CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD
THE ART OF FIELDING
THE BEES
CHAD HARBACH
CAROL ANNE DUFFY
TALES OF THE CITY
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ARE YOU MY MOTHER?
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THERE BUT FOR THE
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ALI SMITH
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THE LINE OF BEAUTY
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Victoria Avenue East, M9 6HW
ALAN HOLLINGHURST
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Manchester Libraries are celebrating the best in LGBT writ ing w it h a collection of our f avourite 50 new a nd classic aut hors. AUTHORS
ARMISTEAD MAUPIN TALES OF THE CITY
ARE YOU MY MOTHER?
THERE BUT FOR THE
ALISON BECHDEL
ALI SMITH
THE LINE OF BEAUTY
MY SIDE OF THE STORY
ALAN HOLLINGHURST
WILL DAVIS
SELECTED POEMS
KICK BACK
W H AUDEN
VAL MCDERMID
STRANGER ON LESBOS
Also every Friday in October and November we’ll be blogging about one of the books. visit manchesterlitlist.blogspot. com and tell us what you think.
Robert Lennon Robin Reardon Rodney Bolt Ronald Firbank Sarah Waters Siba Al-Harez Stacey D’erasmo Stella Duffy Stephen Chbosky Stephen Fry Terry Ronald Tove Jansson Valerie Taylor Val McDermid W H Auden Will Davis
VALERIE TAYLOR
If you prefer your books in e-format or audio we have a collection of books by these authors to download at manchester.gov.uk/libraries
Joe Keenan John Green J T Leroy Kathleen Winter Louise Welsh Martin Eden Max Schaefer Michael Arditti Michael Carson Michael Chabon Mikey Walsh Patricia Duncker Patricia Nell Warren Patrick Gale Paul Burston Paul Magrs R. Raj Rao
THE SUMMER BOOK
MY SIDE OF THE STORY
SELECTED POEMS
KICK BACK
STRANGER ON LESBOS
THE SUMMER BOOK
BECOMING NANCY
PAPERWIGHT
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
THEODORA
THE SKY BELOW
THE OTHERS
FINGERSMITH
VAINGLORY
THE IMPOSSIBLE LIFE OF MARY BENSON
You can find these books at City Library on Deansgate and Chorlton Library. City Library also has a new collection of LGBT dvds. From the raw ‘Break My Fall’ to the classic ‘Milk’.
Alan Hollinghurst Ali Smith Alison Bechdel Armistead Maupin Carol Anne Duffy Chad Harbach Christopher Isherwood David Leavitt David Sedaris Dennis Cooper Drew Ferguson Edmund White E F Benson Emma Donoghue Jackie Kay Jake Arnott Jeanette Winterson
TOVE JANSSON
WILL DAVIS
W H AUDEN
VAL MCDERMID
VALERIE TAYLOR
TOVE JANSON
TERRY RONALD
STEPHEN FRY
STEPHEN CHBOSKY
STELLA DUFFY
STACEY D’ERASMO
SIBA AL-HAREZ
SARAH WATERS
RONALD FIRBANK
RODNEY BOLT
Our selection of books will take you on a journey through backstreet bars, Victorian society, Indian history, gothic horror, sports locker rooms, 1920’s village life and back to Manchester for some Sunday afternoon poetry.