Stella Duffy and Paul Burston
LGBT History Month author event 21 February 2012
The library service will be presenting an LGBT author event at Watford Library on Tuesday 21 February at 7.15pm. We are thrilled to announce that not one, but two contemporary authors will be speaking: Stella Duffy and Paul Burston. Tickets £5/£2.50
Staff will be available to help you to add your memories of LGBT life in Hertfordshire to the Herts Memories website on this evening.
You can borrow copies of Paul and Stella's books from Hertfordshire Libraries. Books in stock include:
Paul Burston
- The Gay Divorcee
- Lovers and Losers
- Shameless
- Star People
Stella Duffy
- Calendar Girl
- Eating Cake
- Fresh Flesh
- Immaculate Conceit
- Mouths of Babes
- Parallel Lies
- The Room of Lost Things
- Singling out the Couples
- State of Happiness
- Wavewalker
- Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore
Paul and Stella have also both been on the judging panels of recent LGBT book awards.
The shortlists included the following titles which you may also enjoy:
Paul - Polari First Book Prize 2011:
- James Maker - Autofellatio (winner)
- Clare Campbell - Love, Hope and High Heels
- Timothy Graves - Homo Jihad
- Jonathan Kemp - London Triptych
- D. J. Connell - Julian Corkle is a Filthy Liar
Stella - Green Carnation Prize 2011:
- Catherine Hall - The Proof of Love (winner)
- Patricia Duncker - The Strange Case of the Composer and his
- Judge
- Jackie Kay - Red Dust Road
- Bob Smith - Remembrance of Things I Forgot
- Zoe Strachan - Ever Fallen in Love
- Colm Toibin - The Empty Family
Other LGBT events
Find out more about LGBT History Month events in Hertfordshire on the LGBT History Month website.