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We're back! We're bigger! And we're bolder! Queen Books Newcastle, is back this UK Pride Month with another fundraiser. Fundraising, activism and solidarity are key parts of the queer community and experience. In the current climate of the world, it is now more important that ever to join and strengthen communities and their efforts. This year, our focus is on Rainbow Home @rainbow_home_ne , a specialist charity in the North East of England, providing relief, assistance and promotion of...

May is around the corner, and so is another great book brought to you by QBN! May's book is 'The Bones Beneath my Skin' by T J Klune This is a genre-defying book packed with found family dynamics, cat-and-mouse thrills, slow-burn romance, and contemporary supernatural elements. We are meeting on Saturday 30th 12-2pm at Newcastle City Library in ROOM 7 Level 6. We look forward to seeing everyone come on the 30th! x "In the spring of 1995, Nate Cartwright has lost everything: his parents are...

That's a wrap on another month, another book. Thanks to everyone who made it to the library today to discuss My Government Means to Kill Me- by Rasheed Newson. A very well researched and live retelling of 1980s New York. This month's theme was community, and we voted for 'My Government Means to Kill Me' which focused on the gay community in the 80s during the AIDS crisis in New York City. The community that Trey our protagonist finds in New York bath houses, rental complexes and activist...