Queer Book Club
The Queer Book Club is back!
By Bibliotheek Den Haag
Date and time
Monday, October 13 · 7:30 - 9pm CEST
Location
Centrale Bibliotheek
68 Spui 2511 BT Den Haag NetherlandsAbout this event
- Event lasts 1 hour 30 minutes
The Queer Book Club is back!
Centrale Bibliotheek
68 Spui 2511 BT Den Haag NetherlandsThis year we’re reading exciting new queer novels and queer classics to start conversations about gender identity, sexuality and navigating queer life in general.
On Monday, October 13, the Queer Book Club will gather for a special coming out day session. At this meeting, we will read Ali Smith’s poetic novel Autumn, a novel about intergenerational connections, political dishonesty and forgotten women artists.
In the wake of the Brexit referendum, Elizabeth visits her 70 years older neighbor, Daniel and they strike up a close friendships. During their conversations, they reminisce about the parallels between the Brexit campaign and Profumo Scandal of the 1960s and they talk about the only woman in British Pop Art, Pauline Boty. Smith seduces the reader with poetic language that sucks the reader into a deep reflection about post-truth politics.
The session is chaired by Looi van Kessel, assistant professor of literary studies and gender studies at Leiden University. The sessions of the queer book club will be held in English.