Book clubs

The Small Queer Press Book Club is a continuous book club at The Pond aiming to uplift queer published works from smaller -mostly indie- presses focusing on diverse stories of LGBTQIA+ life and people.

The Gender Theory and Also Sometimes Gender Fiction Book Club started because we wanted to discuss Whipping Girl, and it grew from there. We read all sorts of gender related books, mostly theoretical and academic works, from Julia Serano to Talia Bhatt and from bell hooks to Ursula K. Le Guin's speculative fiction. So far we haven't dared to tackle Judith Butler yet, but we'll get there someday ;)

We read one book per month if it's not outrageously long. Discussion between sessions and selection of the next book happen on discord. Please send an email to queerbookclubcph@proton.me to get invited to the discord server ✨”

- June (book club founder)

Don’t have much time for reading? Afraid to commit to a whole book? Still want to read queer fiction and chat about it? Welcome to Short Story Club: Closer Look!

Every month, we read a short story by an LGBTQIA+ author in English (1-50 pages long) and discuss it within queer community using some fun techniques, such as freewriting. Taking a closer look, we delve deeper to learn what the story is about, how we interpret it, why it’s written the way it is, and what it makes us think and feel. A piece of fiction has as many versions as it has readers, so let’s meet and share our own!

Grab a cute pen for your notes and come join us!