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Summer Lovin' - The delicious romance coming to the First Date Festival!

Volunteers needed for First Date 2024!

The Jhalak Prize shortlists 2024

Support the writers boycotting PEN America

The 2024 International Booker Shortlist

Myths, water and queerness: If you liked these books, you'll love these films

Non-Burns Night - An Excuse to Celebrate Scottish Wordsmiths

The books we're excited for in 2024

Our Women in Translation book group 2024 choices

Women in Translation: ideas for 2024

Jim's Top Reads of 2023

Fact and fiction: the pairing game

Jess's top reads of 2023

Phoenix's top reads of 2023

Hannah's top reads of 2023

Stories of what could be with Laura Jean McKay

Fiction and Feminism from Latin America

9 books of queer joy chosen by Lily Lindon

Lighthouse Book Subscriptions | September 2023

Wrestling With the Moment - Reading to compliment Doppelganger

Into darkness: A BPOC horror/gothic reading list

Lighthouse Book Subscriptions | August 2023

We Have Always Been Here: Writing Queer, Trans & Intersex Lives (Back) into History

These books are weapons of empathy - So says Robin Ince

Louise's gateway books to Indigenous Australia

A gush of love for audiobooks

What it means to celebrate South Asian Heritage Month

What's a Summer Read, anyway?

fringe of Colour Films: a Reading List #3

First Date x Indie Bookshop Week: Radhika Sanghani

First Date x Indie Bookshop Week: Mhairi McFarlane

First Date x Indie Bookshop Week: Adiba Jaigirdar

First Date x Indie Bookshop Week: Beth O'Leary

First Date x Indie Bookshop Week: Bolu Babalola

First Date x Indie Bookshop Week feat. Laura Kay

Queer experiments abound

Time-Hopping Novels

Summer of Stories...

Exciting new Welsh books!

genre-exploding crime stories