Pride and Prejudice, Queer Book Fair at the Georgian House

Pride Book Festival at The Georgian House 📖

📍 The Georgian House, Edinburgh
📅 Friday 6th June 2025
🕕 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
🎟️ Free Entry (pre-book tickets)

Join us at The Georgian House this Pride Month as we celebrate the opening of Below Stairs Books, our new secondhand bookshop, with a special Pride Book Fair! 📕

Dotted around our historic 1790’s townhouse will be local booksellers to browse and buy a curated selection of LGBTQ+ literature, rare books, and second-hand treasures, all available for purchase.

📚 Book Fair & Stallholders
Lighthouse
McNaughtan’s
Typewronger
Lavender Menace Archive
The National Library of Scotland

Along with our own museums very own second-hand bookshop!

🎤 Special Talk: The team from Lavender Menace will also present a short talk, sharing insights into the history of their iconic bookshop and archive, a cornerstone of queer literary history in Scotland.

Spend an evening immersing yourself in literary heritage, rare books, and queer storytelling in the atmospheric setting of our 18th-century Drawing Room.

Discover the LGBTQ+ connections in our historic house collection, from Catherine Talbot’s letters to Elizabeth Carter to historic entries in the Encyclopedia Britannica, and explore the house through an LGBTQ+ lens.

📖 Be sure to pre-book your free ticket and celebrate Pride with us!

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