Queer Fiction Reading Group

Welcome to our Queer Fiction Reading Group!

This is an inclusive reading group open to anyone to come together to read and discuss LGBTQIA+ literature, with titles handpicked by Sanna. Through a queer lens we’ll explore everything from overlooked queer classics to groundbreaking works of contemporary literary fiction.

For October we're reading Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin. Inspired by the author's own devout upbringing, this is a brilliant debut novel from a fresh, exciting new voice which asks - who gets to decide how we are remembered - and who we will become?

Brought up in a devout household in Ireland, Jay is now living in London with her girlfriend, determined to live day to day and not think too much about either the future or the past. But when she learns that her beloved older brother, who died in a terrible accident, may be made into a Catholic saint, she realises she must at last confront her family, her childhood and herself...

*Selected as a Radio 2 Bookclub Pick
*Shortlisted for The Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year
*Shortlisted for The Women's Prize Discoveries Award
*Shortlisted for Two Books are My Bag Awards
*Shortlisted for The Kate O'Brien Award
*Longlister for The Dublin Literary Prize