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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 15/10/2026

Botanical horror, cosy fantasies and festive rom-coms. Plus brand new queer books from Travis Baldree, Andrew Joseph White and CG Drews! There are loads of new queer books coming out in October! See something you like? Grab a copy from proud-geek.co.uk online bookshop. #queerbooks #booksky

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 14/10/2026

Queer books about eldritch horrors to read this Halloween: (A list of titles and authors can be found in that alt text). Looking for something new to read? Visit proud-geek.co.uk to buy LGBTQ+ books and get them delivered right to your door! #booksky #queerbooks

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 09/10/2026

This is your reminder that you can buy LGBTQ+ audiobooks through the Proud Geek website via libro.fm/proudgeek. There's even a list of queer horror audiobook recommendations! Visit libro.fm/proudgeek to switch now and get two free audiobooks when you sign up for a one-credit-per-month membership.

LGBTQ+ horror audiobooks to keep you up at night

Get tho free audiobooks for a limited time only when you start a new one credit a month membership supporting Proud Geek Bookshop

Screw audible, make the switch to Proud Geek

Explore Audiobooks at libro.fm/proudgeek

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 05/10/2026

It’s a great week for new queer book releases: There's possessed dolls in SHE'S A DOLL, cosy fantasy in LEGENDS & LATTES: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL, teenage angst in DEAD GIRLS, spooky comedy in FANGS AND ALL, and THE OBAKE CODE is now out in paperback! Find them all at proud-geek.co.uk #queerbooks

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 01/10/2026

Apparently, it’s International Coffee Day, so here are twelve queer cafés in the UK and Ireland that are worth a visit: Read the full blog post over at proud-geek.co.uk/post/lgbtq-c...

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 30/09/2026

Queer romance, adult lit-fic and paranormal fantasy – here are some of the LGBTQ+ books that came out in September 2026 at proud-geek.co.uk (A list of the books featured in this video can be found in the alt text.) #queerbooks #booksky

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 26/09/2026

It’s restock day once again at Proud Geek! There's cosy vampire rom-com mystery in Be Still My Unbeating Heart, a queer history of British television in Out Now, and Aiden Thomas returns to the world of Cemetery Boys in Espiritu. You can buy these and more at proud-geek.co.uk #queerbooks #booksky

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 23/09/2026

Happy #BiVisibilityDay to you and your favourite bisexual! Looking for more bi representation to add to your bookshelf? Here are 20 LGBTQ+ books and graphic novels about bisexual characters available at proud-geek.co.uk now: #queerbooks #booksky

Text reads: 20 bisexual books to add to your bookshelf for Bi Visibility Day

20 bisexual book covers:

▪️ Reality Check by Lizzie Huxley-Jones
▪️ Cursed Under London by Gabby Hutchinson Crouch
▪️ Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
▪️ Big Date Energy by Bethany Rutter
▪️ Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
▪️ Something to be Proud Of by Anna Zoe Quirke
▪️ Punk’n Heads by Dave Baker & Nicole Goux
▪️ The Deep Dark by Lee Knox Ostertag
▪️ Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle
▪️ Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland
▪️ Boyslut by Zachary Zane
▪️ Daybreak by Moosopp
▪️ Tart by Becki Jayne Crossley
▪️ Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning
▪️ Cacoethes by Chloe De Lullington
▪️ The Unsinkable Ship of Fools by Jonas Goonface
▪️ Dead Real by Poppy T. Perry
▪️ My Best Friend's Honeymoon by Meryl Wilsner
▪️ She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
▪️ Roll for Love by M.K. England

Staff pick at Proud Geek - Running Close To The Wind by Alexandra Rowland (18+)

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 15/09/2026

HOTTIES IN ART by @jackshoulder.bsky.social comes out later this month and he was gracious enough to write a guest blog for Proud Geek about his favourite hotties in geek culture. Sound interesting? You can read the full blog here: proud-geek.co.uk/post/hotties... #queerbooks #booksky

Snippet from a guest blog by Jack Shoulder about hotties in geeky art. Text reads: HOTTIES IN GEEKY ART - guest blog by Jack Shoulder. Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. Some of them save the world on a regular basis, others pull off cosmos-preserving feats, while others still might fight for big ideals like truth and justice, but do so on a more down-to-earth level. And that’s just the good guys! Geek culture abounds with hunks, heroes, gods and a weirdly sexy monster or two. Whichever media you choose to consume your geekiness through - be it movie, manga, comic or book - there will be a hottie especially for you. Read more at proud-geek.co.uk/blog

Book cover for Hotties In Art by Jack Shoulder, text reads: HOTTIES IN ART by Jack Shoulder, out 24th September.

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 14/09/2026

From coming-of-age lit-fic to paranormal mysteries, queer history and a whole bunch of new trans fiction, here’s what’s new at Proud Geek this September: See something you like? Grab a copy from proud-geek.co.uk #queerbooks #booksky

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 10/09/2026

Looking for something to do this weekend? THE BOOK EXTRAVAGANZA is back at Uffculme Centre in Moseley on Saturday 12th September. It's a great day out full of indie authors, micropublishers, comics, books, zines, bookshops, special editions, art prints, gifts & more! See you there! #booksky

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 07/09/2026

Are you taking part in the #SapphicSeptember & looking to add some graphic novels to your TBR? Here’s a list of 20 queer graphic novels with sapphic main characters to add to your bookshelf right now: See something you like? Get 10% off sapphic books, comics & manga at proud-geek.co.uk #booksky

Text reads: 20 sapphic graphic novels to read during sapphic september

20 sapphic graphic novels in a grid:

▪️ S.I.R. by Fell Hound & Eleonora Bruni
▪️ Leo Rising by Archie Bongiovanni
▪️ Grand Slam Romance by Ollie Hicks & Emma Oosterhous
▪️ Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero-O’Connell
▪️ Heavy Vinyl Complete Collection by Carly Usdin, Nina Vakueva & Irene Flores
▪️ The Girl From The Sea by Lee Knox Ostertag
▪️ Thieves by Lucie Bryon
▪️ The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All by Sumiko Arai
▪️ How Could You by Ren Strapp
▪️ Harley Quinn The Animated Series: The Eat. Bang! Kill Tour by Tee Franklin
& Max Sarin
▪️ Galaxy The Prettiest Star by Jadiza Axelrod & Jess Taylor
▪️ Hollow by Shannon Watters & Branden Boyer-White
▪️ Spent by Alison Bechdel
▪️ On Starlit Shores by Bex Glendining
▪️ Witchlight by Jessi Zabarsky
▪️ Cosmoknights by Hannah Templer
▪️ Waves by Ingrid Chabbert & Carole Maurel
▪️ Succulent edited by Niki Smith, Ollie Hicks & Tab Kimpton
▪️ Mooncakes by Wendy Xu & Suzanne Walker
▪️ Specter Inspectors by Bowen McCurdy & Kaitlyn Musto

Staff recommendation - The Girl From The Sea by Lee Knox Ostertag

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 22/08/2026

Queer books with sentient objects, creatures and lifeforms: (A list of book titles and authors can be found in the alt text) Looking for something new to read? You can buy these and other LGBTQ+ books from proud-gook.co.uk/all-queer-bo...

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 20/08/2026

WORST MAN by @brandtandstein.com is being released next week. It’s a fun and colourful queer rom-com full of chaos and conspiracy - perfect for fans of Glass Onion. If you missed the first ten preview pages back in February, here they are again: Pre-order here: www.proud-geek.co.uk/queer-book/w...

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 19/08/2026

It’s restock day at Proud Geek: There’s medieval romance from Lex Croucher in Bridget & Gabe Are Not Okay, cosy sapphic DnD adventure & romance in Homeward For A Spell, and Travis Baldree’s fantasy adventure sequel Brigands & Breadknives is now out in paperback! #booksky

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 18/08/2026

Adventuring parties, cosy fantasy & sapphic romance - HOMEWARD FOR A SPELL by Jamie Pacton & Rebecca Podos is out today!! Perfect for fans of Homegrown Magic, Legends & Lattes, or You Can't Spell Treason Without Tea. Sound good? Buy it here: proud-geek.co.uk/queer-book/h... #booksky

Pre-order goodies for Homeword For A Spell

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 11/08/2026

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL is out today! It’s a beautifully illustrated adaptation of André Aciman’s original novel by Sarah Maxwell. If you want to grab yourself a copy, it’s available here: proud-geek.co.uk/queer-book/c... #booksky

Book cover for Call Me By Your Name: The Graphic Novel, adapted and illustrated by Sarah Maxwell

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 02/08/2026

QUEER BOOK RELEASES: AUGUST From sapphic fantasy to gay romance and a LOT of queer comics (including the final volume of The Adventure Zone), here’s what’s new at Proud Geek this August: You can buy these & more at proud-geek.co.uk (A list of book titles & authors is in the alt text.) #booksky

Ten book covers of ten queer books coming out in August 2026

▪️ Ship Happens by Mason Deaver
▪️ Bridget and Gabe Are Not Okay by Lex Croucher
▪️ Call Me by Your Name: The Graphic Novel by Andre Aciman & Sarah Maxwell-McNicol
▪️ Worst Man by Brandt&Stein
▪️ The Halls of the Dead by S.M. Hallow
▪️ Immortal Game by Allison Saft
▪️ Harder Than It Looks by Kendra Wells
▪️ Homeward for a Spell by Jamie Pacton & Rebecca Podos
▪️ The Good Vampire's Guide To Blood & Boyfriends (PAPERBACK) by Jamie D'Amato
▪️ The Adventure Zone: Story and Song by The McElroy Family & Carey Pietsch

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 21/07/2026

Queer books for reality TV fans: (Book titles and authors can be found in the alt text) Looking for something new to read? Buy queer books from proud-geek.co.uk now. #booksky #bookrecs

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 16/07/2026

This is your reminder that you can buy LGBTQ+ audiobooks through the Proud Geek website via Libro.fm. Visit libro.fm/proudgeek to switch now and get two free audiobooks when you sign up for a one-credit-per-month membership. (llimited-time offer). #booksky

Text read: Screw Audible, make the switch

Text reads: we've partnered with libro.fm to make it possible for you to bt LGBTQ+ audiobooks directly through the Proud Geek bookshop

Text reads: explore audiobooks at libro.fm/proudgeek

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 14/07/2026

Queer graphic novels with non-binary protagonists for International Non-Binary People's Day! (More info on each comic in the alt text) Looking for something new to read? You can buy these and other queer comics at proud-geek.co.uk/shop-all-que... #booksky

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 10/07/2026

July is #DisabilityPrideMonth. Looking to add some queer books with disability rep to your bookshelf? Here are 20 LGBTQ+ books and graphic novels featuring disabled characters for you to read: Read more here: www.proud-geek.co.uk/post/15-quee... #booksky

Text reads: 20 queer books with disability rep to read during disability pride month.

20 queer book covers of books that have disabled characters:

▪️ The Undetectables by Courtney Smyth – Character with fibromyalgia.
▪️ Just By Looking At Him by Ryan O’Connell - Character with cerebral palsy.
▪️ Mooncakes by Wendy Xu & Suzanne Walker - Character who is hard of hearing.
▪️ Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhapo - Character with chronic pain & cane use.
▪️ Nimona by ND Stevenson - Character with a prosthetic limb.
▪️ Someone To Daydream About by Sydney Langford - Characters who are deaf, dyslexic & use sign language.
▪️ The Unbroken by C.L. Clark - Character with chronic pain & cane use.
▪️ Stars In Their Eyes by Jessica Walton & Aska – Character with a prosthetic limb.
▪️ Key Lime Sky by Al Hess – Character with autism.
▪️ Piper At The Gates Of Dusk by Patrick Ness - Character who is mute & uses sign language.
▪️ Galaxy The Prettiest Star by Jadzia Axelrod & Jess Taylor - Character with a prosthetic limb.
▪️ The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White – Character with autism.
▪️ The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas - Character who is deaf & uses sign language.
▪️ The Unsinkable Ship Of Fools by Jonas Goonface – Characters with limb difference, wheelchair users, & use sign language.
▪️ The Flying Ship by Jem Milton - Character with a prosthetic limb.
▪️ Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin - Character who is deaf & hard of hearing.
▪️ Trans and Disabled edited by Alex Iantaffi – Characters with various disabilities.
▪️ A Lady For A Duke by Alexis Hall - Character with a war injury who uses a cane.
▪️ Icarus by K. Ancrum - Character with EDS.

Staff pick: The Unsinkable Ship Of Fools by Jonas Goonface (18+ due to very explicit content)

The book cover is included in the image.

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 09/07/2026

It's restock day at Proud Geek! There’s cosy sci-fi & sentient moss in Moss’d in Space by Rebecca Throne, brand new gory horror from Chuck Tingle in Fabulous Bodies and Luke Healy's Dogs On Dates is back in stock! Head over to proud-geek.co.uk and get LGBTQ+ books delivered to your door. #booksky

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 07/07/2026

FABULOUS BODIES by @chucktingle.bsky.social is out today!! It’s a wild and campy thriller/horror/supernatural adventure full of blood, gore & carnage, perfect for fans of Black Mirror & visceral dark humour. We also have signed bookplates! Buy it here: proud-geek.co.uk/queer-book/f... #booksky

Book cover for Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle.

Text reads: Out today: Fabulous Bodies, a campy supernatural horror full of blood, gore and carnage.

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 02/07/2026

NEW QUEER BOOK RELEASES - JULY From modern horror to sapphic sci-fi and a bunch of queer comics (including Heartstopper Volume 6), so here’s what’s new at Proud Geek in July: You can buy these queer books at proud-geek.co.uk (A list of book titles & authors is in the alt text.) #booksky

Book covers for ten queer books coming out in July 2026 at Proud Geek Bookshop:

▪️ LOCA by Alejandro Heredia
▪️ Mirrorwoven by Bori Cser
▪️ Heartstopper Vol. 6 by Alice Oseman
▪️ Moss’d In Space by Rebecca Thorne
▪️ Sora & Haena! Vol. 1 by Jackbull
▪️ The Body Riddle by Sam K MacKinnon
▪️ Ladies of the Knight by Fiona Marchbank
▪️ Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle
▪️ Nothing Tastes As Good by Luke Dumas
▪️ Yield Under Great Persuasion by Alexandra Rowland

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 25/06/2026

BUUZA!! Vol. 1 by @shazleenmkhan.bsky.social is out today!! It’s a beautiful and vibrant YA graphic novel exploring themes of identity, found family and transformation, set in an urban fantasy version of 90's Middle East and Central Asia. Buy: proud-geek.co.uk/queer-book/b... #booksky

Book cover for BUUZA!! Volume 1, Good Morning Salwa by Shazleen Khan. Text reads: BUUZA!! is out today - order from Proud Geek and get a signed bookplate.

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 18/06/2026

It's restock day at Proud Geek. There’s non-fiction about queer mentors in Say Nephew, sapphic rivals & magical clans in Love, Gods & Sinners and brand new dark academia from Lex Croucher in The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones Head over to proud-geek.co.uk and get LGBTQ+ books delivered to your door

Book cover for Say Nephew by Steven Pfau - role models and queer mentors, memoir and essays 18+

Book cover for Love, Gods & Sinners by Camille Chong - sapphic rivals and magical clans, YA urban fantasy, 14+

Book cover for The Unmagical Life OF Briar Jones by Lex Croucher - magical schools and longing, dark academia/fantasy, 17+

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 16/06/2026

I’ll be at United In Love Coventry on Saturday 20th June & Queens Heath Fabulous Market on Sunday 21st June. United In Love Coventry: 🗓️ Saturday 20th June from 12pm 📍 University Square, Coventry Queens Heath Pride: 🗓️ Sunday 21st June, 11-5pm 📍 Heathfield Road, Kings Heath See you there!

Text reads: Pride markets this weekend: i'll be at United In Love 26, University Sqaure Coventry Sat 20th from 12pm and then Queens Heath Pride Kings Heath Birmingham Sunday 21st from 10am-5pm

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 04/06/2026

There’s a bunch of new queer books being released today: There’s sapphic gothic horror in ROTTENHEART, queer history in THE QUEER BOOKSHELF by Layla McCay, medieval fantasy romance in ONE KNIGHT STAND, & new YA from FT Lukens in THE LAST BEST QUEST EVER! Find them all at proud-geek.co.uk #booksky

Book cover for The Queer Bookshelf: A Reader's Guide by Layla McCay

Book cover for One Knight Stand by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner

Book cover for The Last Best Quest Ever by F.T. Lukens

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 01/06/2026

NEW QUEER BOOKS OUT THIS PRIDE MONTH: From gothic horror to queer fantasy, dark academia & queer graphic novels about found family & dogs on dates. Here’s what’s new at Proud Geek this June: Buy queer books at proud-geek.co.uk (A list of book titles & authors is in the alt text.) #booksky

10 queer books coming out in June 2026:

- Rottenheart by Kat Dunn
- BUUZA!! Volume 1, Good Morning Salwa by Shazleen Khan
- The Queer Bookshelf: A Reader’s Guide by Layla McCay
- Dogs On Dates by Luke Healy
- 25 Days In Athens by Jack Strange
- Encore! By Miles Toriko Burks
- One Knight Strand by Amie Kaufman & Megan Spooner
- The Unmagical Life Of Briar Jones by Lex Croucher
- The Last Best Quest Ever by FT Lukens
- The Castle Of Stories by Matt Cain

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 28/05/2026

Queer books about bookshops, booksellers and librarians: (A list of book titles and their authors can be found in the alt text) Order online at proud-geek.co.uk and get LGBTQ+ books and queer comics delivered to your door ✌. #queerbooks #booksky

A stack of LGBTQ+ books about bookshops, booksellers and librarians:

▪️ Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree – cosy fantasy, bookshops and adventure.
▪️ The Secret Crush Book Club by Karmen Lee – parents, librarians and small-town romance.
▪️ The Last Bookstore On Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold – dystopian futures, naïve teens, and acid rain.
▪️ Look Up Handsome by Jack Strange – bookshops & sweet contemporary holiday romance.
▪️ The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill – magical bookshops, time travel, and identity.
▪️ How Queer Bookshops Changed The World by AJ West – queer bookshops, booksellers and publishing.
▪️ These Shattered Spires by Cassidy Ellis Salter – magic, adventure, curses and librarians.
▪️ Honour & Heresy by Max Francis – dark academia, mystery and haunted libraries.

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 26/05/2026

It’s restock day again at Proud Geek! There's emotional Scottish lit-fic in John Of John by Douglas Stuart, queer non-fiction from Max Harvey in No Fats, No Fems, and new asexual romantasy from Lexy Hudson in Wonders Never Cease. See something you like? Head over to proud-geek.co.uk #booksky

A stack of queer books with the spines showing

Book cover for John Of John by Douglas Stuart. family, religion & emotional scottish lierary fiction 18+

Book cover for No Fats No Fems by Max Hovey. Queer non-ficiton about prejudice and empathy 18+

Book cover for Wonders Never Cease by Lexy Hudson. Ballet dancers, fae realms and asexual romantasy. 18+

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 25/05/2026

We now accept Apple Pay at proud-geek.co.uk Looking for somewhere to buy queer books? Browse queer fantasy, trans horror, sapphic romance, and gay comics online and get them shipped right to your door. #booksky

Text reads: in a rush? We now accept Apple Pay. Images of the Proud Geek bookshop website are included

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 22/05/2026

THE LOG BOOKS is part history & part memoir with a mix of call logs, interviews & the authors’ own experiences, very accessible & a great starting point for anyone interested in UK queer history from the past few decades. Buy it here: proud-geek.co.uk/queer-book/t... #booksky

Test reads: Currently reading The Log Books by Tash Walker & Adam Zmith.

The book cover for The Log Books is also shown

Text reads: The Log Books by Tash Walker & Adam Zmith. Part history, part memoir - mixing call logs, interviews, and the authors’ own experiences growing up in Section 28. There’s a real focus on education and information, and feels a little naive at times, but a great starting point for anyone interested in learning about
queer social history in the UK from the past few decades.

• Queer History
• Queer Memoir
• Society
• Censorship
• Liberation
• Section 28
• HIV & AIDS

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 20/05/2026

JOHN OF JOHN by Douglas Stuart comes out tomorrow. It’s beautiful and emotional gay Scottish literary fiction about family, masculinity, queerness and religion set on the Scottish island of Harris during the 1990's. Buy it here: www.proud-geek.co.uk/queer-book/j... #booksky

Book cover for John Of John by Douglas Stuart - queer fiction out Thursday the 21st May 2026

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 12/05/2026

Look who’s back at Proud Geek! I had a bunch of people at last weekend’s Book Extravaganza event asking when I’d be able to get copies of Queer As Folklore by Sasha Coward back in again – so I went and bought a big ol’ stack of them. Buy it here: www.proud-geek.co.uk/queer-book/q... #queerbooks

Book cover for Queer As Folkloore by Sasha Coward

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 11/05/2026

It’s restock day again at Proud Geek! There's queer bookshops & booksellers in How Queer Bookshops Changed The World, beautiful speculative fiction in Homebound, and Sasha Coward’s Queer As Folklore is finally back in stock! See something you like? Head over to the proud-geek.co.uk #booksky

Book cover for How Queer Bookshops Changed The World by AJ West

Text reads: NEW - bookshops & booksellers, queer history, 16+

Book cover for Homebound by Protia Elan

Text reads: NEW - five interconnecting stories, speculative ficition, 17+

Book cover for Queer As Folklore by Sasha Coward

Text reads: BACK IN STOCK - monsters, myths & legends, queer history & folklore 16+

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 10/05/2026

Looking for trans-inclusive queer comic erotica to add to your bookshelf? All six anthologies from @discordcomics.bsky.social are back in stock at Proud Geek! Grab one from proud-geek.co.uk and get it shipped to your door (don’t worry, we use plain packaging). #booksky

Book cover for NECTAR - an anthology of 14 transfemme & non-binary erotic comics - suitable for ages 18+.

Book cover for NETHER REALMS - 15 erotic non-binary science fiction comics for gender explorers - suitable for ages 18+.

Book cover for SUCCULENT - 12 trans-inclusive sapphic erotica stories - suitable for ages 18+.

Book cover for AMBROSIA - a collection of 16 transmasc & non-binary NSFW comics - suitable for ages 18+.

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 07/05/2026

HOW QUEER BOOKSHOPS CHANGED THE WORLD by @ajwestauthor.bsky.social is LGBTQ+ history focusing on queer bookshops, booksellers & publishing. It's charming & funny, while also being incredibly well researched & informative, and is an absolute joy to read. Out now: proud-geek.co.uk/queer-book/h...

Text reads: currently reading How Queer Bookshops Changed The World by AJ West

Text reads: How Queer Bookshops Changed The World by A.J. West

Charming and informative queer history book focusing on queer bookshops, queer booksellers, queer publishing and the connection between queer bookshops and the fight for LGBTQ+ rights over the decades.

- BOOKSHOPS
- BOOKSELLERS
- PUBLISHING
- RESISTANCE
- COMMUNITY
- LGBTQ+ RIGHTS
- BOOK RAIIDS & LAWS
- INTERNATIONAL QUEER HISTORY

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 05/05/2026

Queer retellings and reimaginings of classic stories: (A list of book titles and their authors can be found in the alt text) Order online at proud-geek.co.uk and get LGBTQ+ books and queer comics delivered to your door. #queerbooks #booksky

A stack of ten queer books reimagining classic stories. Included in this stack is:

▪️ This Wretched Beauty by Elle Grenier – The Picture of Dorian Gray but as a trans gothic fantasy.
▪️ The Boyfriend Subscription by Steven Salvatore – Pretty Woman but as a spicy gay rom-com.
▪️ One Week to Win the Chocolate Maker by Timothy Janovsky – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory but as a gay adult romance.
▪️ Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron – Cinderella but as a sapphic fantasy romance set 200 years later.
▪️ The Death I Gave Him by Em X Liu – Hamlet but as queer science fiction.
▪️ Off With Their Heads by Zoe Hana Mikuta – Alice in Wonderland but as a Korean-inspired sapphic fantasy horror.
▪️ Mismatched by Anne Camlin & Isadora Zeferino – Jane Austin’s Emma but as a queer highschool drama graphic novel.
▪️ Lion’s Legacy by L C Rosen –Indiana Jones but as a gay romance adventure.
▪️ Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White & Bernice Nelle – Sleepy Hollow but as a sapphic adventure graphic novel.
▪️ Hell’s Heart by Alexis Hall – Moby Dick but as a smutty sapphic eldritch horror space opera.

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 03/05/2026

NEW QUEER BOOK RELEASES THIS MONTH: From LGBTQ+ history to queer lit-fic, trans superheroes and ace fantasy, here’s what’s new at Proud Geek this May: See something you like? Grab a copy from proud-geek.co.uk (A list of book titles and authors can be found in the alt text.) #booksky

Ten book covers of queer books coming out in May 2026 at the Proud Geek bookshop:

▪️ Maybe Tomorrow I'll Know by Alex Ritany
▪️ Say Nephew: On Boyhood, Unclehood, and Queer Mentorship by Steven Pfau
▪️ How Queer Bookshops Change The World by A.J West
▪️ Homebound by Portia Elan
▪️ Wonders Never Cease by Lexy Hudson
▪️ First Summer by Ekin Oklap
▪️ Galaxy: As The World Falls Down by Jadzia Axelrod & Rye Hickman
▪️ John of John by Douglas Stuart
▪️ No Fats, No Fems by Max Hovey
▪️ Forgive Me Not by Mari Costa

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 27/04/2026

New queer books this week at the Proud Geek Bookshop: Gothic dark academia & mystery in Honour & Heresy, dark & thrilling adult lit-fic in Fruit Fly, and weird, erotic adult horror in Sour Fruit. See something you like? Head over to the proud-geek.co.uk #booksky #queerbooks

Book cover for Honour & Heresy by Max Francis.

Text reads: NEW - gothic dark academia fantasy/mystery 16+

Book cover for Fruit Fly by Josh Silver.

Text reads: NEW addiction, control & publishing dark comedy/thriller 18+

Book cover for Sour Fruit by Ahana Virdi.

Text reads: NEW weird and dark erotica adult horror 18+

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 26/04/2026

Info: 📅 2nd May 2026 🕐 10:30–16:00 📍 Uffculme Centre, 52 Queensbridge Road, Birmingham, B13 8QY 🎟 £2 entry. Free entry for under 16s and NHS workers. 🚗 Free Parking.

Map of how to get to the Birmingham Book Extravaganza on the 2nd May 2026

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 26/04/2026

I’ll be at The Book Extravaganza at The Uffculme Centre in Birmingham on Saturday 2nd May. Why not swing by and grab something new to read? Doors open at 10.30. Expect local and independent authors, a lot of memorabilia, art, second-hand books, handmade items and lots of new queer books too.

Text reads: I'll be at Birmingham Book Extravaganza at the Uffclume Centre next Saturday, 10.30 - 4pm

Graphic for the Birmingham Book Extravaganza Book Event: Saturday 2nd May 2026 10.30-16.00, Uffclume Centre, Birmingham

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 24/04/2026

Scew Audible, make the switch! This is your reminder that you can buy LGBTQ+ audiobooks through the Proud Geek website. Just visit libro.fm/proudgeek to switch now and get two free audiobooks when you sign up for a one-credit-per-month membership (limited-time offer).

Text reads: Screw audible, make the switch!

Text reads: We've partnered with libro.fm to make it possible for you to buy LGBTQ+ audiobooks directly through the Proud Geek bookshop.

Text reads: explore queer audiobooks at LIBRO.FM/PROUDGEEK

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 23/04/2026

FRUIT FLY by Josh Silver is out today! It’s a bleak and funny DARK comedy/thriller about addiction, writer's block, abusive relationships, secrets, control and publishing - one of the most uncomfortable and enjoyable things I've read this year. Buy it here: proud-geek.co.uk/queer-book/f...

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 22/04/2026

Weird and horny queer horror books: (A list of book titles and their authors can be found in the alt text) Order online at proud-geek.co.uk and get LGBTQ+ books and queer comics delivered to your door. #queerbooks #booksky

A stack of nine weird and horny queer horror books with their spines showing. Included in this stack are:

▪️ Paradice Rot by Jenny Hval - bodies, plants & a lot of urine.
▪️ Deliver Me by Elle Nash – sex, cruelty & exotic insects.
▪️ Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta – love, monsters & modern life.
▪️ Walking Practice by Dolki Min - horny & bloody alien body horror.
▪️ Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin – nasty & visceral erotic queer novella.
▪️ A Game In Yellow by Hailey Piper - horny lesbians, cosmic horror and a very strange play.
▪️ Herculine by Gracy Byron – cults, secrets & all-trans-lesbian communes.
▪️ He’s The Devil by Tobi Coventry - roommates, paranoia & loneliness.
▪️ Influenca by Jade LFT Peters – zombie hordes & lesbian influencers.

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 20/04/2026

#LesbianVisibilityWeek runs from 20th to 26th of April this year - the perfect time to pick up a few books and add them to your reading list! From lesbian history to erotic romance, epic fantasy and queer horror, here are 20 queer stories with lesbian characters at the centre: #LVW26 #booksky

Text reads: 20 books with lesbian characters to read this lesbian visibility week

20 queer book covers for books with lesbian characters at the centre:

▪️ The Devil She Knows by Alexandira Bellefleur
▪️ The Relationship Mechanic by Karmen Lee
▪️ Voice Like a Hyacinth by Mallory Pearson
▪️ Zipper Mouth by Laura Weeks
▪️ Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero-O’Connell
▪️ Thank You For Calling The Lesbian Line by Elizabeth Lovatt
▪️ An Education In Malice by ST Gibson
▪️ The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
▪️ Cosmoknights by Hannah Templer
▪️ Bone Horn by Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain
▪️ Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin
▪️ Unsuitable: A History Of Lesbian Fashion by Eleanor Medhurst
▪️ In At The Deep End by Kate Davies
▪️ A Game In Yellow by Hailey Piper
▪️ Where Shadows Bloom by Patrice Caldwell
▪️ The Girl From The Sea by Lee Knox Ostertag
▪️ Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto
▪️ Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
▪️ Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray
▪️ Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfireld

Book cover for Voice Like A Hyacinth by Mallory Pearson - STAFF PICK

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 17/04/2026

Punk bands, messy roommates & coming-of-age struggles - PUNK’N HEADS is a colourful slice-of-life graphic novel from Dave Baker & Nicole Goux about making music, making mistakes, facing your past, and choosing your future. Grab yourself a copy of Punk’N Heads here: proud-geek.co.uk/queer-book/p...

Book cover for Punk'n Heads graphic novel by Dave Baker & Nicole Goux

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 16/04/2026

I'm clearing shelf space for new releases later this year. There's still 50% off selected queer books in the spring sale at Proud Geek, including 50% off certain hardbacks. I've also added a few more titles to the sale page here: proud-geek.co.uk/sale Go check it out and grab a bargain.

text reads: queer book sale: proud-geek.co.uk/sale

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