Queer Life, Queer Love

Paul Burston author Karen McLeod editor Matt Bates editor Sarah Beal editor Kate Beal editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Muswell Press

Publishing:6th Nov '25

£12.99

This title is due to be published on 6th November, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

Queer Life, Queer Love cover

National and International press coverage

The third volume of the critically acclaimed series, the best of queer writing from around the globe. 

Humorous, serious, autobiographical, and revelatory, all aspects of the queer experience are reflected in this sparkling collection.

Championing new and emerging writers alongside established authors, the anthology features voices across all narrative forms including fiction, poetry, memoir, essay and flash-fiction. The anthology will comprise of 30 pieces, the winning entries from an international competition to capture the best of queer writing today. The previous two anthologies included writers from Botswana to Minneapolis, San Francisco to Spain featuring both established and new voices. 

This is writing that explores characters, stories and experiences beyond the mainstream.  Celebrating the fascinating, the forbidden, the subversive, and even the mundane, but in essence, the view from outside.  

Earlier collections have showcased a plethora of talented authors with contributions from Jon Ransom, Isabel Costello, Karen McLeod and Avi Ben-Zeev.

‘Beautiful writing, original ideas and a few suprises’ Matt Cain

 

‘Celebrating queer love…multiple, fleeting, varied’  Kevin Brazil, TLS

 

‘A great initiative’. 

Paul Burston, Polari Salon

 

Each unique story shines in this sweeping curation of narrative voices.’ Evening Standard Best Books 2024

ISBN: 9781738452859

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

240 pages