Books & Culture
Queer Lit
Bookshop | Community Space | Queer-Owned
📚 Queer Lit
Bookshop | Community Space | Queer-Owned
📍 39 Tib Street, Northern Quarter
Manchester’s dedicated LGBTQ+ bookshop, stocking over 2,000 queer titles across fiction, non-fiction, poetry, memoir, and children’s books. Founded by a local queer owner with a mission to make queer stories visible.
🌈 Inclusive space with events, book clubs & safe vibes.
📦 Nationwide shipping & a thriving online store.
💬 Come browse, chat, and discover something affirming.
Home
Cinema | Theatre | Gallery | Queer-Inclusive Arts Hub
🎬 HOME Manchester
Cinema | Theatre | Gallery | Queer-Inclusive Arts Hub
📍 2 Tony Wilson Place, First Street, Manchester
HOME is Manchester’s centre for contemporary film, art, and performance — known for championing diverse voices and hosting queer-focused screenings, exhibitions, and festivals.
🌈 Queer-inclusive programming all year round
🎭 Independent films, queer theatre & live Q&As
🖼️ Café-bar, galleries, rooftop & creative community events
The Manchester Literature Festival
Annual Festival | Spoken Word | Queer Voices Featured
✍️ Manchester Literature Festival
Annual Festival | Spoken Word | Queer Voices Featured
📍 Various venues across Manchester
Celebrating storytelling in all forms, the Manchester Literature Festival brings together acclaimed writers, poets, and performers from around the world — with a strong platform for LGBTQ+ authors and voices.
📚 Inclusive events covering poetry, fiction, memoir & activism
🎤 Features queer writers, panels & spoken word nights
🌆 Held every October across theatres, libraries & galleries
Queer Book Swap Manchester
Queer Literature | Community | Storytelling & Connection
📚 Queer Book Swap Manchester
Queer Literature | Community | Storytelling & Connection
📍 Manchester, UK
Queer Book Swap Manchester is a welcoming, grassroots collective celebrating queer stories and voices through the love of books. Rooted in a passion for diverse LGBTQ+ narratives, the swap creates inclusive spaces where queer readers and writers—especially LGBTQ+ people of colour—can share, discover, and connect.
📖 Hosts regular book swaps, readings & community events
🌈 Elevating queer voices and narratives across identities
💫 More than books — it’s community, empowerment, and joy
🔥 All levels of readers and book lovers welcome
Pen Fight
Queer Feminist Zine Distro | Tiny Press | Bookstore
🖊️Pen Fight
Zines | Queer Feminism | DIY Publishing
📍 Manchester-based Zine Distro & Tiny Press
Pen Fight is your go-to hub for radical reads, queer creativity, and feminist DIY culture. Since 2015, we’ve been championing self-publishing, amplifying marginalised voices, and bringing zines to the people — online and IRL.
📝 Stocking hundreds of zines on gender, identity, mental health, activism & more
📦 Independent distro supporting queer & feminist creators
🛍️ Find us online or at zine fairs, pop-ups & local markets
🌈 Community-first — prioritising LGBTQ+, BIPOC & disabled makers
💥 Promoting accessible, affordable art & expression through print
💌 Join us in building a world made by hand — one zine at a time.
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Let’s build a stronger, brighter queer Manchester — together.