Rainbow Reading Group
Links
LGBT Croydon
The Rainbow Reading Group is sponsored by Croydon Area Gay Society (CAGS): www.cags.org.uk/.
For other LGBT groups in Croydon see the LGBT Croydon site: wwww.lgbt-croydon.org.uk/.
For events in Croydon and around London see LGBT London: www.lgbtlondon.com/.
Some other gay / LGBT reading groups:
- Brighton and Hove LGBT Reading Group: www.escis.org.uk/Entry/View/Lesbian_Gay_Bisexual_and_Transgender_Reading_Group/19257
- Bristol Gay Men's Reading Group: http://gaymensbookclubbristol.wordpress.com
- Bromley: Wilde About Books: www.lgbtlondon.com/groups/wilde-about-books
- Camberwell Gay Book Group: www.gaycamberwell.com/social-groups.html - but note that the Castle pub is now closed, and the group meets temporarily at the Grand Union on Grove Lane.
- Exeter Lesbian and Gay Book Group: www.lgbtcollective.org.uk/lgbt-groups?sobi2Task=sobi2Details&catid=4&sobi2Id=101
- Hampstead: The King William Book Club; meeting fortnighly in a room at the King William IV pub. For details contact Nicky on 07811 278400, 020 7586 4333 or nicky@nickywhiting.com
- Lancaster Rainbow Readers: http://rainbowreaders.wordpress.com/
- London Gay Reading Group: http://lgrg.heroku.com/
- Manchester: Out in the City Reading Group: http://outinthecity05.webs.com/readinggroup.htm
- Northampton Gay Book Group: http://ngbg.webs.com/
- Reading Gay Men's Book Club: www.rgmbc.org.uk/
- Wolverhampton LGBT Reading Group: www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/leisure_culture/libraries/reading/LGBT+Reading+Group.htm
We'd love to hear of more groups to add to this list.
(And we've just discovered another Rainbow Reading Group, in the United States)!
Books for blind and partially sighted people
The RNIB National Library Service offers extensive lists of LGBT
titles. Giant print (24 point type) and Braille titles are free, and the
Talking Book Service, which includes the loan of a Daisy player and books on
CD, is based on a yearly subscription. All books are sent postage-free
direct to your home and you can borrow up to six books at a time per format.
RNIB also offers a book streaming service, which enables you to listen
through your PC.
Full details about these services can be found via RNIB’s telephone helpline 0303 123 9999 or on the RNIB website.
See RNIB's list of talking books of gay and lesbian interest (Word document, 600k).
Contact Ray, 020 8777 0107
or e-mail info@rainbowreadinggroup.org.uk