Quintimacy Quiet Book Club - a simple community reading ritual on Zoom (March dates)

Do you love reading books, or do you wish you made time to read more?

Are you interested in queer, trans, sex, kink, relationships and pleasure related fiction or non-fiction?

Would you like to join a group of queer, intimate readers who gather to read different books, but together?

Invitation

I am inviting you to gather on Zoom on three Sunday evenings in March, for a simple community reading ritual.

• Say what you will read (5-10 min)

• Read quietly, muted (1 hour)

• Stay and share (20 min - optional)

(We ask for confidentiality around people's attendance and sharing, because sometimes we might be reflecting in personal ways about what we are reading).

Here are the March dates;

Sunday 9th, 16th and 30th March 7-8.30pm GMT

What will I read?

There is NO REQUIREMENT to read between sessions at all.

Everyone could be reading a different book, of their choice - something related to queer intimacy, sex, pleasure, relationships or kink.

It could be on a Kindle or a paper book, graphic novel or an audio book.

You can choose your own queer intimacy related book, or get ideas from the list below…

Erin’s reading list

Erin (who does Quintimacy’s social media) runs a radical, independent bookstore in Folkestone, Kent. You can find them here - https://www.thefolkestonebookshop.co.uk/

Here is a list of books the bookshop stocks, and if you buy through the specific bookshop link, the book store benefits from your purchase. Help a queer trans-owned independent bookstore!

Meg John-Barker's A Practical Guide to Sex - A Practical Guide to Sex: Finally, Helpful Sex Advice! a book by Meg-John Barker and Justin Hancock.

Jeremy Atherton-Lin's Gay Bar: Why We Went Out - Gay Bar: Why We Went Out a book by Jeremy Atherton Lin.

Lola Phoenix's The Anxious Person's Guide to Nonmongamy - The Anxious Person’s Guide to Non-Monogamy: Your Guide to Open Relationships, Polyamory and Letting Go a book by LOLA PHOENIX.

Sherronda J Brown's Refusing Compulsory Sexuality - Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture a book by Sherronda J. Brown.

Kelvin Sparks's Trans sex - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11660/9781623177102

Sofie Hagen's Will I Ever Have Sex Again - Will I Ever Have Sex Again?: A disarmingly honest and funny exploration of sex (and those who aren't having it) a book by Sofie Hagen.

Lexie Bean's Written on the Body: Letters from Trans and Non-Binary Survivors - Written on the Body: Letters from Trans and Non-Binary Survivors of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence a book by Lexie Bean.

Essie Dennis's Queer Body Power - Queer Body Power: Finding Your Body Positivity a book by Essie Dennis.

The Aro and Ace Project's Ace and Aro Journeys: A Guide to Embracing Your Asexual or Aromantic Identity - Ace and Aro Journeys: A Guide to Embracing Your Asexual or Aromantic Identity a book by The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project.

Lucy Fry's Love and Choice - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11660/9781529363593

Matt Bates's Queer Life, Queer Love - Queer Life, Queer Love: An anthology a book by Golnoush Nour and Matt Bates.

Adam Zmith's Deep Sniff - Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures a book by Adam Zmith.

Lois Shearing's It Aint Over Until The Bisexual Speaks - It Ain't Over Til the Bisexual Speaks: An Anthology of Bisexual Voices a book by Various, Lois Shearing, and Vaneet Mehta.

Cost

You can commit to your new queer reading ritual for at least 3 sessions and the cost will be £15 for the month (£5 per session or more if you can afford it and feel to support the work of Quintimacy). Or you can pay one evening at a time.

Choose your ticket option of £15 for all three and save time checking out, or pay one by one at £5 per ticket plus booking fee.

I am afraid no refunds are being offered for this event (to keep admin and prices low).

I look forward to reading with you!

Beck Thom (they/them)