Bookselling Research Network

How Queer Bookshops Changed the World
2026-11-25 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/London)
With A. J. West, author of How Queer Bookshops Changed the World (Oneworld, 2026).

A.J.West is a Sunday Times bestselling, multi-award-winning historical fiction novelist and historian. Prior to publication he was a breakfast host on BBC television news. He appears regularly on national television and radio programmes discussing literature, history and current affairs. His novel, The Betrayal of Thomas True, was an instant Sunday Times bestseller, winning the coveted CWA Historical Dagger award, while The Spirit Engineer won the Historical Writers Association Debut Crown. With a passion for digging up forgotten historical stories and bringing them back to life, he spends much of his time exploring archives and visiting locations of historical interest, not to mention touring independent bookshops.

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