We are SUPER excited to be celebrating two years of Queer Creatives London Book Club.
In celebration of this, we’re honoured to welcome Chloe Michelle Howarth, author of Sunburn, to our May meeting to discuss her latest novel Heap Earth Upon It.
VERVE are kindly offering QCL Book Club members 50% off the paperback, hardback or eBook edition of Chloe’s new novel Heap Earth Upon It and also 50% off Chloe's acclaimed debut Sunburn in paperback or eBook (+ postage and packaging for print editions). Heap Earth Upon It is officially published in paperback on 5th May, but QCL members will get an early copy if ordered directly before then. How exclusive! Discount codes will be sent directly to attendees after you have signed up for a ticket.
📖 About Heap Earth Upon It
A creeping story of sapphic obsession with Gothic undertones and a delicious mid-century feel, from the acclaimed author of Sunburn.
January 1965. The orphaned O'Leary siblings - Tom, Jack, Anna and Peggy - arrive in the village of Ballycrea, tight-lipped about their troubled past and desperate for a fresh start.
After being met with suspicion from most of the locals, the family are thrilled when they're taken under the wing of their well-respected neighbours, Bill and Betty Nevan, who offer them work, companionship and an opportunity to fit in.
But for one of the O'Learys, this new friendship sparks an intense attachment that makes the dynamic dangerous for all. It's difficult to bury secrets, but almost impossible to bury feelings...
✍🏼About Chloe Michelle Howarth
Chloe Michelle Howarth was born in 1996 and grew up in the West Cork countryside, which has served as an inspiration for her writing. She attended university at IADT in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, where she studied English, Media and Cultural Studies. Her debut novel, Sunburn, was shortlisted for the 2024 Polari First Book Prize, the 2024 Book of the Year: Discover Award at the British Book Awards and the 2023 Nero Book Award for Debut Fiction and longlisted for the 2024 Diverse Book Awards. Chloe currently lives in Brighton.
🌈 About QCL Book Club
Join a friendly and like-minded group of book-loving LGBTQ+ creatives, to discuss a classic and diverse range of queer texts.
We read one book per month and meet once a month on the last Tuesday of every month. Please note that we are in a new venue for May.
🫂Accessibility
We are a neurodivergent and disability friendly book club and aim to make our meetings as accessible as possible! There is no pressure to speak during meetings if you don’t wish to, or to finish text before meetings if this isn’t possible.
We also have first aiders and mental health first aiders present at each event.
If you have any access needs you’d like to discuss before attending, or if you have any other questions, please get in touch! You can contact us on our Instagram @queercreativeslondon or via email at events@queercreativeslondon.co.uk
If you have a ticket but are unable to attend, please return your ticket ASAP, so that someone else can come in your place.