BOOK LAUNCH: Orlando
Join us for a show and tell with Q&A to celebrate the release of Virginia Woolf's Orlando, adapted by Jules Scheele as a graphic novel.
Virginia Woolf’s classic novel Orlando tells the story of a poet adrift in time; he starts out his life as a nobleman in Queen Elizabeth I’s court, and her story concludes as a thirty-six year-old woman in the present.
Jules Scheele’s graphic novel adaptation of this important queer work tells the complete story of Orlando’s journey through history that examines the shifting and changing ideas of gender and sexuality, and plumbs the depths of the human heart. Taking us through love affairs, betrayals and exiles, struggles against conformity and poetry through the ages, Orlando is a fantastical adventure filled with satirical wit.
A powerful and essential graphic novel adaptation of a vital British classic.
Jules Scheele is a freelance illustrator and comics artist based in Glasgow, Scotland, working in graphic storytelling across academic and third sector projects. His personal work is influenced by his interests in queer media, pop culture, grassroots politics and DIY zine culture. He is the co-creator (with Dr. Meg-John Barker) of the non-fiction graphic novels Queer: A Graphic History, Gender: A Graphic Guide, and Sexuality: A Graphic Guide.
🌟Practical Information! 🌟
This book launch is free!
Copies of the book will be available to purchase at the event. There will also be copies available using the bookshop pay-it-forward fund.
📚 A note on the bookshop space and expectations. The bookshop space is small, so events like this tend to be magical, intimate, low key and occassionally chaotic. Seating is a mix of some chairs with backs, as well as benches, stools and floor cusions. Lighting is soft and low. The big doors can open for ventilation - and we always do a check before we start to make sure everyone is comfortable, and to make sure everyone who needs a seat has one. Get in touch if you need a space reserved.
Please note: There is (still) no bathroom at the bookshop. The closest accessible toilets are Glad Cafe or Tramway.
The bookshop has level access from the street. Let us know if you need more venue information or have specific questions on access / disability / neurodiversity needs.