ON THE POD THIS MONTH

Jean

MADELeine Dunnigan

Madeleine Dunnigan’s debut takes place over the long, blazing summer of 1976 at Compton Manor, an isolated boarding school somewhere on the south downs. It is an oubliette, a kind of last chance saloon attended by a ragged assortment of boys who have all run out of road elsewhere.

Jean is there too, searching desperately for himself among a violent mix of prejudice, antisemitism and predatory intentions. With no reliable actors in his life and cast away in the wilderness of the pre-internet era, he must navigate abandonment and his own irrepressible desire.

Published by Daunt

‘Extraordinary’ Garth Greenwell

‘Exquisite’ Katie Kitamura

Tales of The Suburbs

john grindrod

Throughout LGBTQ+ history, suburbia has been seen as somewhere to escape from. A place where hetrosexuality rules, where difference will not be tolerated, one where you’ll never find a soulmate. But for many, those streets of twitching curtains and pebble-dashed semis were - or still are - a place to call home.

Tales of the Suburbs explores the untold 20th century tale of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer people in suburbia. Through remarkable archive material and original interviews John Grindrod reveals stories that are messy and moving, uplifting and extraordinary.

Published by Faber

‘A fantastic account of recent British history.’ Nina Stibbe