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Library Session / Charlie Porter – ‘Nova Scotia House’ Book Launch

  • The Common Guild 5 Florence Street G5 0YX (map)
 
 

Join us for the launch of ‘Nova Scotia House’ by Charlie Porter, the writer’s first work of fiction.

'Nova Scotia House' takes us to the heart of a relationship, a community and an era. It is both a love story and a lament; bearing witness to the enduring pain of the AIDS pandemic and honouring the joys and creativity of queer life. Intimate, visionary, and profoundly original, it marks the debut of a vibrant new voice in contemporary fiction, and a writer with a liberating new story to tell. 

Porter will be joined in conversation by Steven Grainger.

 

Image Credit: Sarah Lee

Charlie Porter is a London-based writer, fashion critic and curator. He is the author of 'Bring no Clothes: Bloomsbury and the Philosophy of Fashion' (2023) and 'What Artists Wear' (2021) both published by Penguin. Porter co-runs the London queer rave Chapter 10, and is a trustee of the Friends of Arnold Circus, where he is also a volunteer gardener. 

Steven Grainger is an artist, researcher, and lecturer in Fine Art at City of Glasgow College. His site-specific project, ‘Power from Things Not Declared’ mapping significant locations in Glasgow’s queer cultural history, is currently presented in locations around the city.


 

Event Details

Thursday 3rd April, 6-8pm

Tickets

Free. Booking required as spaces are limited.

Access

This event takes place in the library and event space on the ground floor of 5 Florence Street.

The building has step free access and a lift.

Accessible toilets are available.

The nearest subway station is Bridge Street, a 14 minute walk away.

 
 

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