Upcoming (and Past) Events
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Heavy Petting: Literary Lesbians and their Cats
Join Dr Hannah Roche from the University of York for an illustrated talk on queer women writers and their cats. Roche will explore how and why the domestic cat continues to shape lesbian lives, homes, and books. Saturday 25th April 2026, Queer Britain, London
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Online Symposium: Adventures in Trans/Queer Modernism
Join Jana Funke and Hannah Freed-Thall on Friday 27th February 2026 at 5pm London time. They will discuss curiosity and empathy as generative forces in the experimental queer/trans modernism of Cahun/Moore, Radclyffe Hall, and Bryher. For more details and the Zoom link to join, go to the Claude Cahun blog.
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Literary Salon: Queer Domesticity in Twentieth-Century Fiction and Poetry
Join Dr Hannah Roche from the University of York for an in-depth discussion of houses and homes in queer fiction and poetry of the twentieth century. Saturday 15th November 2025, Queer Britain, London
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100 Years of The Well of Loneliness, with Jana Funke and Hannah Roche
Join Jana Funke and Hannah Roche, editors of the new Oxford World’s Classics edition of Radclyffe Hall’s The Well of Loneliness, for a no-holds-barred discussion of the most famous banned book in LGBTQ+ history. Wednesday 10th September 2025, Five Leaves Bookshop, Nottingham
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At Home with Radclyffe Hall
Join Dr Hannah Roche from the University of York as she explores the domestic life and legacy of Radclyffe Hall, author of the most famous banned book in LGBTQ+ history. Saturday 24th May 2025, Queer Britain, London
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100 Years of The Well of Loneliness: Addressing Historical Forms of Erasure and Fostering Connection
For LGBTQ+ History Month the CILIP LGBTQ+ Network invites Professor Jana Funke to join us in discussing her new AHRC-funded project “100 Years of The Well of Loneliness”. A book which has been a source of source and affirmation as well as alienating, offending, and dividing audiences, and which has lessons in teaching us about…