The Common Press Bookshop

London's queer, intersectional bookshop & community hub. Tweets by the bookselling team. Event tickets for sale in link below!👇🏽👇🏾 #ChooseBookshops

[The Common Press Bookshop @TheCommonPress]

We can't lose another queer space in London! Help us save the Common Press by donating at the link below. Led by BIPOC, trans folks, and queer women, we have been ranked as one of London’s top 10 independent bookshops by @thebookseller 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🔥
https://t.co/oyoNm0OC3V

[Rakesh Kumar @Rakeshhkumaar]

First lesbian wedding in the history of the Philippines, in a revolutionary base.

[The Common Press Bookshop @TheCommonPress]

The Common Press and @guildhallschool are thrilled to present the Trans Music Takeover in celebration of Trans Awareness Week, FREE to attend for all ❤️‍🔥🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️😍

With an incredible line-up of trans talent, this is not one to miss!!!

Book here:
https://t.co/5tK0qv0bRJ

[The Poetry Society @PoetrySociety]

Our Stanza group The Queer Poetry Collective's next event looks exciting!

[Adam Zmith @AdamZmith]

SOLEMATES BOOK LAUNCH

@TheCommonPress Thurs Nov 14th at 7pm💚💚💚
Tix: https://t.co/YflZA56Cat

[The Common Press Bookshop @TheCommonPress]

UPDATE: We have reached £52,945 on our Save the Common Press Crowdfunder 🥰🥰🥰 Thank you to all who have donated so far!! We have extended the Crowdfunder into December, to allow more time to fundraise.

Keep donating!!! https://t.co/oyoNm0OC3V

[Rich Ware @warer]

We're BACK for a night of LGBTQIA+ poetry & community! Join us @TheCommonPress on 26 November — all ticket sales donated to the fundraiser. We'll have readings from @blkdorothy & @p_scalpello & then…OPEN MIC — make sure to bring your beautiful poems.

Queer Poetry Collective 💜

[C. L. // Cherae @C_L_Clark]

S: Does Ambessa have a moral code?🤨
Me: I wrote the code 😁
…
S: is she sympathetic in the book? 🤨🤨🤨
Me: I find her very sympathetic. 😌
S: that’s not reassuring whatsoever. 😑

Anyway, make your own judgements.

[The Common Press Bookshop @TheCommonPress]

The Common Press is thrilled to present an extremely sexy and spine-chilling Halloween special: Queer Horror & Monstrous Erotica, with The Monstrous Feminine Podcast https://t.co/ZzGcl91RC5
🧟‍♂️🥩🧌🧙🏽‍♀️🐙😈

[London Anarchist Bookfair @BookfairLDN]

The Anarchist Bookfair in London is almost here! Please help spread the word, re-post this, share the Radar link about, do some flyering, stick a few posters up (drop us line and we can send you a bunch), chat to your mates, call ya gran!

https://t.co/piXCkOnONw

[Rich Ware @warer]

Still can’t believe this is a thing we are doing @emwrote. Queer poets for queer causes 👊 See you there.

[Jen Calleja @niewview]

✨ As always, make sure you also celebrate the translators! Han Kang was crafted into English by @videshi_beti @p_niyahmorris & Emily Yae Won ✨

[Emily Taylor @emwrote]

Unreal to announce the Queer Poetry Collective, an initiative @warer and I have launched under @PoetrySociety to bring together #QueerPoetsForQueerCauses

Our first event is @TheCommonPress fundraiser on 16 Oct with some truly beautiful voices ❤️

Join us: https://t.co/rHbKrJwPzx

[The Poetry Society @PoetrySociety]

Join our newest Stanza group, the Queer Poetry Collective, for their first event in East London next week, a fundraiser for @TheCommonPress! What a line-up!

[The Common Press Bookshop @TheCommonPress]

@PoetrySociety 😍😘

[The Common Press Bookshop @TheCommonPress]

@PatrickBao1 ❤️‍🔥

[Hongwei Bao (he/him) @PatrickBao1]

I will be a feature poet at a Dandelions Poetry event at Broadway Cinema Nottingham on the evening of 22 October. Free event and all welcome!

[Matt Broomfield @MattBroomfield1]

London - i am performing from 'brave little sternums: poems from Rojava' this Saturday at 1PM @TheCommonPress.

Probably some thoughts on Palestinian/Kurdish poetic exchange.

We will also have a stall @BookfairLDN with Kurdish movement books and merch.

Come and say hi!

[The Common Press Bookshop @TheCommonPress]

We're almost halfway there!!! A massive thank you to all who have donated to our Crowdfunder so far ❤️‍🔥 A reminder to keep donating and sharing, particularly for those with larger accounts ❤️‍🔥🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Link in b!o^^

[Friendly Neighborhood Comrade @SpiritofLenin]

“The white man will try to satisfy us with symbolic victories rather than economic equity and real justice.”

Malcolm X.

[Briana Mills, LMFT ♿️🏳️‍🌈🍉 @theBrianaMills]

Just a reminder that you’re one accident or illness away from becoming disabled. No one is immune to disability. We’re all vulnerable.