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If you loved The Bare Thing by Len Lukowski, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, LGBTQ, European, and Poetry.

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A Taste of Honey A Play — Shelagh Delaney

A Taste of Honey A Play

Shelagh Delaney

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • LGBTQ • European

Time Will Tell — Courtney Peppernell

Courtney Peppernell

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • LGBTQ • European

H.D. and Sapphic Modernism 1910-1950 — Diana Collecott

H.D. and Sapphic Modernism 1910-1950

Diana Collecott

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • LGBTQ • European

Good Night, Beloved Comrade The Letters of Denton Welch to Eric Oliver — Denton Welch

Good Night, Beloved Comrade The Letters of Denton Welch to Eric Oliver

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • LGBTQ • European

A Christmas Ghost Story — Carol Ann Duffy

A Christmas Ghost Story

Carol Ann Duffy

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • LGBTQ • European

Some Integrity — Padraig Regan

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • LGBTQ • European

Polkadot Wounds — Anthony Vahni Capildeo

Polkadot Wounds

Anthony Vahni Capildeo

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • LGBTQ • European

Platinum Blonde — Phoebe Stuckes

Platinum Blonde

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • LGBTQ • European

The Road Between — Courtney Peppernell

The Road Between

Courtney Peppernell

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • LGBTQ • European

The Magic Border Poetry and Fragments from My Soft Machine — Arlo Parks

The Magic Border Poetry and Fragments from My Soft Machine

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • LGBTQ • European

When a Girl Loves a Girl — Jeremy Reed

When a Girl Loves a Girl

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • LGBTQ • European

Some People Are Trains — Jackson Phoenix Nash

Some People Are Trains

Jackson Phoenix Nash

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • LGBTQ • European

Meet Me at the Harbour — Michael Brown

Meet Me at the Harbour

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • LGBTQ • European

Spirits of the Stair Selected Aphorisms — Peter Robinson

Spirits of the Stair Selected Aphorisms

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • LGBTQ • European

Feed the Beast — Pádraig Ó Tuama

Pádraig Ó Tuama

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • LGBTQ • European

We are Michael Field — Emma Donoghue

We are Michael Field

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • LGBTQ • European

Ping! — Iain Whiteley

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • LGBTQ • European

Fierce Scrow — Éadaoín Lynch

Éadaoín Lynch

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • LGBTQ • European

Content Warning: Everything — Akwaeke Emezi

Content Warning: Everything

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • LGBTQ • European

Burying Your Brother in the Pavement — Jack Thorne

Burying Your Brother in the Pavement

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • LGBTQ • European

Shining City — Conor McPherson

Conor McPherson

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • LGBTQ • European

Straight Acting The Many Queer Lives of William Shakespeare — Will Tosh

Straight Acting The Many Queer Lives of William Shakespeare

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • LGBTQ • European

De Profundis and Other Prison Writings — Oscar Wilde

De Profundis and Other Prison Writings

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • LGBTQ • European

When Winston Went to War with the Wireless — Jack Thorne

When Winston Went to War with the Wireless

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • LGBTQ • European

If The Bare Thing by Len Lukowski is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, LGBTQ, European and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Shelagh Delaney, Courtney Peppernell, Diana Collecott, Denton Welch, and others.

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