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The Book of Brighton, or, Brighton As It Was & As It Is (1881)

The Book of Brighton, or, Brighton As It Was & As It Is is a witty 1881 guide to Brighton, as seen though Victorian eyes. We are re-publishing this delightful book which offers an insight into Brighton & Hove's many characters, its places of interest, and even postal collection times. Illustrated throughout with engravings, this publication [...]

2019-10-20T15:17:15+01:00May 28th, 2018|

By popular demand – Backyard Brighton and Back Street Brighton together in one edition

Backyard/ Back Street Brighton Two of our most popular titles, Backyard Brighton and Backstreet Brighton, are now available for the first time in a single volume. This new edition combines two books which gather together photographs and reminiscences based on material gathered by Brighton Borough Council with the intention of creating a record [...]

2019-10-20T15:31:33+01:00April 28th, 2018|

Brighton the Graphic Novel e-book

The digital version now online.. you can buy copies of the book using: Amazon Kindle Google Play the Apple store Android outlets ..just go to your chosen website and search by title for the book. Or just go to our book page for details.. About The Book - A tribute to the unique history of the [...]

2018-11-06T09:40:29+00:00February 28th, 2016|

The Illusion of Gender

Photo by Sharon Kilgannon, alonglines.com This is Reuben's testimony in Chapter Six (Safety, abuse, fear, violence, mis-gendering, barriers) of the ground-breaking Brighton Trans*formed book. It’s only four years ago a trans woman was murdered in Brighton, but compared to other places it is very safe.  Maybe if I was in Russia or Greece or even parts of America, up north in England, [...]

2018-11-06T09:40:29+00:00February 24th, 2016|

Things Are What They Are

Photo by Sharon Kilgannon, alonglines.com This is Reuben's testimony in Chapter Six (Safety, abuse, fear, violence, mis-gendering, barriers) of the ground-breaking Brighton Trans*formed book. I owe Transformers and Allsorts a huge amount for giving me a place where I could figure out how I wanted to be and how I was going to be and how I was [...]

2018-11-06T09:40:30+00:00January 24th, 2016|

Brighton Trans*formed Launch

By Stella Cardus On 24 September 2014 Queenspark Books unveiled its 104th book at a reception in Brighton's Jubilee Library. The event was hosted by stand-up comedienne Claire Parker who also featured in the re-screening of the video first shown at the Brighton Trans*formed launch on 25 June 2013 in the Founders Room at Brighton [...]

2018-11-06T09:40:30+00:00March 1st, 2015|
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