A. J. West

'A fiendishly clever tale of ambition, deception, and power' - Derren Brown Belfast, 1914. Two years after the sinking of the Titanic, high society has become obsessed with spiritualism, attending séances in the hope they might reach their departed loved ones. William Jackson Crawford is a man of science and a sceptic, but one night with everyone sitting around the...

For over a century, LGBTQ+ bookshops have been the unsung heroes of queer liberation. Home not only to books but chaotic community noticeboards, vicious rescue cats, and countless meet cutes, queer bookshops have always been more than just bookshops, offering friendship, solidarity, and sanctuary. Travelling the world – Shakespeare and Company in Paris, Gay’s the Word in London, the Oscar...