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3000 LESBIANS GO TO YORK:
The Story of a Queer Arts Festival
by Jane Traies

 

'An unforgettable event' – Katherine V Forrest (author of Curious Wine and the Kate Delafield mysteries)

REMEMBERING THE LESBIAN ARTS FESTIVALS IN YORK

In the first decade of this millennium, thousands of women would flock to York each autumn for the Libertas! and YLAF festivals: to hear their favourite authors and singers, buy piles of lesbian books and dance till the clocks went back. Friendships and marriages were formed and identities forged.

In this fascinating, lavishly illustrated book, Jane Traies tells the story of that sapphic idyll through interviews, memories and photographs. A treasure trove of inclusive queer history.

'A weekend on Planet Dyke' Val McDermid

'It wasn’t so much that they were the audience and I was the performer, it felt more symbiotic than that… like call and response in the blues' Jackie Kay

'How lucky I've been, to live at a time when such a thing could flourish' Christine Webb

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JANE TRAIES is the author of three previous books about lesbian lives and history. She was deeply involved with the festivals in York for several years as an author and board member. She is also half of the Jay Taverner writing partnership, known for the Brynsquilver series of lesbian historical novels, of which the latest is Liberty. Jane is based near Brighton and is available for events and interviews.

Published Feb 2025 by Tollington Press, 224pp with colour photographs throughout

Price £14.99

ISBN 978-1-909347-30-4

Also by Jane Traies:

Free to Be Me: Refugee Stories from the Lesbian Immigration Support Group

Now You See Me: Lesbian Life Stories

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Available to order from bookshops

In London, pop in to the lovely Gay's the Word bookshop on Marchmont Street in Bloomsbury, where the book is in stock.

Elsewhere, you can buy direct from the author at events, or support your local bookshop or library by placing an order.

If you can't buy in person then you can order direct from the author by email: nowyouseeme@btinternet.com

Thank you. Online shopping from giant corporations is not great for small presses or authors!

Trade orders: Booksellers, please order through PubEasy as usual.

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3000 Lesbians Go to York by Jane Traies

Published Feb 2025
by Tollington Press, 224pp

Price £14.99

ISBN 978-1-909347-30-4

 

 

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