A celebration of queer stories – Listen to The Book Lounge podcast with Mark Gevisser on his new book The Pink Line
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The Book Lounge chatted to Mark Gevisser about his new book, The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World’s Queer Frontiers, which tracks shifts in queer frontiers globally in the 21st century.

Cape Town’s favourite independent book shop recently started a podcast, called A Readers’ Community. You can listen to the other episodes here.

Queer Stories with Mark Gevisser
A Readers’ Community by The Book Lounge

This episode is a celebration of queer stories. We speak to Mark Gevisser about his new book, ‘The Pink Line’, which tracks shifts in queer frontiers globally in the 21st century, and Book Lounge staff members recommend books with queer themes.

Jess recommends Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera for teenagers and The Whispers by Greg Howard for 9-12 year olds. Luami, Colin and Vasti discuss Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong, Because I Couldn’t Kill You by Kelly-Eve Koopman, and They Called Me Queer, curated by Kim Windvogel and Kelly-Eve Koopman.

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