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We are thrilled to announce that On A Woman's Madness has been long-listed for the International Booker Prize 2025. Strikingly translated by Lucy Scott, Astrid Roemer’s classic queer novel is a tentpole of European and post-colonial literature.

Signed copies of THE VIOLET HOUR, the new novel by James Cahill now in stock.

An anti-suffragette postcard from the early 1900s 'First she gets the vote, then she gets your wife' #WomensHistoryMonth

The new issue of BUTT has arrived into stock. A bargain at only £8. Available in store or online. This issue is available in two different covers.

Buy ANY book through our bookshop_org shopfront this weekend (15-16 March) for a chance to win a £250 gift card! Just click on the link to browse and buy - uk.bookshop.org/shop/gaysthewo…

You can make a change 📢 Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training by signing this open letter ✒️authr.uk/sp40 #MakeitFair #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing

Signed copies of SUNBURN by Chloe Michelle Howarth now in stock. Shortlisted for both the Nero Book Awards and the Polari First Book Prize, SUNBURN has been a constant bestseller here at Gay's The Word.

Combining my 2 of the best things in life my favourite bookshop and a beautifully crafted queer story Also recommend downloading the audiobook narrated by Sebastian Croft perfect for dreamy summer afternoons ❤️❤️❤️ @seanehewitt Gay's The Word

Signed copies of ORDINARY SAINTS by Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin now in stock. Jay, living in London with her girlfriend, learns that her dead brother may be made into a Catholic saint. What the ...! ''A fresh funny, honest portrayal of familial love. I adored it' Louise Nealon

We are delighted that A Bookshop of One's Own by Jane Cholmeley has been short-listed for Non-Fiction book of the year at the #IndieBookAwards Books Are My Bag #IndieBookshopWeek

Got the legs out and signed some books Gay's The Word ❤️

Today marks 100 years since the publication of Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. This groundbreaking Modernist novel weaves together the inner monologues of its characters on one June day in London, as Clarissa Dalloway prepares to give a dinner party. 🧵 #MrsDalloway

Thanks to the Camden New Journal for printing my awareness piece on sepsis today. Massive thanks to the staff at UCLH who saved my life. For more information on sepsis, follow The UK Sepsis Trust

Huge congratulations to Yael van der Wouden on winning the Women's Prize for Fiction 2025 for The Safekeep. It's a tremendous read and a worthy winner. Here's Yael sat in our basement on one of her visits to the bookshop. It's out in paperback today.

A reminder that we're currently closed as we start the process of moving our bookshop to 58 Marchmont Street for a few weeks. We're open this weekend - Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd June but otherwise closed until early July.

Joan Crawford and Clark Gable looking rather beautiful in Dancing Lady (1933), part of the Women and Cocaine series at the The Cinema Museum . What a treat!