Painted Faces by LH Cosway: Book Club Diary

Book discussed: Painted Faces by LH Cosway

Book club Zoom meeting: 27 Jan 2024

The first book club gathering of 2025 considered Painted Faces, self-published in 2013 by LH Cosway. Neither book nor author were familiar to the club participants but the story offered the intriguing premise of a love affair between a drag queen and a straight woman in early 2010s Dublin. Apparently LH Cosway has an online following for her books which are largely heterosexual romances with a supposedly edgy twist. But all of that tantalising background turned out to be far more interesting than the reality of Painted Faces.

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Borstal Boy by Brendan Behan: Book Club Diary

Book Discussed: Borstal Boy by Brendan Behan

Book club Zoom meeting: 19 Nov 2024

Our book club kicked off with a flying start. Borstal Boy is a classic in the canon of modern Irish literature, an enjoyable accessible read and redolent with queer themes. It received a universally enthusiastic reception from our reading group.

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