A.J. West

About The Author

A. J. West is an award-winning journalist and was the first openly gay BBC television newsreader in Northern Ireland. He is a former director of a national UK queer charity. His last novel The Betrayal of Thomas True was a No.2 Sunday Times bestseller. He has written extensively about queer issues for Gay Times, Attitude, the Independent, Daily Mail, Sun, Telegraph. He regularly appears on network television and radio as a panellist on current affairs programmes, often discussing queer topics.

Books by A.J. West

How Queer Bookshops Changed the World
By A.J. West
The remarkable tale of how queer bookshops built communities, nourished minds, redefined literature – and changed the world

For over a century, LGBTQ+ bookshops have been the unsung heroes of queer liberation
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