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'''Brilliance Books''' was a small publisher of gay and lesbian books based in Clerkenwell, [[London]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Mars-Jones|first=Adam|date=2012-01-26|title=Adam Mars-Jones · Mrs Winterson's Daughter: Jeanette Winterson · LRB 26 January 2012|url=https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v34/n02/adam-mars-jones/mrs-winterson-s-daughter|access-date=2020-06-13|journal=London Review of Books|volume=34 |issue=2 |language=en}}</ref> founded in 1982<ref>{{cite book |last=Clews |first=Colin |author-link= |date=2017 |title=Gay in the 80s: From Fighting our Rights to Fighting for our Lives |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8cAeDgAAQBAJ&q=%22Brilliance+Books%22+publisher&pg=PT79 |location=Leicestershire, UK |publisher=Kibworth Beauchamp |page=82 |isbn=9781788036740}}</ref> with funding from the [[Greater London Council|GLC]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=The Wounded {{!}} Senate House Library|url=https://archive.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/exhibitions-and-events/exhibitions/bookshelf-gallery/wounded|access-date=2020-06-13|website=archive.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk}}</ref> It published a range of fiction and non-fiction works<ref>{{Cite web|title=1980's. 'The decade of the gay novel' – Gay in the 80s|url=https://www.gayinthe80s.com/2013/02/1980s-the-decade-of-the-gay-novel/|access-date=2020-06-13|website=www.gayinthe80s.com}}</ref> including David Wurtzel's ''Thomas Lyster: a Cambridge Novel''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wurtzel|first=David|url=https://archive.org/details/thomaslyster00davi|title=Thomas Lyster: a Cambridge novel|date=1983|publisher=Brilliance Books|location=London |language=English|oclc=1036902219}}</ref> and ''Title Fight,'' the account of UK newspaper [[Gay News]] by Gillian E. Hanscombe<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Hanscombe|first1=Gillian E|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10497799|title=Title fight: the battle for Gay news|last2=Lumsden|first2=Andrew|date=1983|publisher=Brilliance Books|isbn=978-0-946189-60-1|location=London|language=English|oclc=10497799}}</ref> and its co-founder [[Andrew Lumsden (writer)|Andrew Lumsden]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=McKerrow|first=Graham|date=2015-02-16|title=Michael Mason obituary|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/feb/16/michael-mason-obituary|access-date=2020-06-19|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> It also re-published earlier works of gay and lesbian literature,<ref name=":1" /> including [[Alice B. Toklas]]' ''[[The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book]]'',<ref>{{Cite book|last=Toklas|first=Alice B|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/877530252|title=The Alice B. Toklas cook book|date=1987|publisher=Brilliance Books|isbn=978-0-946189-55-7|location=London|language=English|oclc=877530252}}</ref> and a 1984 edition of ''The Chinese Garden'' by [[Rosemary Manning]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Manning|first=Rosemary|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11901174|title=The Chinese garden|date=1984|publisher=Brilliance Books|isbn=978-0-946189-70-0|location=London|language=English|oclc=11901174}}</ref> originally published in 1961.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Guardian Staff|date=2001-03-07|title=Alison Hennegan's top 10 lesbian books|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/mar/07/bestbooks.fiction|access-date=2020-06-13|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
'''Brilliance Books''' was a small gay publishing house based in Clerkenwell, [[London]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mars-Jones|first=Adam|date=2012-01-26|title=Adam Mars-Jones · Mrs Winterson’s Daughter: Jeanette Winterson · LRB 26 January 2012|url=https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v34/n02/adam-mars-jones/mrs-winterson-s-daughter|access-date=2020-06-13|website=London Review of Books|language=en}}</ref> which was active between 1982<ref>{{cite book |last=Clews |first=Colin |author-link= |date=2017 |title=Gay in the 80s: From Fighting our Rights to Fighting for our Lives |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8cAeDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT79&lpg=PT79&dq=%22Brilliance+Books%22+publisher&source=bl&ots=IZKYv4PPEq&sig=ACfU3U3BSTlh3vN_t6IYjeNt2TrM6Tlbgg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj__OyUxvXpAhVZShUIHXGxCiE4ChDoATACegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=%22Brilliance%20Books%22%20publisher&f=false |location=Leicestershire, UK |publisher=Kibworth Beauchamp |page=82 |isbn=9781788036740}}</ref> and ???

The publisher was run by Roy Trevelion and Tenebris Light.<ref name=":0" /> Author [[Jeanette Winterson]] worked as the women's editor there in 1983.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Onega|first=Susana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1WO5DwAAQBAJ&q=jeanette+winterson+women%27s+editor+%22brilliance%22&pg=PT15|title=Jeanette Winterson|date=2013-07-19|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-1-84779-604-2|language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:LGBTQ organisations in London]]
[[Category:LGBTQ culture in London]]

Latest revision as of 11:30, 23 September 2024

Brilliance Books was a small publisher of gay and lesbian books based in Clerkenwell, London,[1] founded in 1982[2] with funding from the GLC.[3] It published a range of fiction and non-fiction works[4] including David Wurtzel's Thomas Lyster: a Cambridge Novel[5] and Title Fight, the account of UK newspaper Gay News by Gillian E. Hanscombe[6] and its co-founder Andrew Lumsden.[7] It also re-published earlier works of gay and lesbian literature,[3] including Alice B. Toklas' The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book,[8] and a 1984 edition of The Chinese Garden by Rosemary Manning[9] originally published in 1961.[10]

The publisher was run by Roy Trevelion and Tenebris Light.[1] Author Jeanette Winterson worked as the women's editor there in 1983.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b Mars-Jones, Adam (26 January 2012). "Adam Mars-Jones · Mrs Winterson's Daughter: Jeanette Winterson · LRB 26 January 2012". London Review of Books. 34 (2). Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  2. ^ Clews, Colin (2017). Gay in the 80s: From Fighting our Rights to Fighting for our Lives. Leicestershire, UK: Kibworth Beauchamp. p. 82. ISBN 9781788036740.
  3. ^ a b "The Wounded | Senate House Library". archive.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  4. ^ "1980's. 'The decade of the gay novel' – Gay in the 80s". www.gayinthe80s.com. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  5. ^ Wurtzel, David (1983). Thomas Lyster: a Cambridge novel. London: Brilliance Books. OCLC 1036902219.
  6. ^ Hanscombe, Gillian E; Lumsden, Andrew (1983). Title fight: the battle for Gay news. London: Brilliance Books. ISBN 978-0-946189-60-1. OCLC 10497799.
  7. ^ McKerrow, Graham (16 February 2015). "Michael Mason obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  8. ^ Toklas, Alice B (1987). The Alice B. Toklas cook book. London: Brilliance Books. ISBN 978-0-946189-55-7. OCLC 877530252.
  9. ^ Manning, Rosemary (1984). The Chinese garden. London: Brilliance Books. ISBN 978-0-946189-70-0. OCLC 11901174.
  10. ^ Guardian Staff (7 March 2001). "Alison Hennegan's top 10 lesbian books". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  11. ^ Onega, Susana (19 July 2013). Jeanette Winterson. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-1-84779-604-2.
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