Brilliance Books

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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

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 "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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