Spring Art Exhibition in the LILAC Lounge

Opening Friday 22^nd September 6pm

Lesbians making lesbian art, it doesn't get better than that!
Local lesbian artists were approached to make an artwork inspired by a favourite lesbian book, poem, quote or song lyric, using resources from the LILAC collection if possible. Each artist has started with the same sized canvas and will transform it into a creative response to their chosen inspiration. Together, these will form our Spring Art Exhibition! Come along, admire the artwork and ideas, and enjoy lesbian company at the opening - we would love to see you there!

Light refreshments, convivial company & a visual feast. Koha

Lesbian History - October

LILAC has a number of events planned to celebrate Lesbian History Month:

Open Day at LILAC Sunday 8^th October

Drop in on International Lesbian Day to look at some local lesbian history - the photo of the 1993 Lesbian Studies Conference and more

Spring launch of Book Group

With a lesbian history theme - see below

Lesbian walk around the town Saturday 28^th October

Join an intrepid group of storytellers on this journey through time and space as we rediscover the lesbian herstory of Te Aro, finishing at LILAC for refreshments. Full details in the October newsletter.

More details coming ... email us lilac@lesbian.net.nz if you have ideas or resources to contribute.

All lesbians welcome.

Book Group Springs back on Wednesday 11^th October

As part of LILAC's Lesbian History Month we are re-starting the LILAC book group with a focus on historical lesbian fiction set in the time from 1850s to 1950s.
The discussion will centre around the books chosen by each of us, ie critique and personal viewpoint but will also take a more general look at how lesbians were depicted in literature during this time.

Please come along and join in the discussion on 11^th October 7.00pm-8.30pm at the LILAC lounge. Light refreshments and convivial company

Art at LILAC 

Current exhibitions at LILAC

Also on display are card reproductions of paintings by Wilhelmina Irving, an Indonesian-born woman of Dutch heritage who spent her adult life in New Zealand.

DIY Exhibitions at LILAC

A shout out to any lesbian artists wanting to hold an exhibition at LILAC in 2023 - you're welcome to get in touch. Email lilac@lesbian.net.nz

Current book display

There is a display of award-winning fiction titles at the east end of the room. It will be replaced soon by novels depicting lesbian life from 1850s to the 1950s, for the October Book Group.

New books arriving 7^th September

Gods of want : Stories, by K-Ming Chang

Startling stories that center the bodies, memories, myths, and relationships of Asian American women ... more.
Winner of the 2023 Lambda Literary Award for lesbian fiction

Tauhou, by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall

An inventive exploration of Indigenous families, womanhood, and alternate post-colonial realities by a writer of Maori and Coast Salish descent ... review.

Dirt town, by Hayley Schrivenor

Set in a remote Australian town where a schoolgirl disappears, this debut arrives with high praise from other crime novelists - and a new lesbian detective ... more.

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