EVENT BACKLIGHT: 2nd Annual Mystery Panel w/ Anthony Bidulka, Ellen Hart & Greg Herren

Gay mystery writers Bidulka and Herren return to A Different Light and bring Ellen Hart along this time. The three authors read and sign from their 2010 books and discuss the mystery genre's relevance to the LGBT community.

EVENT: 2nd Annual Mystery Panel w/ Anthony Bidulka, Ellen Hart & Greg Herren

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14 @ 7:30PM
2ND ANNUAL LGBT MYSTERY PANEL
Anthony Bidulka, Ellen Hart, Greg Herren
Free and Open to the Public
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Gay mystery writers Bidulka and Herren return to A Different Light and bring Ellen Hart along this time. The three authors read and sign from their 2010 books and discuss the mystery genre's relevance to the LGBT community.

Anthony Bidulka (Date with a Sheesha):
Anthony Bidulka’s mystery series tells the story of a world-traveling, wine-swilling, wise-cracking, gay, Canadian private detective living a big life in a small city. The Russell Quant series was awarded the Lambda Literary Award for Best Men’s Mystery and was recently shortlisted for Crime Writers of Canada Book of the Year.

From the glitzy, flamboyant, mega-high rises of Dubai, to the frankincense fields of Oman and scorching sand dunes of Saudi Arabia, PI Russell Quant is on one heckuva magical carpet ride. In Date with a Sheesha, Quant embarks upon a perilous journey that pits him against a deceitful Bedouin sheikh, shifty souk merchants, a snooty museum curator, quirky antique carpet enthusiasts and an underground club for “fabulous men.”

Ellen Hart (Wicked Games):
“Ellen Hart is The Lambda Literary Award and Minnesota Book Award-wining author of 16 Jane Lawless mysteries and knows how to spin a tale full of complex plot lines, fast-paced actio, and characters skilled in deception. Fans of the Lawless series and readers who enjoy gay/lesbian mysteries will not be disappointed in Wicked Games.

When Annie Archer turns up at Minneapolis's Xanadu Club, its owner, lesbian restauranteur and amateur sleuth Jane Lawless, offers her a job and takes on the task of finding Annie's long-missing father.” (Library Journal, Starred Review)

Greg Herren (Vieux Carre Voodoo):
Greg Herren is the author of twelve novels, including the award winning Murder in the Rue Chartres, called by the New Orleans Times-Piacyune “the most honest piece of writing about post-Katrina New Orleans.”

In Vieux Carre Voodoo, former go-go boy turned detective Scotty Bradley is back! When an old family friend apparently commits suicide from his French Quarter balcony, Scotty’s life accelerates from boring to exciting again in a nanosecond. Why would anyone want the old man dead, and what were they looking for in his ransacked apartment? It’s up to Scotty, Frank, his crazy family, and friends to get to the bottom of this bizarre mystery—and when an old, all-too-familiar face turns up, it’s not just Scotty’s life that’s in danger, but his heart.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14 @ 7:30PM
2ND ANNUAL LGBT MYSTERY PANEL
Anthony Bidulka, Ellen Hart, Greg Herren
Free and Open to the Public
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EVENT: Deborah Cohler ('Citizen, Invert, Queer: Lesbianism & War in Early 20th Century Britain')

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 @ 7:30PM

DEBORAH COHLER

Citizen, Invert, Queer: Lesbianism & War in Early 20th Century Britain

Free and Open to the Public

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Citizen, Invert, Queer examines the relationship of queer sexuality to nationalism and race in England during World War I. The book argues that before WWI, British culture did not really "understand" lesbianism as an identity, but that after the war, this was a common understanding. So, I ask, how did this shift occur? The book explores how "masculine women" came to be regarded as lesbians by the 1920s, and argues that the masculine citizenship encouraged for women during the war, combined with homophobic ideas about gay men, Germans, and decadence during the war, spurred this change. The conclusion of the book suggests how my methodology might help us to understand shifts in gender and sexuality after September 11, 2001 on our own current "home front."

Deborah Cohler is associate professor of women and gender studies at San Francisco State University. She researches how war changes our ideas about sexuality, gender, race, and citizenship. In addition to Citizen, Invert, Queer she has published articles on the queer effects of war. Her new research project examines media and political representations of gender and sexuality during the War on Terror under George W. Bush.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 @ 7:30PM

DEBORAH COHLER

Citizen, Invert, Queer: Lesbianism & War in Early 20th Century Britain

Free and Open to the Public

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ADL SHINES: WeHo Store on Film

It's been over a year since our West Hollywood location closed, but thankfully its one-of-a-kind ambiance was captured in the 2005 film, The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green. In the film, Ethan is dating a recently published author who is invited to give a reading at... ADL, of course! You know what they say: you haven't made it in gay publishing unless you've read at A Different Light. Check out the stills from the film airing on LOGO.

Even hotshot baseball players with book deals get the jitters talking in front of our customers.

Oh, our Lesbian Humor section. The best place for side-conversations...

...and NEUROTIC FREAK OUTS!!!

Good thing our customers come prepared!

"Thanks for coming! It's been a dream of mine to read here ever since I was in the minors!" "Yeah, about that... we're breaking up."

ADL SHINES is a new blog feature looking back at our 30-year-old (gosh, we're old!) history as queer literary institution.