As lockdown hardens for many over Christmas , and we may have more time on our own to fill, I asked Erica Gillingham and Jim MacSweeney at the iconic Gay’s The Word bookshop to give me their picks of the year.Erica’s choices are :No Modernism Without Lesbians by Diana Souhami .
A book about love, celebrity, acceptance and the freedom to wear corduroy breeches.The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes .
A graphic memoir about coming out and coming of age – a funny portrait of a young woman becoming herself.You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat.
Follow a Palestinian/American girl as she explores queerness and addiction to love.What Girls Do In The Dark by Rosie Garland.