Brilliance Books

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]

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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.