<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Phantoms at the Feminist Library: An Evening of Vampire and LGBT Fiction</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Wednesday 30th October, 7pm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">@The Feminist Library</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Suggested entry donation: £3 </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">You are warmly invited to join us at the Feminist Library on the night before </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Halloween for a spine-chilling celebration of gothic and LGBT related fiction. The </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">evening will encompass readings by up-and-coming authors Eleanor Keane and </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Liam Livings, alongside a reading from the work of the late Eileen Cadman. Wine </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">and refreshments (including pumpkin cake) will be available, and The Feminist </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Library bookshop will be open for business. All are welcome, especially vampires.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Eleanor Keane</b>’s <i>The Breathing Ghosts</i> is a work of dark fantasy for young </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">adults. It explores feminist and LGBT themes through the gripping exploits of a </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">young female vampire hunter who falls for the beautiful and reclusive sister of </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">her arch-enemy. Eleanor’s second book, The Ghosts’ Feast, takes up many of the </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">characters and ideas from her debut novel to create a diverse and compelling </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">collection of short stories with undercurrents of desire, death and vengeance.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://thebreathingghosts.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://thebreathingghosts.wordpress.com/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Liam Livings</b> is a gay fiction author. His first full-length novel is due to be </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">published by Wilde City Press in 2014 and he is currently helping to plan the </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">2014 GLBTQ Fiction Meet, due to take place on 7-8 June in Bristol. Liam’s work </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">has been praised for its ‘rounded dynamic of characters within a world that is </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">immediately relatable.’</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.liamlivings.com/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.liamlivings.com/index.html</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Eileen Cadman</b> was a good friend and generous supporter of The Feminist </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Library. Her novel, <i>Reflections of a Vampire</i>, is a ‘darkly erotic tale of masks, </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">mirrors and mysteries,’ following the emotional and sexual awakening of a </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">female vampire with a fatal flaw. Some of Eileen’s artwork will also be on display </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">at the event.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Reflections-Vampire-Eileen-Cadman-ebook/dp/B00BI8791G/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1382166784&sr=1-1" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Reflections-Vampire-Eileen-Cadman-ebook/dp/B00BI8791G/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1382166784&sr=1-1</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Facebook Event: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/544023365672375/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming&source=1" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/544023365672375/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming&source=1</a></span></div>