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22nd November 2008

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Authors try to save gay bookshop

22.03.07

Authors are campaigning to save the UK's only dedicated gay and lesbian bookshop, threatened with closure because of rising rents and pressure from the internet, reports the Guardian.

Gay's The Word, which has been selling books in Bloomsbury, central London, since 1979, is hoping to secure its future by raising £20,000 to pay the rent, building a strong internet presence and beefing up community activities. Authors involved lending a hand include Ali Smith, Edmund White, and the Booker-nominated novelist Sarah Waters.

Guardian

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