Erotic Review launches three salon events in London for third issue

The Erotic Review is launching a series of salon events based on the theme of decolonising desire, explored in its upcoming third issue, following sell-out launches for its second issue in both London and Berlin.  

Co-curated by Erotic Review editor Lucy Roeber and deputy editor Saskia Vogel, these salon events will be hosted at the bookshop, library and bar, Reference Point, in central London. Issue three of the recently relaunched literary journal will feature contributions from award-winning artists, writers and poets including Leïla Slimani, Andrew Miller, as well as Timimie Gassko Märak, Brit Dawson and Sophie Lewis, among others. 

The Erotic Review salon “brings the magazine to life for a wide community of curious and open people interested in exploring their relationship to desire”, organisers said, with events running on 8th May, 5th June and 3rd July.  

Organisers added: “For this series, select pieces of writing and art from issue three will be springboards for IRL conversations that challenge and expand how we understand desire as a concept and force within ourselves.”  

Each event in the issue three salons will focus on different aspects of decolonising desire. The event on 8th May explores: "What do we risk and what do we gain when we move beyond monogamy?" This includes discussion based on sex therapist and podcaster Laura Ramadei’s review of the self-help book, The Ethical Slut.

On 5th June, the salon will discuss: "How can we engage with the raw intersection of trauma and desire?" Psychoanalyst and author Maxine Mei-Fung Chung explores the personal and political via Jeremy O’Harris’ Slave Play. 

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