He announced on 1 February that he will be the host of a new LGBTQ+ book club with Penguin Books.
The first read will be Jack of Hearts by L.C Rosen. Calum McSwiggan explained on Instagram that the book is “an unapologetically queer exploration of teen life with buckets of sex education and a deliciously devilish twist”.
Thrilled to be launching my very own LGBT+ book club! 🏳️🌈❤️ It’s a project I’ve been working on for months and I’m so excited to be announcing the first book next week. More to come soon 🎉 (AD) #QueerBookClub pic.twitter.com/QQXKuRuPRI
— Calum McSwiggan (@CalumMcSwiggan) February 1, 2019
Calum will be documenting the book club experience on his Instagram stories. He is encouraging his viewers to follow along and share their thoughts and reviews of each book with him.
He will be chairing an event at the Waterstones in Piccadilly, London on 12 February with L.C Rosen and Matt Cain, former editor-in-chief of Attitude Magazine. The writers will be discussing “the wider issues around LGBTQ+ representation in fiction and why queer intimacy needs to come out of the closet and into the mainstream”.
General admission tickets are £5. Tickets including a copy of the novel Jack of Hearts are also available for £9. All ticket options are currently available for purchase on the Waterstones website.
Calum is also currently working on his first book, a travel memoir that will “strike deeper at the heart of the issues that affect the LGBT+ communities”.
He joins the likes of Tom Fletcher and Zoe Sugg, who have both previously hosted book clubs.
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