As great lovers of romance and feel good fiction, the Lighthouse Bookshop thought it was high time they created a platform for a much beloved genre that deserves its own stage, expanding over the years to partner with Book Lovers Bookshop.

Romance writing has long shown that the personal is definitely political.

The genre has hosted important conversations on consent, and represents a huge diversity of stories which are still missing from mainstream fiction – joy and pleasure for women, queer people, people of colour, fat people, disabled people, and more. Too often it’s seen as a frivolous genre – but our pleasure is not frivolous! Our pleasure is radical.

2027 dates are yet to be confirmed.