Cornwall Uncharted Book Launch Party

Join us at Liskeard Library for a special evening celebrating the launch of Cornwall Uncharted: Mapping Cornwall’s Queer History of Concealment, Culture and Creativity by Paul Taylor-McCartney, published by The History Press.

Richly illustrated by James Innerdale and rooted in archival research, literature and landscape, Cornwall Uncharted explores how Cornwall’s towns, coves, chapels, studios and lanes shaped the ways queer lives could be lived, hidden, expressed and remembered across four centuries. Expect a welcoming night of conversation, music and celebration.

Thursday 18 June · 7:00pm

Doors at 6pmDinner at 6.30Talk at 7.30

Ticketed entry · Free admission

What to expect on the night

• A warm welcome from library staff and a short introduction

• A live, interview-led conversation hosted by Clare Howdle, featuring:

• Paul Taylor-McCartney on the stories, places and archives behind Cornwall Uncharted

• James Innerdale on the illustrations and how the visuals shape the book’s sense of place

• Audience Q&A with Clare guiding questions from the floor

• Live music

• Giveaways and the chance to purchase signed first editions

• Time to chat informally, take photos and have books signed after the event Come along to celebrate a new book that invites us to see Cornwall differently — through the rooms, routes and landscapes that quietly shaped lives often left out of the record.