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# What’s YOUR Brighton story?
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/whats-your-brighton-story/
- Published: 2021-05-23T10:50:52.000Z
- Updated: 2021-05-23T10:50:52.000Z
- Description: To coincide with its 50th anniversary, QueenSpark Books is looking for tales, anecdotes and reminiscences from Brighton residents to make up a new landmark book
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Arts, Books, In The South, News, Queer Corner, history, LGBTQ, QueensPark Books

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In 2022, **QueenSpark Books** will be celebrating its **50th Anniversary**. Since forming in 1972 as a grassroots campaign against a planned casino, it has published over 110 books documenting the ‘People’s History’ of the city. From life in the World Wars, to clubbing and performance art; from working life to days on the beach; from memories of childhood poverty to accounts of newly-arrived migrants – the first-hand stories in the QueenSpark archives are a unique record of what makes Brighton what it is today.

To mark the anniversary, QueenSpark will be publishing a landmark book comprising 50 stories, and the publisher is looking for tales, anecdotes and reminiscences from Brighton residents, on the themes **Work**, **Places** or **What Makes Brighton ‘Brighton?’**.

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- Stories can be short and anecdotal, but should be no more than four sides of A4, or up to three minutes of speech.
- They do not have to be ‘well-written’ or perfectly told – if selected, they will be edited for publication.
- By submitting your story, you give permission for QueenSpark to publish it in print and online.

Send your text or audio to [**50Stories@queensparkbooks.org.uk**](mailto:50Stories@queensparkbooks.org.uk) by **July 31**, 2021.

**For more info, [CLICK HERE](http://www.queensparkbooks.org.uk/what-is-your-brighton-story/?ref=scenemag.co.uk).**