Naked Boys Reading

10/04/2026

Just one week to go until Naked Qu**rs Reading: Hags.

NQR: HAGS is curated by Sophie Robinson and hosted by Nadia Buyse.

HAGS explores the tenderness of ageing femme bodies, the wisdom of crones, the humour the depressed and lonely, the dusty glamour of fading celebrity, the sexual power of the menopausal dandy, and the joy of being undesirable.

Naked Qu**rs Reading invites all q***r bodies to the stage for our in-the-buff literary salon. This will be an evening of q***r, trans, non-binary and other beautiful readers.

05/04/2026

NBR: Womanhood - March 2018

Naked Boys Reading: Womanhood
Curated b@rhyannon_styles

22 March 2018

womanhood
1. the state or condition of being a woman
2. the qualities considered to be natural to or characteristic of a woman
3. women considered collectively

Naked Boys Reading invites you to an evening investigating femininity, exploring identity and redefining ‘realness.’ We are delighted to welcome the outstanding Rhyannon Styles as curator! Rhyannon delves into the genre of memoir and magazines, to explore and investigate the construction of her own womanhood. Her idols Janet Mock, Grace Dent and Viv Albertine lead a small selection of texts that resonate with Rhyannon.

READERS: Luke, Felix, Joe, Alex
Photos: .denia

03/04/2026

TICKETS ON SALE NOW! VIA LINK IN BIO.

Cum to the DIVINE on 09 May for the Naked Boys Reading daytime takeover...

Two floors of boys reading their own selections across the afternoon. Expect some feelzy poems, some high-brow literature, and a smattering of s**t. You know the drill.

Amuse-bouches served in the upstairs lounge and mains come fast and hot in the basement salon.

We have two sittings with more than a handful of readers at each. Please be sure to book for your desired time! Limited capacity for each sitting so don't sleep on us babes!

Sitting One: 13:00-14:30
Sitting Two: 15:00-16:30

"Started out this mornin' feelin' so polite
I always thought a fish could not be caught who didn't bite
But you got some bait a-waitin' and I think I might
Like nibblin' a little afternoon delight"

Tackle at the ready! See you there!

31/03/2026

You asked for some day-time in-the-buff literature. We listened. Full details and tickets on sale Friday 03 April at 13:00. What can we tell you so far? Lots of boys, lots of texts. We hope you will cum! Oh, and it's limited tickets. So don't sleep on us! Save the date.

28/03/2026

Cailleach - a divine hag, associated with the creation of the landscape and with the weather, especially storms and winter.

The divine hag! A figure of mystery, pleasure, pain, and magic.

Who is in your life is a divine hag? Tag them in the comments and buy them a ticket to our show to show your appreciation (or fear...).

https://www.outsavvy.com/event/34039/naked-q***rs-reading-hags

21/03/2026

Naked Qu**rs Reading: HAGS
Join us for the return of Naked Qu**rs Reading: HAGS.

NQR: HAGS is curated by Sophie Robinson and hosted by Nadia Buyse.

HAGS explores the tenderness of ageing femme bodies, the wisdom of crones, the humour the depressed and lonely, the dusty glamour of fading celebrity, the sexual power of the menopausal dandy, and the joy of being undesirable.

Featuring excerpts from Robinson’s new novel PRAIRIE OYSTER alongside work by Tennessee Williams, Marguerite Duras, Elfriede Jelinek, Dodie Bellamy, Pamela Anderson, Carson McCullers, Nina Simone, Lisa Robertson and Miranda July.

We hope you can cum.

20/03/2026

Naked Qu**rs Reading: HAGS
Join us for the return of Naked Qu**rs Reading: HAGS.

NQR: HAGS is hosted by Nadia Buyse and curated by Sophie Robinson.

Nadia Buyse is an artist, theorist, cultural activist and musician. Her solo band,
DUBAIS, is a perpetually changing transmedia post genre performance guising as a band.

HAGS explores the tenderness of ageing femme bodies, the wisdom of crones, the humour the depressed and lonely, the dusty glamour of fading celebrity, the sexual power of the menopausal dandy, and the joy of being undesirable.

Featuring excerpts from Robinson’s new novel PRAIRIE OYSTER alongside work by Tennessee Williams, Marguerite Duras, Elfriede Jelinek, Dodie Bellamy, Pamela Anderson, Carson McCullers, Nina Simone, Lisa Robertson and Miranda July.

We hope you can cum.

18/03/2026

Naked Boys Reading: The Audition 2018

In April of 2018 we held our fist public "audition" at what became
(then Ray's Bar). Would you like to "audition?" be sure to be in touch via our website contact form (see our linktree!).

Event Copy:
Our casting couch overfloweth! Join us for cocktails and cock-tales as we audition a new set of boys! MMM virgins.
Reading selections from Joe Brainard's first "I remember" collection, our boys will delight you in the intimate basement of Ray's Bar. From erotic musings to those little things you can't shake from you mind, the boys will stir up *emosh* from you all.

BOYS: Harry, Robert, David, Dan, Oliv
Host: Dr Sharon Husbands
DJ: Duchess of Pork
Photos:

18/03/2026

Naked Qu**rs Reading: HAGS

Join us for the return of Naked Qu**rs Reading: HAGS.

NQR: HAGS is curated by Sophie Robinson and hosted by Nadia Buyse.

Sophie Robinson is a writer living in Norwich & London. Her debut novel Prairie Oyster was published by Fleet in February 2026. Her poetry collection Rabbit (Boiler House Press, 2018) was the Poetry Book Society Wild Card Choice. Her work has been published in Granta, The Guardian, Stylist, BOMB Magazine, The Believer, N+1, The Poetry Review and The White Review. She runs Devotion, a radical and inclusive online creative writing workshop series, and publishes regular essays on feeling at her Substack Feelings Almanac.

HAGS explores the tenderness of ageing femme bodies, the wisdom of crones, the humour the depressed and lonely, the dusty glamour of fading celebrity, the sexual power of the menopausal dandy, and the joy of being undesirable.

Featuring excerpts from Robinson’s new novel PRAIRIE OYSTER alongside work by Tennessee Williams, Marguerite Duras, Elfriede Jelinek, Dodie Bellamy, Pamela Anderson, Carson McCullers, Nina Simone, Lisa Robertson and Miranda July.

We hope you can cum.

Tickets via Outsavvy (link in the our bio)

15/03/2026

NAKED QU**RS READING: FIRST ENCOUNTERS 2019

Curated by @amelia_abraham

Sunday, 24 November 2019

Do you remember your first time? Your first kiss, first f**k, first love?
The first time you arrived in a city, your first visit to a gay bar, the first time you took a drug? The first time you saw naked person reading?! Naked Boys Reading at Karaoke Hole explodes the gender binary, offering a bevy of bodies getting undressed to give us that deep deep literary vibe.
Join us for a night of firsts are these readers explore some literary frontiers adeptly curated by powerhouse writer and q***r cultural critic Amelia Abraham.
Amelia Abraham, author of Q***r Intentions: A (Personal) Journey Through LGBTQ+ Culture chooses her favourite firsts from the annals of q***r life.

Readers: D, Tam, Jofo, Dani
Hostess: Dr Sharon Husbands
Disc Jockess: Duchess of Pork

13/03/2026

Back in 2017 when we got to go up North to read some Wuthering Heights we also got a lovely review in the Guardian.

They stroll on stage and read passages from classics naked. Our writer catches a Brontë reading with a difference in Yorkshire