Bona Books was founded to produce high-quality, subversive, and unapologetically queer books in the science-fiction, fantasy, and horror genres.

‘Bona’ means ‘good’ in Polari, a cant language widely used by queer people in and around London in the late 19th and early 20th Century to communicate without fear of exposure or reprisal, at a time when it was still dangerous to have an alternative gender or sexual identity. 

Our ‘bona’ ambitions don’t stop at producing great reads. Wherever possible, we work with queer creators and queer businesses to pay people what they’re worth and foster success within our community. We aim to amplify queer voices, particularly those who have historically been denied a platform. In regressive political times, advancing the perspectives and experiences of trans and POC writers matters more than ever. 

So we’re all about the good stuff…

…bona people, bona art, Bona Books.