Some books we referred to in composing our ceremony and making the arrangements for the day:
John Boswell (died 1994), Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe. Vintage Books, New York, 1995. ISBN 0-679-75164-5.
Ellen Lewin, Recognising Ourselves. Columbia University Press, New York, 1998. ISBN 0-231-10393-X.
Paul Martinac, The Lesbian & Gay Book of Love and Marriage, Broadway Books, New York,1998, ISBN 0-7679-0162-2.
Jane Wynne Willson, Sharing the Future: a practical Guide to Non-Religious Wedding Ceremonies. British Humanist Association, London, 1996. ISBN 0-901825-11-5.
Hannah Ward and Jennifer Wild, Human Rites - Worship Resources for an age of change. Mowbray, London, 1995. ISBN 0264-67334-4.
Carole Coote, The Complete Wedding Organiser and Record. Foulsham , London, 1997. ISBN 0-572-02338-3.
Stephen Coote (ed) , The Penguin Book of Homosexual Verse. London, 1983-86, ISBN 0-14-058551-6.
Jon Stallworthy (Ed) , The Penguin Book of Love Poetry. London, 1973, ISBN 0-14-058531-1.
The Book of Common Prayer with the Additions and Deviations Proposed in 1928. Cambridge, at the University Press.
We also drew on talks and articles by the historian Alan Bray (died 2001) author of:
Homosexuality in Renaissance England. Columbia University Press, New York, 1995. ISBN 0-231-10289-5.