Polari - The Story So Far
New film on YouTube, charting Polari's journey from Soho to the Southbank Centre and beyond! Featuring Paula Varjack (pictured) Adele...
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paulburston
- May 1, 2020
- 1 min
Meet the Judges
As the deadline for submissions for this year's Polari Prize awards approaches, here are a few words from our judges – including Cerys...
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paulburston
- Apr 30, 2020
- 1 min
Polari Prize 2020
Submissions for this year's Polari Prize awards are flooding in. Due to the problems posed by Covid19, we've extended the deadline to...
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paulburston
- Apr 17, 2020
- 1 min
Polari On Sea Online!
This month, Polari was due to return to The Printworks in Hastings for another Polari On Sea. Sadly, due to the coronavirus outbreak, we...
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paulburston
- Apr 6, 2020
- 1 min
Polari Prize calls for submissions
These ten books are all past winners of the Polari Prize for LGBTQ+ writing. The Polari First Book Prize began in 2011 and was won by...
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paulburston
- Mar 25, 2020
- 1 min
Polari Tour Update
Today Polari was booked to appear at Huddersfield Literature Festival. VG Lee and I were planning to run a creative writing workshop this...
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paulburston
- Mar 3, 2020
- 1 min
Polari Tour 2020!
Polari has been awarded a grant from Grants for the Arts, to help fund a major 22 date tour. The Polari Prize Tenth Anniversary Tour...
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paulburston
- Dec 17, 2019
- 1 min
POLARI 2019
2019 was the year when Polari hit a whole new level. In addition to the 20 touring dates funded by Arts Council England, we had sold out...
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paulburston
- Aug 21, 2019
- 1 min
Polari Prize Tour Update
Autumn is (almost) here and The Polari Prize Tour is in full swing. So far we've had some fantastic events in Newcastle, Birmingham,...
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paulburston
- Jul 27, 2019
- 2 min
Polari Prize shortlists 2019
From teaching same sex relationships in schools to a trans perspective of Victorian London and a moving wildlife memoir, 12 outstanding...
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paulburston
- Dec 8, 2018
- 1 min
Polari Gets Festive!
This Monday, A Very Polari Xmas brings this year’s season at Southbank Centre to a close. Barbara Brownskirt heads the bill, with support...
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paulburston
- Dec 4, 2018
- 1 min
Polari Prize Tour
The Polari Prize Tour kicked off at the Southbank Centre in style last week with headliner David McAlmont (pictured with host Paul...
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paulburston
- Oct 24, 2018
- 2 min
Fiona Mozley wins Polari Prize 2018
Yorkshire-based writer, Fiona Mozley, has been awarded the Polari First Book Prize 2018 for her Man Booker-shortlisted debut, Elmet (John...
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paulburston
- Oct 14, 2018
- 1 min
Polari First Book Prize 2018
In 2007, when I created Polari literary salon, there wasn’t all this talk of diversity in publishing we hear today. In 2011, when I...
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paulburston
- Sep 24, 2018
- 1 min
Polari Prize Tour
Polari has been awarded a grant from Arts Council England, to fund a 20-date tour of the UK and beyond. The Polari Prize Tour will kick...
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paulburston
- Sep 24, 2018
- 1 min
Grow Your Blog Community
With Wix Blog, you’re not only sharing your voice with the world, you can also grow an active online community. That’s why the Wix blog...
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