LGBT History Month is upon us, and I have a few author events lined up, including a pop up Polari at Flitwick Library.
Feb 10 - Author Talk at Millennium Library, Norwich. 1-3pm
I'll be reading and discussing my memoir,…
2023 has been a mixed bag, to say the least. But as the year draws to a close, I’d like to offer thanks.
Firstly, thanks to all the booksellers and journalists who supported We Can Be Heroes, the amazing publicity…
Paul Burston, Livia Alour, Jon Ransom and Julia Armfield
Word is out! We’re going on tour!
Well, it’s not really a tour – more a national showcase for the Polari Prize.
Funded by those nice people at Arts Council England,…
On Wednesday we announced this year’s Polari Prize shortlists at Polari on Sea in Hastings and on our social media accounts.
The response so far has been extraordinary. The Prize is now supported by retailers Amazon Waterstones and Bookshop.org –…
2023 POLARI PRIZE SHORTLISTS CELEBRATE QUEER STORIES THAT “ENTERTAIN, ENRICH AND INSPIRE”
Memoir, non-fiction, and critically acclaimed literary fiction from a mixture of independent presses and larger publishers dominate the dynamic shortlists for this year’s Polari Prize and Polari First…
POLARI PRIZE LONG LISTS 2023
TRAVIS ALABANZA, JULIA ARMFIELD, EDWARD ENNINFUL, JUNO ROCHE, DOUGLAS STUART, EMMA STYLES AND SOPHIE WARD MAKE THE 2023 POLARI PRIZE LONG LISTS
PRIZES ARE OPEN TO WRITERS BORN OR BASED IN THE UK AND IRELAND,…
Polari announces new prize for children’s and YA books and new home at the British Library
The Polari literary salon – host to the UK’s only book prizes for emerging and established LGBTQ+ writers – has opened its call to…
Backstage Passes is the title of Angie Bowie’s score-settling memoir of her life with David.
It’s also the title of our latest video, which takes us behind the scenes at Polari.
Featuring Sarah Waters, Jake Arnott, Russell T…
New video documenting Polari’s UK tours from 2014 to the present day.
As the deadline for submissions for this year's Polari Prize awards approaches, here are a few words from our judges – including Cerys Evans, Chris Gribble, Keith Jarrett (pictured) and VG Lee.
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Submissions for this year's Polari Prize awards are flooding in.
Due to the problems posed by Covid19, we've extended the deadline to next Friday, May 8.
So now seemed like a good time to give a brief history of the…
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 James Maker. Subsequent winners have included John McCullough, Mari Hannah, Diriye Osman, Kirsty Logan,…
Today Polari was booked to appear at Huddersfield Literature Festival. VG Lee and I were planning to run a creative writing workshop this afternoon. Tonight, we were due to be joined by author Louise Beech and 2019 Polari Prize winning…
From teaching same sex relationships in schools to a trans perspective of Victorian London and a moving wildlife memoir, 12 outstanding books have been named on the shortlists for The Polari Prize and Polari First Book Prize, announced at London’s…
The Polari Prize Tour kicked off at the Southbank Centre in style last week with headliner David McAlmont (pictured with host Paul Burston). We then headed up to Newcastle for Books on Tyne with former Polari Prize winner Mari Hannah…
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 founded The Polari First Book Prize to celebrate books which explore the lives and experiences of LGBTQ…