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Count Me In team publish new book

Count Me In team publish new book

‘Ordinary in Brighton?: LGBT, Activisms and the City’, the first academic study of LGBT life the city of Brighton and Hove, discusses how equalities legislation was experienced on the ground in the New Labour era (1997-2010) by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. It examines the i

MALARKY: Anakana Schofield : Book review

MALARKY: Anakana Schofield : Book review

Schofield’s love of prose, the soft lilting dance of Irish dialect and speech and her spot on rendering of the spiralling decent into madness makes this book twist and shimmer and change from one thing to another as you read it, or rather listen to it as the narrators voices are so clear even when t

Polari first book shortlist announced

Polari first book shortlist announced

The shortlist for The Polari First Book Prize 2013 was announced last week at the Polari Literary Salon at the Southbank Centre. Now in its third year, the prize is for a first book which explores the LGBT experience and is open to books by authors born or resident in the UK published in English wit

Pink Humanist – Latest Issue

Pink Humanist – Latest Issue

The latest issue of the Pink Humanist – the online magazine published by the UK gay humanist charity is now available online. The magazine’s contents include “From Russia with Hate” which examines what, if anything, can be accomplished by boycotting Russian goods and the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics a

New book to chronicle the life of Justin Fashanu

New book to chronicle the life of Justin Fashanu

Journalist and author Nick Baker has written a book about the life of the late gay footballer Justin Fashanu. Forbidden Forward: The Justin Fashanu Story will tell the story of the first professional footballer in the world to come out as gay, a move that earned him iconic repute. With a foreword wr

Small Wonder Short Story Festival 2013

Small Wonder Short Story Festival 2013

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Small Wonder: The Short Story Festival, a celebration of the short story, which takes place at Charleston Barn, Lewes between September 25-29. To celebrate this milestone the festival will be: • Announcing The Charleston/Chichester Award for a Life Time’s Exce

Queenspark Books to publish ‘Brighton – The Graphic Novel’

Queenspark Books to publish ‘Brighton – The Graphic Novel’

Queenspark Books, Brighton & Hove’s Community Publisher, has announced that a new graphic novel, which will delve into over 300 years of Brighton & Hove history, will be published in September. Taking its inspiration from Bryan Talbot’s Alice in Sunderland, Brighton – The Graphic Novel will feature

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