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Writing Our Legacy @ Changing Chalk to launch in October

Writing Our Legacy @ Changing Chalk to launch in October

This is a four-year programme from 2022 to 2025 that will engage the general public and writers, creatives and audiences from the Black, Asian and ethnically diverse communities, connecting them to the unique chalk grassland of the Sussex Downs and the communities of the urban coastal fringe of Brig

The Coast Is Queer, Brighton & Hove’s festival of LGBTQ+ writing, to return in October

The Coast Is Queer, Brighton & Hove’s festival of LGBTQ+ writing, to return in October

Three days of accessible, lively literary conversations, panels, workshops and films celebrating some of the best and brightest LGBTQ+ writers

Not your typical literary festival! Brighton Book Festival to launch on Friday, June 24

Not your typical literary festival! Brighton Book Festival to launch on Friday, June 24

Run by local booksellers Afrori Books and the Feminist Bookshop, this grassroots festival is not your typical literary festival – it targets a younger, socially aware audience and has an inclusive ethos, accessible events and is community minded.

Author ‘banned from talking about his YA books’ at Catholic school

Author ‘banned from talking about his YA books’ at Catholic school

“The result is that children, including LGBT children, are missing out on learning that LGBT people should be celebrated, and their relationships should be respected just like those of straight people.”

Cipher Press looking for #NewQueerVoices

Cipher Press looking for #NewQueerVoices

Cipher Press is open for submissions from trans and gender non-conforming writers, queer writers of colour, and queer working-class writers based in the UK

LGBTQ+ bookshop opens in Leeds

LGBTQ+ bookshop opens in Leeds

Alternative LGBTQ+ bookstore, The Bookish Type, has opened its doors in the Merrion Centre (Leeds, West Yorkshire).

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