Polari Children’s & YA Prize Online Panel

Polari Prize Virtual Panel : LGBTQ+ Writing for Kids – Why does it matter?

Polari Prize Virtual Panel event: LGBTQ+ Writing for Kids – Why does it matter?

Join Jodie Lancet-Grant as she talks to some of this year’s shortlisted writers about their books, their inspiration, and why queer representation for younger readers is so important.

Featuring:
Sophie Cameron – Away With Words, Our Sister Again, Out of the Blue
Sarah Hagger-Holt – The Fights That Make Us, Proud of Me, Just Like Everyone Else
Robert Tregoning – Out of the Blue, The Dress in the Window, What The Crow Saw Below
Kat Dunn – Bitterthorn, Hungerstone

(Final shortlisted author Lex Croucher, Gwen and Art are not in Love, is unable to attend.)

Jodie Lancet-Grant is Chair of Judges for the Children’s and YA category of the Polari Prize, author of LGBTQ+ inclusive picture books including The Pirate Mums and The Legend of the Wild West Twins, and edited this year’s special LGBTQ+ issue of The Bookseller.

Donations encouraged to Mosaic LGBT+ Young Persons’ Trust – see below.