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POLARI PRIZES ANNOUNCE NEW PODCAST SERIES AS PART OF PARTNERSHIP WITH EASYJET HOLIDAYS
PARTNERSHIP WITH EASYJET HOLIDAYS The Polari Prize Podcast returns after a three-year hiatus, as part of a landmark new partnership with easyJet holidays announced in June 2024, with…
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Polari Prize Events
Later this month, this year's Polari Prize winners will be announced at the British Library. (The shortlists can be found on the Polari Prize page) In the coming…
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The UK and Ireland’s only dedicated prize for LGBTQ+ literature has announced its 2024 longlists for the Polari Book Prize and Polari First Book Prize, celebrating a wealth…
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THE POLARI PRIZES ANNOUNCE MAJOR THREE-YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH EASYJET HOLIDAYS The Polari Prizes, the UK’s only book prizes for emerging and established LGBTQ+ writers, announces a landmark partnership…
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Upcoming Events
This year's Polari Prize shortlists will be announced at the end of July. Between now and then, Polari will be appearing in Bradford, Bridgend, Hull, Leeds, Thetford and…
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Upcoming Events
The Polari Prize National Showcase continues, with events across the country featuring past prize winners and nominees. More dates will be added as details are confirmed. March 28…
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NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS The Polari Book Prizes, the UK’s book prizes for emerging and established LGBTQ+ writers, are now open for submissions. The prizes are run by…
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Polari Tour - the next leg
Tickets are now on sale for the next leg of the Polari Prize National Showcase, funded by Arts Council England. Between now and the end of April, we'll…
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LGBT History Month
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…
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Up the hill backwards
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…
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Polari prize winners
FICTION TRIUMPHS AS AUTHORS JON RANSOM AND JULIA ARMFIELD WIN 2023 POLARI PRIZES FOR BOOKS THAT “EXPAND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT LGBTQ+ LITERATURE CAN BE” Returning to the…
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Polari Prize National Showcase
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…
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Polari Prize worldwide
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…
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Polari Prize 2023 shortlists
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…
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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…
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A statement from Jodie Lancet-Grant, founder and chair of the Polari Prize for Children's and YA Books - "Everyone at the Polari Prize was devastated to hear of…
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2022 and all that.
It wasn’t the best of years. It wasn’t the worst of years. Here are some of my highlights and lowlights of 2022 - Reconnected with old friends including…
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We Can Be Heroes
Our founder and host Paul Burston is receiving some fantastic advance reviews for his forthcoming memoir We Can Be Heroes. Polari is featured, of course, along with his…
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