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Meet the Judges
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…
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Polari Prize 2020
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…
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Polari On Sea Online!
This month, Polari was due to return to The Printworks in Hastings for another Polari On Sea. Sadly, due to the coronavirus outbreak, we were unable to go…
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Polari Prize calls for submissions
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…
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Polari Tour Update
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…
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Polari Tour 2020!
Polari has been awarded a grant from Grants for the Arts, to help fund a major 22 date tour. The Polari Prize Tenth Anniversary Tour will showcase writers…
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2019 was the year when Polari hit a whole new level. In addition to the 20 touring dates funded by Arts Council England, we had sold out events…
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Polari Prize Tour Update
Autumn is (almost) here and The Polari Prize Tour is in full swing. So far we've had some fantastic events in Newcastle, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Huddersfield, Nottingham, Manchester…
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Polari Prize shortlists 2019
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…
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Polari Gets Festive!
This Monday, A Very Polari Xmas brings this year’s season at Southbank Centre to a close. Barbara Brownskirt heads the bill, with support from Darragh Martin, Susie Boyt…
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Polari Prize Tour
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…
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Fiona Mozley wins Polari Prize 2018
Yorkshire-based writer, Fiona Mozley, has been awarded the Polari First Book Prize 2018 for her Man Booker-shortlisted debut, Elmet (John Murray). Announced at a ceremony at London’s Southbank…
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Polari First Book Prize 2018
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…
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Polari Prize Tour
Polari has been awarded a grant from Arts Council England, to fund a 20-date tour of the UK and beyond. The Polari Prize Tour will kick off on…
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