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23.6.2015 - Polari at The South Bank
Polari
The Southbank Centre,
Belvedere Road,
London SE1 8XX
Time: 7.30 start
Level 5, Function Room
Tickets: £5 (concessions £2.50)
Rosie Garland heads the bill.
Plus Helen Humphries, SJ Naude, Carl Stanley and Talim Arab
Rosie Garland reads from her second novel, Vixen.
Described as poetic, sexy and deeply moving, Vixen finds a natural home with Polari audiences. It's a tale of superstition and devotion in the time of the Black Death.
Garland is joined by Helen Humphries, Talim Arab, Carl Stanley and SJ Naudé.
Polari is London's celebrated literary den showcasing new and established queer talent across literature and spoken word. Resident at Southbank Centre, the award-winning LGBT salon was described by the Huffington Post in 2014 as 'The most exciting literary movement in London... crackling with energy, ideas and excitement'.
Polari is curated and hosted by author and journalist Paul Burston and won 'LGBT Cultural Event of the Year' in the Co-op Respect 'Loved By You' Awards 2013.
Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall
Please note that Polari contains adult themes. For ages 18+
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http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/polari-230615-89943?dt=2015-06-23
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July 2021 - 'What Girls Do in the Dark' shortlisted for Polari Prize 2021
Written on Sunday, 01 August 2021 10:02
Thrilled to announce that ‘What Girls Do in the Dark’, my poetry collection with Nine Arches Press, has been shortlisted for the Polari Prize 2021, the UK’s only literary award for LGBTQ+ literature.
It’s a huge honour!
The Polari Prize 2021 shortlist:
• Dragman - Steven Appleby (Vintage)
• The Air Year - Caroline Bird (Carcanet)
• The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle - Neil Blackmore (Windmill)
• What Girls Do in the Dark - Rosie Garland (Nine Arches Press)
• The Ministry of Guidance - Golnoosh Nour (Muswell Press)
• No Modernism Without Lesbians - Diana Souhami (Head of Zeus)Author, Polari Prize founder and Chair of Judges, Paul Burston said: “ This year’s shortlists are our most diverse ever, with a wide variety of writers working across different genres to explore the intersections between sexuality, gender, race, class, religion and more. These 12 remarkable books include tales of resilience and celebration, love and pride, exploring the LGBTQ+ experience with emotional honesty, humour, passion and joy.”
https://fmcm.co.uk/news/polari-prize-2021-shortlists-announced
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24th June 2021 - Polari Prize longlist announced
Written on Monday, 19 July 2021 15:19
Thrilled to be nominated for The Polari Prize 2021, for 'What Girls Do in the Dark'.
And such a stellar list, too!
The Polari Prize 2021 Longlists
Now in its tenth year, the Polari Prize is the UK’s first and largest LGBTQ+ book award. Established to promote writing that explores the LGBTQ+ experience, Polari also focuses on amplifying diverse voices through a series of literary events, including the regularly touring Polari Salon.https://www.waterstones.com/category/cultural-highlights/book-awards/the-polari-prize
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June 2021 & onwards - Festival of Libraries Tours & Trails
Written on Saturday, 19 June 2021 13:44
Thrilled to be your guide for online, Behind the scenes video tours of Manchester's 5 Heritage Libraries!
For the Festival of Libraries - 9-13 June 2021 - but available anytime, ONLINE - click the link below.
All ages welcome, Free"Join Manchester writer Rosie Garland as she guides you through the libraries of Manchester, going behind the scenes with intimate tours and lots of fun along the way.
Or perhaps you’d rather get outside and enjoy the summer sunshine by taking our self-guided walking tours? Whether you’re a Manchester libraries aficionado or you’ve never ventured inside any of them before, you will learn something fascinating!We’ve got extra special tours with novelist and poet Rosie Garland available to view right here. Featuring our heritage libraries: Central Library, Chetham’s Library, John Rylands Library and Research Institute, The Portico Library plus the brand new Manchester Poetry Library (part of Manchester Metropolitan University) which we know you’re keen to see before it opens to the public later this year!"
https://www.manchestercityofliterature.com/event/tours-and-trails-with-rosie-garland/
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May 2021 - Wigleaf Top 50 longlist
Written on Saturday, 05 June 2021 10:09
Wigleaf top 50 longlist 2021
A lovely surprise – my story ‘Waiting for time to catch up’ is on the Wigleaf Top 50 longlist!
Thank you New Flash Fiction Review for publishing it, and big thanks to Shome Dasgupta, Molly Gaudrey & all the amazing readers at Wigleaf for their love for and dedication to very short fiction.
https://wigleaf.com
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Feb 2021 - short story featured in 'Queer'
Written on Thursday, 01 April 2021 12:49
I can safely say I never expected to share an anthology with Sappho & Oscar Wilde!
So I’m thrilled my story ‘You’ll Do’ is featured in ‘Queer: LGBTQ Writing from Ancient Times to Yesterday’ edited by Frank Wynne.
https://headofzeus.com/books/9781789542332Queer is an unabashed and unapologetic anthology, drawing together writing from Catullus to Sappho, from Rimbaud to Anaïs Nin, and from Armistead Maupin to Alison Bechdel, translator Frank Wynne has collected a hundred of the finest works representing queer love by LGBTQ authors.
Queer straddles the spectrum of queer experience, from Verlaine's sonnet in praise of his lover's anus and Emily Dickinson's exhortation of a woman's beauty, to Alison Bechdel's graphic novel of her coming out, Juno Dawson's reflections on gender and Oscar Wilde's 'De Profundis'.
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