
LGBTQ+ literary salon’s triumphant return to historic venue.
Sticking two fingers up to the pandemic, Paul Burston’s Polari Literary Salon is returning to London’s Heaven nightclub on Wednesday 16th December.
Continue ReadingSticking two fingers up to the pandemic, Paul Burston’s Polari Literary Salon is returning to London’s Heaven nightclub on Wednesday 16th December.
Continue ReadingThe longlists for the Polari Prize and Polari First Book Prize for LGBTQ+ literature have been unveiled in a digital ceremony hosted by author and founder Paul Burston.
Continue ReadingPaul Burston is a journalist, activist and a successful author. He’s also the founder of the legendary Polari Salon. In this interview he tells us about a lifetime of activism, what led him to found Polari and how real life experiences inspired him to become one of the UK’s most successful […]
Continue ReadingPolari has been awarded a grant from Arts Council England, to help fund a major 22 date tour. The Polari Prize Tenth Anniversary Tour will showcase writers long and shortlisted for this year’s Polari Prize awards for emerging and established LGBTQ+ literary talent, as well as previous winners from the Prize’s ten […]
Continue ReadingPolari, the award-winning LGBT literary salon, returns with a new prize for 2019 that will recognise both debut authors and established writers whose work explores the LGBT experience. The Polari Prize will be awarded to an overall book of the year, while The Polari First Book Prize will continue to champion […]
Continue ReadingLondon’s multi award-winning LGBT+ literary salon takes over the main floor at Heaven on 15th May with a special site-specific event to mark 40 years of the legendary club! This forms the centrepiece of the Polari Prize Tour, funded by Arts Council England and taking in 20 destinations across the UK […]
Continue ReadingPic by Krystyna FitzGerald-Morris Paul Burston, author of the bestselling thriller “The Black Path”, is to publish his next two novels with Orenda following an announcement from the Frankfurt Book Fair. The first, entitled ‘The Closer I Get”, is described as a “dark and disturbing psychological thriller” and is due […]
Continue ReadingAuthor of “The Black Path” raising funds for Survivors UK on Facebook It’s estimated that as many as one in four people are survivors of childhood sexual abuse. I was one of those children. For most of my life I buried all knowledge of what happened to me. This isn’t uncommon […]
Continue ReadingNorthern Irish author Paul McVeigh has won the Polari first book prize for his novel The Good Son.
Continue ReadingThe shortlist for the Polari First Book Prize has been announced by founder and chair of judges Paul Burston.
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