Category: Gay
-
‘I began writing because I wanted to be heard’ The novelist, activist and founder of the Polari literary salon talks about finding a home inside the literary establishment, the mother who taught him resilience, championing queer writers and learning to live in the moment. When Paul Burston signed the Royal Society of Literature’s Roll Book…
-
‘My head is probably niche’: Drew Gummerson on his funny, strange and tender worlds The author of The Lodger, Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel and Saltburn has stopped chasing literary approval and started writing exactly what he likes. With Gregor, his chapbook inspired by Kafka, he talks about precarious work, queer fiction, ruthless editing…
-
‘I’ll scare you, then make you laugh while offering you tea and a biscuit’ The horror writer and film journalist talks about being raised by VHS, finding humour in darkness, writing the characters he once searched for and giving a talking cat the best lines I met Josh Winning on a video interview call, he…
-
‘I wanted to show gay life, warts and all’: Joe Brewer-Lennon on Andy Angus, chosen families and finding hope in dark times By Jonathan Welford The Scottish nurse and independent author talks about creating his accident-prone diarist, recording overlooked queer histories and Andy Angus is the grown up gay Adrian Mole Joe Brewer-Lennon’s latest novel…