Polari First Book Prize Longlist 2023
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Open to all genres and forms, the Polari Prize is the UK and Ireland’s only prize dedicated to celebrating LGBTQ+ literature. Browse the longlist for the Polari First Book Prize below, and find out who’s made the longlist for the main prize here.
From the publisher:
WINNER OF THE JHALAK PRIZE 2023A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2022: POLITICS'No memoir like it' Independent'Travis Alabanza writes with such generosity and ease even the most provocative suggestions start to seem obvious . . . Profound and…
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RISING OF THE BLACK SHEEP is a testament of resilience. As a Queer Black woman speaking on personal loss, queer identity, institutional racism but also hope and joy, achievement, activism and a future that is unapologetically Black.In…
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In this highly accessible, entertaining and provocative work of non-fiction Kevin Brazil combines essay and memoir to ask one of the most pertinent questions of our current age, ‘whatever happened to queer happiness?’Exploring…
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*Shortlist, Debut Fiction, 2023 Nero Book Awards *London, 1894. John and Henry have a vision for a new way of life. But as the Oscar Wilde trial ignites public outcry, everything they long for could be under threat.'Beautifully written'…
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* AS HEARD ON STEPHEN BARTLETT'S DIARY OF A CEO ** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK *'I wish he could be editor of the world!' GRAHAM NORTON'Courageously truthful' SALMAN…
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***SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL CHRISTOPHER BLAND PRIZE 2023***'I read the book in one go. I laughed and cried like a baby, and was transported back to a time of innocence, clouded by the enormity of the harsh reality . . . Just amazing'…
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'A compelling, creepy tale' The Independent'A chilling exploration of power, love and grief' Julia Armfield, author of Our Wives Under the Sea'I am in awe of this wonderful book' Edward Carey, author of LittleWilhelm von Tore is dying. As…
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‘A stunning achievement – one of the most impressive and assured debuts I’ve ever read’ Matt CainWhen a giant sperm whale washes up on a Norfolk beach it tells Joe Gunner – a confused working-class lad –…
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Winner of the Clarissa Luard Prize 2021In 'Minty', one of the typically charged and capacious poems in this eagerly-awaited debut collection, a mojito glass reflects:whatever grid of bricks & wood makes up the room wehappen to be…
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A searing literary debut with the compulsive qualities of a thriller'This is a book about the untidy, complicated underbelly of love and love's end. Funny and true, wise and utterly authentic, you will recognise yourself over and over. I…
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GOLD. THEFT. MURDER. A ROAD TRIP TO DIE FOR.Shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing PrizeShortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger AwardLonglisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award Longlisted for the Davitt Award for…
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Tasting her still, I’d walk homein smog, frost, past burnt-out cars,and under bridges, as though the nightwas safer than her bed.In her debut collection, Rosamund Taylor dares us across thresholds and invites us to glimpse the world…
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