For the first time in a few years, I have a new book out this summer and I’m going on a book tour. More details and further dates will be...

When I'm not writing, coaching or running Polari literary salon and the Polari Prize, I give talks. Often these are author talks about my...

Next month, Polari will be 15 years old! Yes, it'll be a whopping 15 years since we hosted our first ever event upstairs at the Green...

Coming up in September we have three events linked to this year's Polari Prize shortlists. On September 1 we're at The Printworks,...

Coming up in April we have two special Polari events. The first is on Wednesday April 20 at gay gastro pub John The Unicorn in Peckham,...

In some ways, I’m still catapulting condoms over prison walls - only now they’re landing where they’re needed most.

Like many people, I’ve really missed live performance – both as a spectator and as a producer / performer. Last month, Polari returned to...

There’s been a lot of talk lately about diversity in publishing. Speaking as someone who published his first book way back in 1995, I’ve...

There aren’t many sassy, sexually-ambiguous, ten year-old, Irish first-person narrators in fiction. So thank heavens for Mickey Donnelly....