This August we celebrate the voices blazing a trail for the LGBTQIA+ community. From the continual fight for equality, recognition and belonging, to tender tales of love against the odds: join us for stories of strength, joy and diversity and events which get to the heart of issues affecting the queer community across the world today.
Travis Alabanza: Life Beyond the Binary
Saturday 13 August 14:15 - 15:15
Nothing but the Poem with Samuel Tongue: The Poetry of Andrés N Ordorica
Saturday 13 August 15:00 - 16:00
Jazz Money & Andrés N Ordorica: The Language of Protest and Love
Saturday 13 August 18:15 - 19:15
Nothing but the Poem with Samuel Tongue: The Poetry of Ocean Vuong
Wednesday 17 August 17:00 - 18:00
Raven Smith: On the Magnetism of Masculinity
Wednesday 17 August 19:00 - 20:00
Patrick Gale: The Word That Speaks the Man
Thursday 18 August 10:30 - 11:30
Kathryn Schulz: Love Lost and Found
Monday 22 August 18:15 - 19:15
Torrey Peters: The Remaking of the Family
Monday 22 August 20:00 - 21:00
Imogen Binnie: The Great American Road Trip Reimagined
Tuesday 23 August 20:15 - 21:15
Arinze Ifeakandu with Colm Tóibín: Love Under Seige
Wednesday 24 August 10:15 - 11:15
Norman Scott: The Establishment (Almost) Always Wins
Wednesday 24 August 13:00 - 14:00
Isabel Waidner: Matadors, Spaceships and Queer Liberation
Wednesday 24 August 16:15 - 17:15
Imogen Binnie, Torrey Peters & Shola von Reinhold: A Golden Age for Trans Fiction
Wednesday 24 August 20:00 - 21:00
Benjamin Dean & Simon James Green: Who Wants the Spotlight?
AGE 14+
Friday 26 August 17:00 - 18:00
Dean Atta & Juno Dawson: Love in Scotland
AGE 14+
Saturday 27 August 13:30 - 14:30
Lauren John Joseph & Liza Klaussmann: The Violence of First Loves
Saturday 27 August 17:30 - 18:30
Douglas Stuart with Val McDermid: Knives, Doves and Forbidden Love
Sunday 28 August 17:30 - 18:30
Danny Ramadan & Pajtim Statovci: The Resilience of Queer Love
Monday 29 August 13:00 - 14:00
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