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Marlborough Productions & New Writing South present new LGBTQ+ lit fest
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The Coast is Queer, Brighton & Hove’s festival of LGBTQ+ literature, returns in digital form from February 5-7. Now in its second year, the programme of events brings together writers, performers, academics, activists and readers, for a weekend of in-conversation events, workshops, films and discussions celebrating queer lives and writing. It will also be possible to buy and browse at the festival’s virtual bookshelf, curated by Brighton & Hove independent bookshop, City Books.
Confirmed speakers include: Val McDermid (Still Life, Wire In The Blood, Broken Ground), Alan Hollinghurst (The Swimming Pool Library, In The Line of Beauty, The Stranger’s Child), Valerie Mason-John (I Am Still Your Negro, Detox Your Heart), Phyll Opuku (Executive Director, UK Black Pride), Juno Dawson (This Book Is Gay, Margot & Me), Jamie Windust (In Their Shoes), Golnoosh Nour (The Ministry of Guidance), Tanaka Mhishi (Here & Now, This is How It Happens), and Campbell X (Stud Life) with more guests to be confirmed soon.
The inaugural Coast Is Queer festival was significant for LGBTQ+ literature. Attended by more than 1000 people, with 40 writers over four days in Brighton, the festival was a success with an extensive programme of events.
The Coast is Queer festival is funded by Arts Council England with support of the University of Sussex and the University of Brighton.
