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) The Coast is Queer, Brighton & Hove’s festival of LGBTQ+ literature returns in digital form from Friday, February 5 to Sunday, February 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. Books will be available online via City Books. Funded by Arts Council England, The Coast is Queer festival is a collaboration between New Writing South and Marlborough Productions with support from the University of Sussex and the University of Brighton. Friday, February 5: Douglas Stuart in conversation, 3pm; Valerie MasonJohn and Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, 5.30pm; Val McDermid in conversation with Rosie Garland, 7.30pm. ROSIE GARLAND PIC CRED: RACHEL SAUNDERS
VAL MCDERMID PIC CRED: KT BRUCE
Saturday, February 6: Making Queer Film: Campbell X, 10am; New Voices in Queer Literature: Golnoosh Nour and Tanaka Mhishi, 4pm; Juno Dawson’s Lovely Trans Literary Salon with Jamie Windust, 6.30pm. GOLNOOSH NOUR. PIC CRED: PETER CLARK
TANAKA MHISHI PIC CRED: COPY TO THE WRITER LTD
JAMIE WINDUST. PIC CRED: HIDHIR BADARUDDIN
Sunday, February 7: Workshop: Love in a Cold Climate with Maria Jastrzebska, 10am; Alan Hollinghurst in conversation, 6pm. Events are free with optional donation. To book: www.thecoastisqueer.com
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