The Coast is Queer, the UK’s Brighton & Hove’s festival of LGBTQ+ literature returns in digital form from 5-7 February 2021. Now in its second year, the program of events brings together writers, performers, academics, activists and of course readers, for a weekend of in-conversation events, workshops, films and discussions celebrating queer lives and writing.  

Confirmed speakers include:

Douglas Stuart (2020 Booker Prize winner for Shuggie Bain) Val McDermid (Still Life, The Wire In The Blood, Broken Ground), Alan Hollinghurst (The Swimming Pool Library, 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 and other stories), Tanaka Mhishi (Here & Now, This is How It Happens), Rosie Garland (What Girls Do In The Dark, The Night Brother) Maria Jastrzębska (The True Story of Cowboy Hat and Ingénue) 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 resounding success with an extensive program of moving and exhilarating events.

The Festival is a collaboration between New Writing South and Marlborough Productions, and is funded by Arts Council England.  www.coastisqueer.com www.newwritingsouth.com  

The Coast is Queer
5-7 February 2021.
For further info on the fest
http://coastisqueer.com/watch-online