Not Your Orlando Book Launch

Kick off London Trans Pride Week with a bang!

***Tickets will now off sale due to hitting capacity! There may be a few tickets on the door but not guaranteed.***

Not Your Orlando is a glitteringly fierce collaborative poetry collection that glistens with sex and sweat. JP, George and Jaime explore life at the margins, the politics of sex and identity, the protest songs of late night dive bars, and the reality of being different in an increasingly (straight)jacketed world. Gender and genre-fluid, tender and raw, and wants to get into your pants. Strap on and strap in, it’s going to be a bumpy ride. Read more here.

Join us for the launch event, hosted by Kestral Gaian at The Glitch, Monday 22nd July, 7pm, where you can hear readings from the book and buy a copy, as well as see incredible performances from special guests Frankie Heartless, Mild Peril and CHUCK SJ!

You can also get a DISCOUNTED & SIGNED copy of Not Your Orlando when you select the ticket option ‘Booked & Blessed’. 

Doors: 7pm

Event: 7:30 - 9:30

Accessibility Info can be found here. We're sorry we couldn't afford a BSL interpreter or audio description for this event. Please be covid safe and test beforehand if you can. 

Photograph by Chiara Luxardo

Jaime Lock (they/them) is a writer from the Isles of Scilly now living in London. They have poems in or forthcoming in Under the Radar, fourteen poems, Impossible Archetype, Signal House Edition, and the anthologies Cornish Modern Poetries (Broken Sleep Books, 2022) and HE / SHE / THEY / US (Macmillan, 2024) among others. Jaime is a recipient of the FylmK Award 2023 and The Squint Playwriting Award 2023. Twitter @jfranceslock Instagram @jfranceslock

George Violet Parker (they/them) is a writer, performer, host of A. G. Parker’s Cabaret of Curiosities podcast, co-host of Rebel Riot, an H&T slam winner, co-director of Queer Stage Revolution, and Disabled and Queer Artist of the Year 2022. Their performance history includes The V&A Performance Festival, Edinburgh Fringe, Manchester Pride, Pride in London, Fashion Week. Their work appears in Mslexia, The F-Word, FT, Arachne Press, and more, and their novel ‘Twisted Roots’ was published by Reconnecting Rainbows Press. Twitter @a_george_parker Instagram @a_g_parker agparker.co.uk

JP Seabright (she/they) is a queer disabled writer living in London. They have four solo pamphlets published and two collaborations, encompassing poetry, prose and experimental work. They explore themes of gender, sexuality, trauma and the climate crisis in their work, and have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Forward Prize (twice), as well as shortlisted (twice) for a Saboteur Award for Best Collaborative Work. More info atjpseabright.com via Twitter @errormessage and @jpseabright everywhere else.

Special Guests

Host: Kestral Gaian

Kestral Gaian (They/Them) is a non-binary author, poet, and playwright based in East London. They write powerful queer fiction and non-fiction, and drink far too much tea. @kes.tr.al

CHUCK SJ

Chuck SJ is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus on music and words as a tool to explore and express around social political issues, specifically on trans rights. Their creative output jumps between music production, sound and light design, spoken word, writing sci-fi short stories, drag/cabaret and just generally being an attention seeker. Chuck is autistic and often facilitates discussions and workshops around dismantling elitism within the arts. Chuck has completed 5 European tours, 12 UK tours, 15 albums and 2 EPs. @chuckintransitwww.chucksj.com

Mild Peril 

Mild Peril is London's most sarcastic drag satirist, creator of all-Asian cabaret 101 Damn Asians, and drag's answer to Stewart Lee (not that anybody was asking the question). @contains_mild_peril

Frankie Heartless

‘The King with the Violin’ , Frankie is a London based violinist, actor muso, drag king, and poet. @frankie.heartless