Polari at Hastings Book Festival
Award-winning LGBTQ literary salon returns to Hastings for the Book Festival.
Hosted by local author Paul Burston with special guests -
Alice Denny - Brighton based performance poet and judge for the Polari Prize 2026
Dillon Jaxx - Bexhill based poet with their debut poetry collection 'like starlings falling'.
Fiona Keating - London based author of 'Smoke and Silk'
Simon Maddrell - whose debut book ‘lamping wild rabbits' is long-listed in the 2026 Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection.
John McCullough - winner of The Polari First Book Prize 2012, back with his new poetry collection ‘Crowd Voltage’
Part of The Polari Prize 15th Birthday Showcase, funded by Arts Council England.
Observer Building53 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DT
Age restriction: 16+
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