Nieuws: De shortlisten voor de Polari Book Prizes 2024
De Polari Book Prize is een Engelse en Ierse prijs voor boeken met een LGBTQ+-thema. Er zijn drie categorieën: the book of the year Polari Prize (£ 2,000), the Polari First Book Prize (£ 1,000) en the Polari Children’s & YA Prize (£ 1,000)
The Polari Book Prize 2024 shortlist:
Killing Jericho – William Hussey (Bonnier)
The Gallopers – Jon Ransom (Muswell Press)
The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants – Orlando Ortega-Medina (Bywater Books)
Forty Lies – David Shenton (Knockabout)
Hard Drive – Paul Stephenson (Carcanet)
Blue Hunger – Viola Di Grado, tr. Jamie Richards (Scribe)
The Polari First Book Prize 2024 shortlist:
Neon Roses – Rachel Dawson (John Murray)
Local Fires – Joshua Jones (Parthian Books)
Sunburn – Chloe Michelle (Verve Books)
Bellies – Nicola Dinan (Penguin)
Greekling – Kostya Tsolakis (Nine Arches Press)
Transitional – Munroe Bergdorf (Bloomsbury)
The 2024 Polari Children’s and YA prize shortlist:
Bitterthorn – Kat Dunn (Andersen)
Out of the Blue – Robert Tregoning (Bloomsbury)
The Fights That Make Us – Sarah Hagger-Holt (Usborne)
Gwen and Art are not in Love – Lex Croucher (Bloomsbury)
Away With Words – Sophie Cameron (Little Tiger)