June 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Keeping track of people withdrawing from the Polari Prize Longlist over the inclusion of proud self-described "TERF" John Boyne.
Let me know as we get updates on authors pulling their books in protest.
Let me know as we get updates on authors pulling their books in protest.
August 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Keeping track of people withdrawing from the Polari Prize Longlist over the inclusion of proud self-described "TERF" John Boyne.
Let me know as we get updates on authors pulling their books in protest.
Let me know as we get updates on authors pulling their books in protest.
I will be asking to remove 'Queer As Folklore' from the long list for the Polari Prize 2025.
August 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I will be asking to remove 'Queer As Folklore' from the long list for the Polari Prize 2025.
POLARI TOMORROW
February 6, 2025 at 8:26 AM
POLARI TOMORROW
Holy shit, playable Polari
July 16, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Holy shit, playable Polari
Polari Prize update Judges Edition:
Alongside the seven longlisted authors who've pulled out (so far), it seems that two of the Polari Prize judges, Nicola Dinan and Bob Hughes, have also pulled out.
Alongside the seven longlisted authors who've pulled out (so far), it seems that two of the Polari Prize judges, Nicola Dinan and Bob Hughes, have also pulled out.
August 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Polari Prize update Judges Edition:
Alongside the seven longlisted authors who've pulled out (so far), it seems that two of the Polari Prize judges, Nicola Dinan and Bob Hughes, have also pulled out.
Alongside the seven longlisted authors who've pulled out (so far), it seems that two of the Polari Prize judges, Nicola Dinan and Bob Hughes, have also pulled out.
ALBUM | Olly Alexander - Polari
DATA | 07/02/25
DATA | 07/02/25
October 11, 2024 at 2:53 PM
ALBUM | Olly Alexander - Polari
DATA | 07/02/25
DATA | 07/02/25
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender critical novelist urges writers to reenter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella
The gender critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors.
Ten authors and two judges withdrew from the Polari prize and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Paul Burston is the founder of the Polari Prize and a supporter of LGB Alliance. Malcom Clark is a founder of LGB Alliance, and he is currently using transphobic slurs and calling trans women who have an issue with the Polari Prize "freaks."
That is what you support if you support the Polari Prize.
That is what you support if you support the Polari Prize.
August 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Paul Burston is the founder of the Polari Prize and a supporter of LGB Alliance. Malcom Clark is a founder of LGB Alliance, and he is currently using transphobic slurs and calling trans women who have an issue with the Polari Prize "freaks."
That is what you support if you support the Polari Prize.
That is what you support if you support the Polari Prize.
Imagine being such an asshole that an entire literary prize gets canceled because you suck so much.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Polari Prize organisers cancel book prize over trans controversy
Several authors withdrew from the Polari Prize longlist following comments made by writer John Boyne.
www.bbc.com
August 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Imagine being such an asshole that an entire literary prize gets canceled because you suck so much.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
New update on author withdrawals from the Polari Prize in protest of the inclusion of a proud transphobe
From the First Book longlist: Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Ciara Maguire
From the main award longlist: Rhian Elizabeth
From the First Book longlist: Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Ciara Maguire
From the main award longlist: Rhian Elizabeth
August 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
New update on author withdrawals from the Polari Prize in protest of the inclusion of a proud transphobe
From the First Book longlist: Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Ciara Maguire
From the main award longlist: Rhian Elizabeth
From the First Book longlist: Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Ciara Maguire
From the main award longlist: Rhian Elizabeth
holy fuck i forgot to post hung polari woah
October 17, 2024 at 12:33 AM
holy fuck i forgot to post hung polari woah
How about Pericles in Polari?
September 23, 2026 at 2:06 AM
How about Pericles in Polari?
Trump inexplicably drops into Polari for five minutes.
September 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Trump inexplicably drops into Polari for five minutes.
Open letter on the Polari Prize longlist and the inclusion of John Boyne, who openly expresses his transphobic and misogynistic views.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Author statement on the Polari Prize longlist
We are writers, editors, publishers and booksellers who stand in solidarity with the trans community. We are profoundly disappointed by the Polari Prize’s decision to include John Boyne on the longlis...
docs.google.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Open letter on the Polari Prize longlist and the inclusion of John Boyne, who openly expresses his transphobic and misogynistic views.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Update on withdrawals from the Polari Prize: Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Ciara Maguire have all withdrawn so far, in protest of the inclusion of John Boyne.
August 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Update on withdrawals from the Polari Prize: Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Ciara Maguire have all withdrawn so far, in protest of the inclusion of John Boyne.
ooooh my album Polari comes out so soon :)
January 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
ooooh my album Polari comes out so soon :)
Stylish Rosalina ✨
Design is by @gonenannurs.bsky.social 💖
Design is by @gonenannurs.bsky.social 💖
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Stylish Rosalina ✨
Design is by @gonenannurs.bsky.social 💖
Design is by @gonenannurs.bsky.social 💖
Reminder that the Polari Prize tanked its reputation for this guy 🙃
Oh no come back John it won't be any craic without you
June 1, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Reminder that the Polari Prize tanked its reputation for this guy 🙃
