London on 10 Mar - 7:30 pm
Londons award-winning LGBTQ+ literary salon Polari returns to WOW. Now in its eleventh year, Polari has been showcasing the best in established and emerging LGBT literary talent since 2007. This years event is headlined by award-winning poet and short story writer Jen Campbell, hosted by author Paul Burston, with a lineup exploring gender, sexuality and what it means to be a woman today. read less Jen Campbell is an award-winning poet and short story writer. Her debut short story collection, The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night, is published by Two Roads. Jen is also the author of children's book Franklin's Flying Bookshop, published by Thames & Hudson, and The Sunday Times-bestselling Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops series, and The Bookshop Book. Her poetry pamphlet The Hungry Ghost Festival is published by The Rialto, and she won an Eric Gregory Award in 2016. Jen worked as a bookseller for ten years and now runs a YouTube channel, where she talks about all things books. She is currently a judge for the Somerset Maugham Award and is Vlogger in Residence for the Poetry Book Society. She grew up in the north east of England and now lives in London.
Tickets : £ 5 Tickets
Address : Royal Festival Hall, Weston Roof Pavilion,
6, Green side
London
SE1 8XX,
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- Adrienne Rich 16 May 1929 - Poet/American
- Anette Trettebergstuen 25 May 1981 - Politician/Norwegian
- Anika Moa 21 May 1980 - Singer/New Zealander
- Beatrice Lillie 29 May 1894 - Actress & Singer/American
- Caitlin Stassy 01 May 1990 - Actor & Singer/Australian
- Charice Pempengco 10 May 1992 - Singer/Filipino
- Clare Teal 14 May 1973 - Jazz Musician & Singer/British
- Corine Mauch 28 May 1960 - Politician & Mayor of Zurich/Swiss
- Guinevere Turner 23 May 1968 - Actor & Screenwriter/American
- Jill Johnston 17 May 1929 - Author/British
- Kathleen Wynne 21 May 1953 - Politician/Canadian
- Laverne Cox 29 May 1984 - Actress & TV personality & LGBT Advocate/American
- Marijane Meaker 27 May 1927- Novelist aka Vin Packer/Ann Aldrich/American
- Mathilde de Morny 26 May 1863 - Noblewoman & Artist/French
- Melissa Etheridge 29 May 1961 - Singer-Songwriter/American
- Sally Ride 26 May 1951 - Astronaut & Physicist/American
- Sandi Toksvig 03 May 1958 - Comedian &Writer/Danish & British
- Sarah Outen 26 May 1985 - Ocean Rower/British
- Ulrike Lunacek 26 May 1957 - Politician & VP of European Parliament/Austrian