Had such a wonderful evening living my best LGBTQ+ YA nerd dream on the panel at the iconic Gay’s The Word for #UCLCultureFest - chatting to Dr Erica Gillingham, Simon James Green & Alexandra Parsons about #QueeringYA and visibility. A sold out event!! Thank you to everyone who came! 🍌🍌🍌 Huge happy book birthday to Simon and his hilariously funny sequel #NoahCouldNever! 🍌 Out today. 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 PS the books I recommended on the panel were Keris Stainton’s adorable teen read #StarringKitty, and Amy Rose Capetta’s brilliantly gripping queer theatre murder mystery #EchoAfterEcho 🌈🗡Simin shouted out Julian Winter’s gorgeous soccer YA and fellow Book Birthday debut #RunningWithLions. Watch this space for more information on the upcoming LGBTQ+ YA anthology #ProudBook out in March 2019 with @stripesbooks - we will have news soon! But if you want to dip in to a diverse collection of YA stories RIGHT NOW then #ChangeBook is available, including Alexandra’s recommendation of ‘Hackney Moon’ by the wonderful Tanya Byrne💛
Huge huge thank you to UCL, Erica and Uli @gaysthewordbookshop for inviting me to speak. (Photo credit to @juliannebenford for the panel shot!)