5 Reasons October is Perfect for Reading Ghosted
Five great reasons to tune out the noise and read something lovely…
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August in the Rear View
From Fringe history to Pride parties, August 2025 was camp, chaotic and queer. My roundup serves culture, comedy and glitter in equal measure.
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Why the UK publishing industry fails marginalised LGBTQ voices—and how we can fix it
Publishing is still a world where who you know—and how much money you have—matters more than your talent.
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Do we really need more male novelists?
Do we really need more male novelists? Or just a broader idea of whose stories matter?
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Found Family in Fiction: Why We Need These Stories More Than Ever
In times where everything feels a little bit wrong, found family matters more than ever, and it’s the rock on which I built ‘Rainbows and Lollipops’ my new novel out in June.
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The family we choose: Why chosen families matter more than ever
When the world pushes us out, we build our own: How chosen families shape LGBTQ+ lives, resilience, and belonging.
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The five books I’d give for Christmas
I look back on the literary year and select the very best books to gift your loved ones this festive season.
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On becoming a Birmingham serial offender
On reading and writing and how Birmingham might be the settings for the first in a new series of novels exploring how friendship is the new family.
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Finding humour in life’s shadows
Acclaimed UK author Mo Fanning talks about what inspired his hit dark romcom Husbands and the road to finding his readers.
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Hollywood: Behind the scenes of “Husbands”… unveiling untold stories
When Husbands was due out, Richard Gadd hit headlines with ‘Baby Reindeer’. What amazed me was how much effort people put into finding ‘the real Martha’. They didn’t give two hoots about the abusive male TV executive.
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