Simon Maddrell (he/him/they) is a queer Manx poet thriving with HIV in Brighton & Hove. They are published in twenty anthologies and over eighty publications including
Acumen, AMBIT, Butcher’s Dog, Poetry Wales, Stand, The Gay & Lesbian Review, The Moth, The Rialto, Under the Radar. In 2020, Simon’s second pamphlet, Queerfella, jointly-won The Rialto Open Pamphlet Competition. In 2023, Isle of Sin (Polari Press) and The Whole Island (Valley Press) were Poetry Book Society Selections.
Paul Burston
(he/him) is an author and curator & host of award-winning LGBTQ+ literary salon Polari and founder of the Polari Prize book awards.
In the nineties, Paul was Gay Editor at City Limits and Time Out London, and later the founding editor of Attitude magazine.
Before journalism, he was an AIDS activist with ACT UP London and worked for GALOP. Paul's memoir We Can Be Heroes : A Survivor’s Story is a tale of living through two pandemics, surviving two near-death experiences and battling his own demons.
“Probably the gay book of the year.” ES Magazine
JP Seabright
(she/they) is a queer disabled writer living in London. They have four solo pamphlets published and two collaborations, encompassing poetry, prose and experimental work. They explore themes of gender, sexuality, trauma and the climate crisis in their work, and have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Forward Prize, as well as shortlisted (twice) for a Saboteur Award for Best Collaborative Work.
More info at https://jpseabright.com
via Twitter @errormessage and @jpseabright everywhere else.