How can writers translate the experience of queer nightlife to the page? Brighton’s own nightlife Tzarina, Kathy Caton, will find out when she talks to DJ Paulette, Dan Glass , Alf Le Flohic and little old me at the Coast is Queer Literature Festival. Click on the link below to reserve your ticket.
What an absolute joy it was to chat to BBC Radio Sussex presenter, Sarah Gorrell about my book, Pride, coming out, and lots more, including a ‘live’ fortune telling with the Sarsenic Sigils! (Click the button below, tap on the black bar and then move cursor to 2:07:09 - after Stevie Wonder’s Sir Duke)
Distributed to every house in the neighbourhoods in which my new novel takes place, The Brightonian is the perfect vehicle to spread the word about The Brightonians Under Siege.
A wee snippet of me reading the prologue of my new novel in the opulent setting of the garden of Open House Artist of the Year, Sarah Arnett.
Lady Godiva, Joan of Arc, Odin - where else than a fancy dress party at the pop-up gay disco on a fruit farm in Kent in the early 80s that was the infamous Hazelpits!
Listen to Hugh read the chapter in which George, Grace and Pete get to see the infamous ‘Don’t Die of Ignorance’ AIDS awareness ad for the first time.
What an absolute joy it was to chat to best-selling author, podcaster and radio/TV presenter Nigel May on Gaydio on 13.04.24. To listen to me and Nigel chat about Brighton during lockdown, the outrageous gay scene that existed on the South Coast in the 1980s and my cast of colourful locals, click on the link to the right. It’s about 2 hours in, at about nine minutes past 9am.
My interview with Allison Ferns, repeated on Out With Kathy (9pm - 3rd April 2024) on BBC Radio Sussex and Surrey. Also on the show, Kathy talks to TikTok stars Matthew and Ryan, performance artist Marisa Carnesky and Dan & Adam (of Great Pottery Throwdown).
GOT 10 MINUTES? Fancy a little taster of my new novel? Have a listen to my interview (25/03/24) on @bbcsussex with Allison Ferns (It’ll say Sarah Gorrell, whom Allison was standing in for) It’s about 9 minutes after the midday news - just after Lionel Richie’s All Night Long.
FORTUNE TELLING… BANANA LOAF… AND THE 80S! What a pleasure and privilege it was to chat to super spexy Josh and David about my new book The Brightonians Under Siege on Radio Reverb’s monthly HIV Hour - the UK's only FM radio programme & podcast about living a healthy, happy life with HIV. Featuring interviews with charity workers, authors, and people telling their stories, it was the perfect platform to talk about my book and explain why I’m giving all my royalties from sales of it to much-loved charity The Sussex Beaxon. Want to contribute to the show? Get in touch with the presenters on Twitter & Instagram (@HIV_Hour) or on hivhour@gmail.com - To listen to my interview with Josh and David, catch up anytime on the podcast.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hiv-hour/id1347077256?i=1000650649346
Recalling this wonderful review of my first novel by Eric Page in Scenemagazine - there’s still time to read The Brightonians before the sequel, The Brightonians Under Siege, drops this Saturday. Order online or grab a signed copy from Kemptown Bookshop, City Books or the gift shop at the Museum.
OUT NOW! Panel discussion about #queerhistory with author of #lovefromthepinkpalace and #sussexbeacon patron Jill Nalder, podcaster/author Adam Zmith and drag performer and entrepreneur Kara Van Park and me . Kept in check by host, Andrew Flewitt, it’s a lively, candid and often funny chat about acknowledging our past and preserving it for future generations.
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