MARKING WORLD AIDS DAY 2024
There’s always lots going on in Brighton on 1st December, but over 50 people came along to Brighton Museum to hear me and fellow author and haemophilia campaigner Mark Ward (Bleeding Fabulous) talk to David Fray from the HIV Hour - about how we have recorded our experiences of the pandemic in fiction and memoir.
the coast just got queerer
How can writers translate the experience of queer nightlife to the page? Brighton’s own nightlife Tzarina, Kathy Caton, found out when she talked to DJ Paulette, Dan Glass , Alf Le Flohic and little old me at the Coast is Queer Literature Festival.
BANTER ON THE BEEB!
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)
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THE BRIGHTONIANS IN THE BRIGHTONIAN
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.
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CHATTING TO NIGEL MAY ON HIS SATURDAY SHOW
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.
EVENING GUEST
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).
LUNCHTIME GUEST
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.
HIV HOUR WITH DAVID & JOSH
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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
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THERE’S STILL TIME TO CATCH UP…
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.