John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender-critical novelist urges writers to re-enter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novellaThe gender-critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for...
<p>Gender-critical novelist urges writers to re-enter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella</p><p>The gender-critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors.</p><p>Ten authors and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/11/polari-prize-nominees-and-judges-withdraw-after-inclusion-of-john-boyne-over-gender-identity-views">two judges withdrew from the Polari prize</a> and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/14/john-boyne-says-lgbtq-polari-fiction-prize-backlash-brought-him-close-to-the-edge">Continue reading...</a>
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