Festival History

See previous guest writers at The Coast is Queer, Brighton’s annual festival of LGBTQ+ writing.

2023

Featured Writers

Juno Dawson
Harry Nicholas
Nuria & MNamug (Aghh! Zine)
Vaneet Mehta
Jamie Raines
Rebecca Burgess
Seni Seneviratne
Sam Ladkin
Luke Roberts
Fran Lock
So Mayer
Laura Kay
Tanya Byrne
Tasha Suri
Lou Tondeur
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
Sanah Ahsan
Michael Handrick
Max Lobe
Okechukwu Nzelu
Joelle Taylor
Abi Fellows
Harry Woodgate
Robert Hamberger
Maria Jastrzębska
Janet Sutherland
DViJKA Collective
Yelena Moskovich
Matt Cook
Alison Oram
Stephen Bourne
Topher Campbell

2022

Featured Writers

Travis Alabanza
Julia Armfield
Bad Gays
Neil Barltett
Michael Cashman
Elizabeth Chakrabarty
Mary Jean Chan
Tice Cin
Juno Dawson
Devil’s Dyke Network
DJ Ritu
Beatrice Hitchman
Adam Nathaniel Furman & Joshua Mardell
Elias Jahshan
Maria Jastrzębska
Livia Kojo Alour
Pete Lawson
Stacy Makishi
Ursula Martinez
John Mccullough
Golnoosh Nour
Okechukwu Nzelu
Oluwaseun Olayiwola
Fran Lock
Jon Ransom
Leone Ross
Peter Scalpello
Verity Spott
Pajtim Statovci
Clare Summerskill
Helen Trevorrow
Sarah Winman
Charlie Wood

2021 Online

Featured Writers

Douglas Stuart
Val Mcdermid
Alan Hollinghurst
Valerie Mason-John
Phyll Opoku-Gyimah
Juno Dawson
Jamie Windust
Golnoosh Nour
Tanaka Mhishi
Rosie Garland
Maria Jastrzębska
Campbell X
Lejla Kalamujic
Dragoslava Barzut
Anja Golob
(in partnership with Festival Krokodil, Belgrade)

2019

Featured Writers

Patrick Gale
Lesley Thomson
Juno Dawson
Jonathan Harvey
Kate Davies
Eley Williams
C N Lester
Sharan Dhaliwal
Emma Frankland
Dean Atta
Juno Roche
Kuchenga
Niven Govinden
Ella Otomewo
Sene Seneviratne
West Camel
Tashi Suri
Owl & Fox Fisher

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