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Polari book prize cancelled after row over gender-critical novelist
Organisers of the award for LGBTQ+ writers have paused the prize this year, after controversy over the longlisting of John Boyne meant it was ‘overshadowed by hurt and anger’
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telegraph.co.uk
Book prize ‘paused’ after trans backlash over gender-critical nominee
Hundreds of authors called for John Boyne’s novel to be dropped and fellow contenders withdrew in protest
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theguardian.com
Polari book prize cancelled after row over gender-critical novelist
Organisers of the award for LGBTQ+ writers have paused the prize this year, after controversy over the longlisting of John Boyne meant it was ‘overshadowed by hurt and anger’