Big Gay Week: The Only Gay Book in the Village

When Alan Hollinghurst won the 2005 Man Booker Prize for The Line of Beauty, the mainstream press celebrated it as the first time a gay novel had taken home the award.

But what makes a piece of writing gay? The author? The subject matter? The characters? Is Queer literature alive and well in Australia and what value is there in identifying it as such?

We ask some of Australia’s finest gay and lesbian writers if they are Gay and Lesbian Writers. How central is sexuality to their work?

Presenters

Benjamin Law

Benjamin Law is a Brisbane-based freelance writer and the author of The Family Law.

Fiona McGregor

Fiona McGregor is a Sydney writer and artist working across a range of disciplines including writing, performance, video and installation.

Sophie Cunningham

Sophie Cunningham is the author of two novels, Geography and Bird, published in 2008 and she’s also writing a book about Melbourne for the University of NSW Press.

William Yang

William Yang is a writer and visual artist.