Age: 14+/YA

GAY CLUB! is a landmark comedic novel about a group of queer teens at their worst – and ultimately their best – from one of the UK’s leading writers of LGBTQ+ teen fiction. Simon James Green will be talking about his inspiration for the book and why we should all take inspiration from the characters of Gay Club! In the comfortable and cosy setting of Bath’s brilliant Mr B’s, Simon will bring his trademark madcap humour to help young adults make sense of the world.

Simon James Green is an award-winning author and screenwriter who has established himself as a leading LGBTQ+ author in British YA. He was a finalist in SCBWI Undiscovered Voices and his debut novel, Noah Can’t Even, was published in 2017, with the sequel, Noah Could Never, in 2018. His third novel, Alex in Wonderland, in 2019, was nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal.