Imogen Binnie, Torrey Peters & Shola von Reinhold: A Golden Age for Trans Fiction

  • Wed 24 Aug 20:00 - 21:00
  • Baillie Gifford West Court
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Imogen Binnie, Torrey Peters & Shola von Reinhold: A Golden Age for Trans Fiction

In 2021, Torrey Peters became the first trans woman nominated for the Women’s Prize for Fiction – a milestone in the history of literature. Peters acknowledges that Detransition, Baby builds on the legacy of writers including Imogen Binnie – author of the ground-breaking novel Nevada. Today, Peters, Binnie and author of Lote, Shola von Reinhold, talk with Harry Josephine Giles about the evolution of trans literature.

Categories: Fiction, Gender/Sexuality, LGBTQI+

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An engaging and versatile poet, performer, game-maker and creative mind whose work happens ‘in the crunchy places where performance and politics get muddled up’.