Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage

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Im in the process of buying ALL the books from authors who have withdrawn. That’s my prize to them.

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Update on withdrawals from the Polari Prize: Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Ciara Maguire have all withdrawn so far, in protest of the inclusion of John Boyne.

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It's a very big deal that first books are being pulled. Winning a prize like this for your first book basically guarantees you another contract - it's a huge deal for an early career author, arguably more so than for someone more established.

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Keeping track of people withdrawing from the Polari Prize Longlist over the inclusion of proud self-described "TERF" John Boyne. Let me know as we get updates on authors pulling their books in protest.

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