Book Prize Judging- Reading Update! @BobTheBookerer
Book Prize Judging- Reading Update! @BobTheBookerer
Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Hello! I’m Bob, and I’m currently one of the judges for the 2025 Polari Debut Prize, an award celebrating LGBTQIA+ writing in the UK.

It’s such an honour and a joy, and here is me talking about some of the fun quirks of what reading for a prize can be like!

More on The Polari Prize here: polarisalon.com

Longlist to follow in July!
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Book Prize Judging- Reading Update!

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