The Queerly Books Podcast

Weddings can be absolute hell and that's certainly the case in Celia Laskey's latest novel So Happy For You, in which a wedding weekend spirals totally out of control thanks to Ellie, a bride who would kill (perhaps, literally) to have the perfect wedding. In this episode of The Queerly Books Podcast, Celia talks to Rob about her inspiration for the story and how some of the craziest moments in the book are actually based on real life. They also reflect on Celia's award-winning debut Under The Rainbow and discuss what she will be working on next.

So Happy For You is out now in the UK, US and Canada. You can follow Celia Laskey on Twitter and Instagram for updates.

Queerly Books is brought to you by Queerly Radio and features LGBTQ+ books and writers, curated by the podcast's host Rob Gillett on Instagram and Twitter.

James Cahill joins Rob to discuss his highly anticipated debut novel Tiepolo Blue, a mid-life coming of age story set in the worlds of Cambridge University and London's gay scene in Soho during the 1990s. An edited version of this interview was originally broadcast as part of The Queerly Radio Show.

Global best-selling thriller writer Jack Jordan joins Rob to discuss his gripping new book Do No Harm, which sees a top heart surgeon facing the ultimate dilemma after her son is kidnapped by an organised crime group. They also discuss the importance of queer representation in commercial fiction and look ahead to events Jack has coming up this summer. An edited version of this interview was originally broadcast as part of The Queerly Radio Show.

Queen of the queer rom com Laura Kay joins Rob to discuss her fantastic new book Tell Me Everything and reflect on the success of her debut novel The Split. An edited version of this interview was originally broadcast as part of The Queerly Radio Show.

YA author Simon James Green joins Rob to discuss his fabulous new book GAY CLUB! which charts the journey of a small-town school's LGBT society to national gay glory with plenty of drama, bitching, backstabbing and social media outrage along the way. Simon also talks in depth about finding himself in the headlines recently after a planned visit to John Fisher Catholic school in Croydon, London was banned by the Archdiocese of the church, leading to an Ofsted investigation and a strike by teaching staff. An edited version of this interview was originally broadcast as part of The Queerly Radio Show.

University of Glasgow Research Fellow Dr Kevin Guyan joins Rob Gillett to discuss his new book Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action. They start by discussing exactly what queer data is, before looking at the current issues with the collection, analysis and application of such data. They also discuss the concept of queer data competence and look at how useful or not the huge amounts of data collected by social media platforms and other digital companies can be to this area of research. An edited version of this interview was originally broadcast as part of The Queerly Radio Show.

YA author Erik J. Brown joins Rob Gillett to discuss his new book All That's Left In The World. They discuss the challenges of releasing a book about a pandemic in a pandemic, the campaign that's underway for a sequel, disco music and Erik's haunted house. An edited version of this interview was originally broadcast as part of The Queerly Radio Show.

Winner of the Booker Prize 2020 Douglas Stuart joins Rob Gillett to discuss his new book Young Mungo and best-selling debut Shuggie Bain. Their conversation touches on Douglas's upbringing in Glasgow which provided much of the inspiration for his books, growing up queer in the city in the 1980s and 1990s and the associated problems of hyper-masculinity. An edited version of this interview was originally broadcast as part of The Queerly Radio Show.

Master of the modern rom com Justin Myers aka The Guyliner joins Rob Gillett to discuss his new book The Fake-Up, as well as the life of a British soap star, his blog Impeccable Table Manners based on The Guardian's Blind Date column and his involvement in the TV adaptation of Adam Kay's This Is Going To Hurt. An edited version of this interview was originally broadcast as part of The Queerly Radio Show.

The bestselling YA author Phil Stamper joins Rob Gillett to discuss his new books Golden Boys and Small Town Pride, as well as life growing up queer in small town Ohio, book bans and the threats he has received online simply for doing his job. An edited version of this interview was originally broadcast as part of The Queerly Radio Show.