LAURA KAY
Tell me everything
AUTHOR LAURA KAY ON HER LATEST NOVEL AND THE IMPORTANCE OF QUEER JOY IN FICTION
WORDS ROXY BOURDILLON
44 Non-binary joy Embracing pleasure beyond the gender binary
49 The Heartstopper effectWhy the TV phenomenon is changing lives
50 Internet fan girl and proudOur obsession with DIY YouTube compilations
Do you love reading about queer characters? Same here. As a dedicated bookworm and a raging homosexual, I just can’t get enough of LGBTQI stories. But the thing is, so many of them are so darn tragic and tortured. The most famous lesbian novel of all time is called The Well Of Loneliness, for god’s sake. If you’re craving a dose of feel-good fiction then you need to check out Laura Kay. When her debut novel, The Split, was published last spring, it was a breath of fresh air on the queer lit scene. Uplifting and heartfelt, Laura found humour in a lesbian break-up (addressing the ageold dilemma of who gets to keep the cat) and depicted LGBTQI friendship with a nuance and affection we don’t often see. So naturally I couldn’t wait to read Laura’s second offering, Tell Me Everything, and get her to, well, tell me everything about it.