23 September - Dean Atta, Poet & Author

BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! MEETS ... Dean Atta

Dean Atta is a BAFTA award-winning screenwriter and Stonewall Book Award-winning author from London. Best known for his young adult novel in verse, The Black Flamingo, and the stop-motion animation, Two Black Boys in Paradise, his heartfelt storytelling draws on his Greek Cypriot and Jamaican heritage as well as his queer identity.

Dean is a patron of LGBT+ History Month and Chair of the Poetry and Spoken Word Group of the Society of Authors.

Dean has published three young adult novels in verse, two poetry collections, two picture books, and a memoir. His debut adult novel, Big Man, will be published by Cipher Press in September 2026.

https://www.instagram.com/deanatta/

Doors open at 6pm, the event begins at 6.30pm and ends by 7.45pm. Then we have until 8.30pm to chat with our guests, mingle & drink & enjoy the BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! Gallery Café.

Tickets are non-refundable