WRITER TALK: SACHA COWARD

Sacha Coward is a writer, broadcaster and museum professional who has written articles for a huge number of publications on many subjects. He has a particular interest in LGBTQ+ history, underrepresented audiences in heritage and mythology and folklore.

Queer as Folklore: the hidden queer history of myths and monsters

Queer as Folklore is an exhilarating journey across centuries and continents which reveals the unsung heroes and villains of storytelling, magic and fantasy. Featuring images from archives, galleries and museums around the world, each chapter investigates the queer history of different mythic and folkloric characters, both old and new.

Leaving no headstone unturned, Sacha Coward will take you on a wild ride through the night from ancient Greece to the main stage of RuPaul’s Drag Race, visiting cross-dressing pirates, radical fairies and the graves of the ‘queerly departed’ along the way. Queer communities have often sought refuge…