sarkao via Shutterstock.com December 1, 2017 How to write a romp that avoids a Bad Sex in Fiction award Catherine Cole, Liverpool John Moores University A novelist who compared a man’s genitals to a billiard rack has won this year’s Bad Sex in Fiction Award. But not all entries were that silly.
Family TV via Shutterstock November 30, 2017 Bad sex? I’ve had it – vicariously of course Nicholas Royle, University of Sussex The author, Nicholas Royle, believes he doesn’t deserve a Bad Sex in Fiction award. It’s just unfortunate his namesake novelist has won one.
nito/Shutterstock.com December 1, 2016 Italian author wins Bad Sex Award for genital ballet – but when is written sex ever any good? Zoe Strimpel, University of Sussex The Bad Sex Awards are a reminder of the literary value of discipline and restraint in matters of bonking.
Breasts ‘barrel-rolling across Ezra’s howling mouth’? That joke isn’t funny anymore. Kandarya Mahadeva Temple, India. David Tubau December 3, 2015 Sex is neither good nor bad, but writing makes it so Jane Messer, Macquarie University Yesterday, the British Literary Review awarded the 2015 Bad Sex in Fiction award to Morrissey. So what is it about sex writing that’s so difficult – and what’s the secret of writers who know how to seduce?