Bound to Pop: Queer Stories & Community hosted by Pinkie Promise ✨

Books, but make it fabulous ✨🏳️‍🌈🪩

Bound to Pop returns with a gloriously queer evening of storytelling, sass, and sparkling conversation. BTP is part of - immersive bookishevents designed to bring readers together through conversation, creativity, and community.

Join celebrated authors , , and maybe one more 🤫 in conversation with the incomparable drag queen host, for a panel that promises insight, humour, heart, and just the right amount of drama.

This isn’t a hushed author talk. It’s a celebration of queer voices, bold creativity, and the bookish community that shows up for each other.

Expect thoughtful discussion, playful energy, and a room full of readers ready to connect.

Bound & Co events are intentionally designed with solo guests in mind. We know arriving alone can feel daunting, so every experience is curated to feel welcoming, inclusive, and naturally social from the beginning - whether you come solo or with friends.

• A thoughtfully curated welcome gift on arrival
• A complimentary spritz to begin the evening
• Plenty of hot and cold canapés served
• A live, in-conversation author panel hosted by Pinkie Promise
• A special performance by Pinkie Promise
• Audience Q&A + book signings, with titles and other goodies available for purchase on the night
• Time to mingle and connect with Sydney’s vibrant bookish community

Joshua Hortinela is debuting his first novel, Hate You to Love You - a fresh, queer romance that leans into tension, chemistry, and all the delicious chaos of falling for someone you absolutely shouldn’t. Bold, heartfelt, and full of personality, Joshua’s debut marks an exciting new voice in contemporary queer fiction, to be released later this year.

Courtney Peppernell is an internationally celebrated poet and author whose words have touched readers across the world. Courtney returns with her powerful new release, The Last Poem (out 23 February) - a deeply moving novel exploring love, grief, identity, and becoming. Courtney’s work speaks to love, loss, queerness, and self-discovery - and has built a devoted global following along the way.

Hosting the evening is the incomparable Pinkie Promise, a drag queen, performer, and certified vibe. Expect glamour, wit, warmth, and the kind of questions that make a conversation sparkle. Pinkie doesn’t just moderate… she hosts.

- The Winery is a beautifully quirky urban wine bar with a leafy laneway & terrace for drinking in the sunshine, a bar & restaurant for dining under the fairy lights.

There is no official dress code. But if you’ve been waiting for an excuse to look fabulous,
consider this your sign. Come as you are, or as your most glamorous self.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Winery, 285A Crown Street, Surry Hills, Australia

Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.

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