From acclaimed writer and activist Paul B. Preciado, Orlando, My Political Biography is a bold and joyous celebration of trans identity, told through the lens of Virginia Woolf’s iconic 1928 novel. Woolf’s Orlando follows the centuries-spanning life of a young nobleman who one day awakens to find that they are now a woman. Almost a century after its publication, Preciado claims that fiction has become reality and Orlando’s story lies at the root of all contemporary trans and non-binary life. Told through a myriad of trans and non-binary voices living today – our new ‘Orlandos’ – Preciado’s award-winning first feature offers a dazzling example of how life, poetry, and gender can meet in search of truth.

Notes by David O’Mahony