I’m so excited to share the cover design for Mood. It was designed by the very talented Duncan Blachford of Typography Studio. Duncan has designed some gorgeous covers, including books by Wakefield Press writers (check out Andrew Roff’s The Teeth of a Slow Machine and Roanna McClelland’s The Comforting Weight of Water). He has also designed books for […]
I had the best time storytelling on One On One Stories, an Instagram Live event curated by Madison Griffiths. It was such an honour to be part of an event featuring storytellers, poets, comedians and artists like Ellen Van Neerven, Evelyn Araluen, Darlene Sobrana, Bec Jessen, Claire Sullivan, Alistair Baldwin, Sean Whelan, James Colley and Elizabeth
Last night was incredibly exciting for me. I told a story at Queerstories, which is one of my favourite events in the LGBTIQA+ community, on Halloween of all nights. My story is titled ‘Problematic Faves‘ and I talk about Enid Blyton, The X-Files, The L Word, Homeland and many others. I got to drool over
Living and Loving in Diversity was launched this Friday at the Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council’s national conference. It is an honour to be part of a book that contains writing from so many amazing queer writers. I read an excerpt of my piece, ‘My Helmet’, at the launch, and had the opportunity to sign books
My essay about my complex relationship with my hair (and its links to ethnicity, religion and trauma) has been published in the Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council’s amazing book, Living and Loving in Diversity: An anthology of Australian multicultural queer adventures. The book was launched on 21 September at St Kilda Town Hall.
I was recently involved in the North West Melbourne Primary Health Network’s video about LGBTIQA+ people’s experiences with accessing healthcare. We were asked questions about our experiences and issues with health practitioners, how they made us feel, and what we would say to providers about providing healthcare to LGBTQIA+ people. Video The North West Melbourne Primary
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I had the weirdest and most amazing experience this week. I happened to contact Mary Lambert‘s publicist about a fortnight ago, after noticing that Mary had announced her North American tour for her new EP Bold. I asked if I could interview Mary about her EP, her upcoming tour, and her activism. I have noticed her
I wrote about the impact that 90s pop culture had on my developing sexual and gender identity. I discuss my crushes on Taylor Hanson, Daniel Johns and Leonardo DiCaprio, and a few surprises. You can read my essay in Junkee.