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Footscray West Writers Festival opening night

I’m performing at the opening party for Footscray West Writers Festival this Friday alongside Maxine, Thabani and Emilie – yes all your faves!

Each writer is doing live collabs with other artists – Chris Ferric will be painting while I speak – I don’t know what the others are doing so it’ll be a surprise to me too. Actually at this point I haven’t even really decided what I’m doing. But the Orbweavers’ music was a highlight of last year’s festival for me so I’m really looking forward to that as well as hearing everyone read.

Event poster showing 8 circles with headshots for the artists listed below, on a cream coloured background with yellow and pink spiky shapes.

Footscray West Writers Festival Opening Night: Words Can Save the World
Friday 27 March 2026
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Footscray Drill Hall
395 Barkly St, Footscray VIC 3011 Kulin Nations
Tickets $40/$30/free for carers
Featuring Maxine Beneba Clarke + Angie Hart, Emilie Collyer + Martha Latham, Thabani T Tshuba + The Orbweavers, Jinghua Qian + Chris Ferric

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Voices Under Fire: Stories from Gaza

Join me at this event on 6 November to bear witness to the lives of Gazans experiencing genocide. 

For one night, we’ll come together as a community to read the poetry and first-hand accounts of Palestinians who have had to flee their homeland, those who have been martyred, and those who are still surviving the daily nightmare. All ticket sales will go to families currently in Gaza to help them buy food, medicine and other necessities.

Drawing of people speaking and reading with Palestinian flag and event details.

Voices Under Fire: Stories from Gaza
Thursday 6 November 2025
Doors open at 6:15 pm, readings start at 6:30 pm
Solidarity Hall (upstairs), Victorian Trades Hall
54 Victoria St, Carlton VIC 3053
Book here – general admission $40

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Wicked Words at Vic Pride Centre

Event promo image of a woman with long thick hair leaning over. A leather paddle is in the background.

I’m so excited for this one! A multigenerational line-up of storytellers surrounded by projected images of unapologetic dykes from the archives of Wicked Women (1988–96), an erotic zine published by Lisa Salmon and Jasper Laybutt. I’ll be reading my dirty Lex posts/poems, drinking up the queer gaze. Horny on main, we love it.

Wicked Words is a storytelling event that celebrates dyke and queer and trans sexuality. Gird your loins and prepare yourself to be swept off your feet. The lineup of storytellers includes Maude Davey, Jinghua Qian, Annaki Kisses, Tomoko Yamasaki, Gavril Aleksandrs, Bumpy Favell, and Lisa Salmon with videopoems by ReVerse Butcher.

Wicked Words
Saturday 29 June 2024
7 pm to 10 pm
Victorian Pride Centre
79-81 Fitzroy Street
St Kilda VIC 3182
Tickets here

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Australian Literature in the Shadow of the Colonial Patriarchy

I’m speaking at this conference next week hosted by ANU, and I’m really impressed with the program and how accessible it is: registration is free and every session is livestreamed.

Organised by Evelyn Araluen, Julieanne Lamond and Monique Rooney, the program features Melissa Lucashenko, Jackie Huggins, Jeanine Leane, Elizabeth Flynn, Natalie Harkin, and many more. Full program and registration here.

Australian Literature in the Shadow of the Colonial Patriarchy
Monday 24 October & Tuesday 25 October
ANU Canberra and online via Zoom
Free registration

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Smut | Footscray Community Arts Centre

Image showing two faces in profile, one with light skin wearing a nose ring, one with darker skin and pink lipgloss, swapping spit that stretches and spells out the word "smut"

I don’t know if anyone is ready for this, least of all me, but next Friday I’m making my fanfiction debut at Footscray Community Arts Centre as part of the Smut: Queer Erotic Fan Fiction Salon curated by Sissy Screens.

Here’s a sneak peek of my piece – can you guess who the primary pairing is? (Clue: It’s a crossover fic.)

Screenshot showing story tags "First Time Bottoming, Fighting to Top, Enemies to Lovers, Entrepreneurs to Communists"
A03 is legitimately one of my favourite publishers.

The event is part of Midsumma Festival and it also features Vidya Rajan, Nkechi Anele, Tali Polichtuk, Zoey Dawson, Alistair Baldwin, Ruby Slippers, Wilk Crate and Zoe Terakes. Auslan interpreted. It’s gunna be hot and nerdy!