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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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Footscray West Writers Fest

Poster for Footscray West Writers Fest in purple and yellow.

Oh hey it’s a new festival on the block! I’m doing a couple of things at the inaugural Footscray West Writers Fest, one filthy and one frugal. But which is which?

First Floor Fantasy
Saturday 29 March 2025
7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Harley & Rose Upstairs
572 Barkly St, Footscray VIC 3012
(Please note: Access is via stairs)
Tickets $15, book here

Indulge in an evening of quickfire erotic storytelling by local authors, including Jinghua Qian, Thuy On, Rochelle Siemienowicz, Aud Pitch.

Poster for First Floor Fantasy.

Closing Night Event: Stories from the Belly of the West
Sunday 30 March 2025
4 pm to 10 pm
Harley & Rose
572 Barkly St, Footscray VIC 3012
Tickets $30, book here

Join us for the festival’s unforgettable closing night event, Stories from the Belly of the West, where six talented authors share brand-new site-specific works after taking up the most ramshackle writers-in-residence program imaginable. Jinghua Qian takes us to Savers, Emilie Collyer to Rex Hairdressing, Sam Elkin to WeFo Dog Park, Tina Cartwright to The South Road Coin Laundry, Alice Pung to Cheaper By Miles, and Rijn Collins takes us under the Westgate Bridge, with each tale offering a fresh perspective on the vibrant heart of the community. Don’t miss this celebration of place, creativity, and storytelling to mark the festival’s finale. Enjoy music from The Orbweavers during the event.

Check out the whole festival program, it’s a banger with events featuring Maxine Beneba Clarke, André Dao, Ernest Price, Liz Crash, Najma Sambul, Benjamin Millar, the students of Footscray High School, and basically all your fave westies. Amazing work from Jess, Donita and Reem!

* I buy all my leather from Savers so …

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Feminist erotica | Trouble in Dreams x Dinner Party Press

I’m going to be reading some smut tomorrow night along with Mia Walsch, Ella Baxter and Liz Hicklin for our belated Valentine’s Day date. Tickets are sold out but if you’re lucky enough to have nabbed one, come join us down at the local for cocktails and dirty words.

Sun 14 March 2021
5 pm to 7 pm
Trouble in Dreams
297 Barkly Street, Footscray, VIC 3011
booking required

The promo image says 14 Feb but it’s actually happening 14 Mar coz we got cockblocked by coronavirus, again.
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Performance: Amplify | Arts & Culture Maribyrnong

Apologies for the super late notice but I’m doing a gig tonight! It’s part of Amplify, a series of live music and literary performances by local artists from the Western suburbs. Tonight is Tariro Mavondo, Gabriela Georges, Ruby-Rose Pivet-Marsh and me.

Mon 1 Feb 2021
doors at 6 pm, performances 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
live in-person at Bluestone Church Arts Space, Footscray, or livestream online
tickets from $5 + booking fee | book here | more info here