Month: May 2025

Q-Lit Festival and new poem in Meanjin!

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I’m thrilled to be part of Q-Lit Festival’s Opening Gala on 20 June in Naarm (Melbourne).

More info and tickets for Q-Lit Festival.

About the Opening Gala

A gala of queer words, voices, and stories.

One magnificent night of the stories we tell, the songs we sing and our thoughts that are changing the world. Featuring a range of writers, performers and presenters, responding to the festival’s theme of
”What fills your cup?”

Hosted by Bebe Oliver.

Featuring Dean Arcuri, Tiger Salmon, Urvi Majumdar, Claire G. Coleman, Wallis Prophet, Noah Riseman, Lili Wilkinson, Rae White and Ed Moon

My poem ‘Hot Wheels’ is in the latest Meanjin! 

Shout out to Echoes from the Cave Inn, the most queer nourishing magical open mic, where this poem was first born.

Grab a copy on the Meanjin website.

An image of the Autumn 2025 issue of Meanjin (Vol 84, No 1). The cover mimics the interface of an iPhone Notes app in dark mode. It lists six bullet-pointed phrases: ‘The work of desire,’ ‘The work of identity,’ ‘The work of standing still,’ ‘The work of giving life,’ ‘The work of telling truth,’ and ‘The work of making a home.’ The design uses yellow and white text on a black background, with the Meanjin logo at the top in gold.

About Meanjin 84.1 Autumn 2025

Energy and life and the body. Disappointment and passion and pride. The inexorable labour of working toward the just. The work of desire, the work of identity, the work of standing still. The work of giving life, the work of telling truth, the work of making a home.

This season, Meanjin’s writers are calling us to account.

What are we gambling with when we settle for what’s merely adequate? What have we already sacrificed the moment we come to realise what’s at stake? What is the price of the just?

Embrace Australia’s finest writers. Meanjin 84.1 Autumn 2025.