I have a new poem in Island Magazine called ‘a half-eaten succulent addresses the possum’. I wrote this poem in an awesome workshop taught by Maddie Godfrey – thank you so much for your inspirational exercises!
You can subscribe to Island or buy this single issue on their website.
My poem ‘The System’ got a Special Mention in the Baby Teeth Journal Blackout Poetry Competition this month!
Huge thanks to Baby Teeth Journal for running this cool comp.
And congrats to my fellow special mentions Pete Goderie and Lily Holloway!
Big news, everyone. I’ve just signed with amazing literary agent Danielle Binks at Jacinta di Mase Management!
Together we’ll be finding my beloved YA manuscript Welcome Home a published forever home. And we’ll also be kicking heaps of future book-related goals together!
Image credit: Jacinta di Mase Facebook page.
I recently had the pleasure of chatting with the wonderful folks at Queerious Minds about gender, queerness, poetry and #EnbyLife journal.
Have a read of the full interview on the Queerious Minds website.
Very exciting news! This week I join Queensland Poetry as their Events and Marketing Manager!
Big love to Zenobia Frost who handed over the reins to me this weekend and has done an absolutely outstanding job. In this role I hope to honour, nurture and celebrate the poetry community, and the voices of future and established artists, especially those from marginalised backgrounds. May I remain humble, driven and community-focused.
Queensland Poetry (QP) supports poets and spoken-word artists in Queensland, Australia through its flagship annual festival, year-round events and workshops, Arts Queensland Poet-in-Residence Program, Arts Queensland Poetry Awards, prizes and challenges, and in-school programs.
From qldpoetry.org/about
Our upcoming poetry events are listed on the QP website. I’d love to see you there!
I have a new article in WellBeing Wild #6 about mutual aid and community. Thank you to the wonderful folks I interviewed – Tasia Amber (of Food Assistance Angels and Wild Spice Kitchen), Hope Foley (Growing Forward Meanjin), and Marion Abraham (Seedbar).
Grab yourself a copy of Wild at wellbeingshop.com.au or at your local bookshop or newsagent.
I’m proud to have a new interactive Twine poem ‘How to Haunt’ published at Going Down Swinging! It’s an abstract journey through ghost hunting, transgender hauntings and bodies, and the erasure of trans histories.
Interact/play/read/consume ‘How to Haunt’ at Going Down Swinging. (TW for discussions of transphobia.)
This year I again had the pleasure of judging the Anne Elder Award through Australian Poetry. Fellow Judges Marcella Polain, Toby Fitch and I chose our winner Ella Jeffery for Dead Bolt (Puncher & Wattmann 2020), as well as awarding Highly Commended to Cadaver Dog by Luke Best (UQP 2020) and Commended to Ask Me About the Future by Rebecca Jessen (UQP 2020). Congratulations to all!
The award is named after Australian poet Anne Elder, 1918-1976. The Anne Elder Award is sponsored by Anne’s daughter, Cathie, and is for a sole-authored first book of poetry of 20-minimum pages in length, published in Australia.
Read our judge’s comments about the award winning books and more information about the award on the Australian Poetry website.
Cordite has published a chapbook of new work by Queensland Poetry Festival’s 2020 Writers in (Digital) Residence: Ivan Coyote, Amina Atiq, Kate Durbin and Nick Makoha. Local poets Pascalle Burton, Kylie Thomson, Zenobia Frost and myself also responded to these commissioned works! You can read the wonderful digital chapbook (and my new poem ‘Wheelie bin’) on the Cordite website.
Image by Jackie Ryan.
I have some new zines up on my Etsy store! Dealing with Rejection in the Arts (made for the FotP2021 Zine Swap) and The Zinester’s Art of Folding (made for Upstream Festival 2020).
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