It’s Exactly As I Am’s first birthday!

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This month is Exactly As I Am’s first birthday! 🎉

Thank you to everyone who bought, borrowed and read this book over the past year. And thank you to all the excellent folk who interviewed me about it and asked me to read poems from it. 

I hope Exactly As I Am continues to reach wonderful readers, especially those who need it most. 

This past year has been a particularly dark, transphobic time for my community. I hope to combat that as much as I can, by continuing to write and publish books that uplift, embrace and nurture my trans, non-binary and gender diverse siblings 💖🏳️‍⚧️

(Awesome image tiles thanks to my publisher UQP.)

Black and white shard images surrounding the front cover of Exactly As I Am.
Black and white shard images surround text that reads, ‘: paint me over / tell me : am I trope / or trouble to you? is my portraiture distraction or abstraction?’
Black and white shard images surround text that reads, ‘Rainbow confetti pixels. Today's trans trend is believing you are non-binary enough, no matter what the monsters say.’
Black and white shard images surround text that reads, ‘Somewhat safe / My heart shucked and floundering on the footpath. A car creeps down the unlit side street with headlights howling.’

Pride at Play this Saturday

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My Bitsy game ‘stand up’ is part of the Official Selection at Pride at Play, an exhibition that celebrates thoughtful queer games. Pride at Play is being held until 24 June 2023 at Carlisle Street Arts Space, St Kilda Town Hall, Melbourne.

This Saturday 17 June in Melbourne, I’ll be taking part in two awesome in-person events, kicking off from 1pm!

Readings @ Pride at Play will feature readings from Al Gallagher, Briar Rolfe, Jini Maxwell, Josie/Jocelyn Deane, Mohamed Chamas, and myself.

While the Queer Gamedev Talks: Personal Queer Games Panel will feature Logan Timmins, Elliot Herriman, Luke Millar and myself, alongside moderator Jae Stuart, discussing the creation of personal queer games and our works.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Photo of two zines called ’Show Me Yr Selfie’ with a picture collage on the front that includes a camera image. The zines lay on a background of blue and yellow flowers.

New visual poem

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I have a visual poem called ‘I don’t even own a cat’ in the awesome new zine Show Me Yr Selfie – edited by SM Piotrowski.

You can grab a copy here.

Photo of two zines called ’Show Me Yr Selfie’ with a picture collage on the front that includes a camera image. The zines lay on a background of blue and yellow flowers.

Show Me Yr Selfie is compilation zine of essays, poetry, and artwork about the multifaceted aspects of selfies.

It features work by: Maryann B. Cole, EA Hayes, Ash Hernick, Katherine Leung, Spectre J. Moorsley, SM Piotrowski, The Union Argus, Dena Zilber, and me!