I’m at BWF this year!

March 29, 2023Leave a comment

I’ll be at the wonderful Brisbane Writers Festival this year, chatting about sexuality, gender and zines.

And also signing books of course! Come say hi 🙂

MORE INFO ON THE BWF WEBSITE

Photo of Rae with short pink hair and a black shirt. Their yellow-covered book Exactly As I Am is featured in the corner.

Pride at Play – Exhibition Catalogue

February 11, 2023Leave a comment

Thank you Pride at Play for interviewing me about ‘stand up’ as part of their Exhibition Catalogue – available on their website prideatplay.org

Reserve your free tickets to Pride at Play from 21 February to 4 March at Sydney College of the Arts Project Space.

Unable to attend the in-person exhibition? You can also play many of the games online for free at prideatplay.org

Graphic image with screen shot of ‘stand up’ - pixelated hearts and ibis in blue, white and pink colours - with black text reading ‘stand up is about providing a positive experience for trans and nonbinary players. How did you convey the theme of positive experiences, and why was this important to you? Rae: When I read stories about trans people, especially if they're written from a cishet perspective, there's a lot of trauma. There's a lot of focus on hardship. Don't get me wrong, sometimes being trans is not the best time, but at the end of the day, transphobia is other people's problem. And they make it our problem. I didn't want to focus on that.’

Screen shot of a blue and pink pixel game with a main character, sun and cat in the image with hearts and arrows in the background.

‘stand up’ at Pride at Play 2023

January 31, 2023Leave a comment

My award winning poem-game ‘stand up’ will be part of the amazing Pride at Play – an exhibition that celebrates thoughtful queer games – alongside so many talented fellow creatives and game makers.

Head to the Pride at Play website for more info.

Graphic image with different coloured bubbles and the text, 'Pride at Play. Curated exhibition that celebrates thoughtful queer games from Oceania and Asia Pacific. Gadigal - Sydney. 21 Feb - 4 Mar.

Photo of a purple coloured book with the text: ‘Intimate, honest, amusing - a broad collection of surprising letters about love from some of Australia's most notable notables. Dear Lover. Edited by SAMUEL JOHNSON OAM. EVERY SALE CONTRIBUTES TO CANCER RESEARCH.’

Dear Lover is here!

January 10, 2023Leave a comment

It’s here! 🎉💜

I’m so incredibly honoured to be a part of this volume – I wrote a little piece about the joy of multiple loves and polyamory.

Every copy of Dear Lover sold will contribute to cancer research at Love Your Sister. Thank you so much for including me Samuel Johnson!

Grab yourself a copy at Love Your Sister.

Photo of a book page with the text ‘Dear Lover By which I mean, dear lovers. Plural. Dear beloveds. Dear sweethearts. Dear partners. Yes, there's more than one of you. But you already know that. You know each other as friends, as companions, as also-partners. (If my partner's partner is also my partner, is that partner to the power of two? Partner squared?)’

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‘Home (pixels) (praise)’ in Australian Poetry Journal 12.1

December 23, 2022Leave a comment

I have a brand new poem in Australian Poetry Journal 12.1 – ‘divergence, relevance’.

With huge thanks to Guest Editors Scott-Patrick Mitchell and Esther Ottaway for choosing my work and the work of so many other incredible poets in this issue.

‘Home (pixels) (praise)’ is a poem I wrote during an online workshop with the amazing Joelle Taylor through Red Room Poetry.

You can subscribe to Australian Poetry Journal or buy copies on their website.

Patreon Hiatus

December 19, 2022Leave a comment

A quick update re: my Patreon –

I’ve decided to go on hiatus from Patreon for a bit. The last couple of years have been tiring, and I want to take some time to navigate how Patreon can work for me and for my Patrons.

I’ll still be creating and writing, if you want to give me a follow on:

Etsy | Itch.io | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Thank you to all my Patrons for your incredible support over the years. It’s meant so much to me and to #EnbyLife Journal.

Author Hour at Avid Reader this Thursday

December 19, 2022Leave a comment

This Thursday 22 December, I’ll be heading to Avid Reader Bookshop for their 36 Hours Straight – All Night Shopping Extravaganza!

Join myself and other awesome local authors and illustrators at 8pm for in-store book signings, reading recommendations and raising money for The Indigenous Literacy Foundation.

More info on Facebook or the Avid Reader website.

Graphic image of a string of fairy lights and a light red circle, with red and green text which reads: 'Author Hour. Thursday 22nd December 8pm-9pm. Some of Brisbane's best authors and illustrators will be instore signing books, giving you their reading recommendations and raising money for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.' The list of authors includes, 'Holly Ringland, Sally Piper, Michelle Upton, Mirandi Riwoe, Laura Elvery, Claire Christian, Trent Jamieson, Kris Olsson, Charlotte Nash, Hugh Breakey, Christine Jackman, Peter Greste, Clare Scrine, Al Campbell, Rae White, Kathleen Jennings, Remy Lai, Sophie Beer, Litea Fuata, Paul McLaughlin, Liana Wright, Dave Lowe.'

‘stand up’ has won the Woollahra Digital Literary Award for Digital Innovation!

November 22, 2022Leave a comment

So incredibly happy to announce ‘stand up’ has been awarded the Woollahra Digital Literary Award for Digital Innovation!

You can explore ‘stand up’ on the Backslash Lit website.

A huge thank you to judge Brett Osmond for choosing ‘stand up’ as the winner. I’m honestly so blown away and delighted and grateful!

Thank you also to Woollahra Libraries, publisher Backslash Lit, and of course to Tegan Webb who helped me draft and redraft ‘stand up’ in Bitsy.

The trans experience is one that’s so often defined in media, by governments, as one simple / single / matter-of-fact / impersonal Medical Procedure.

‘stand up’ is an interactive poem which explores this idea, and the notion of what it really means to be trans. Because being trans isn’t just about one single thing.

Being trans is about breathing, loving and being; and, in ‘stand up’, it’s about finding small joys and knowing you are loved.

I’ve been shortlisted in the Woollahra Digital Literary Awards!

November 3, 2022Leave a comment

My Bitsy poem ‘stand up’ (published at Backslash Lit) has been shortlisted in the Woollahra Digital Literary Awards in the Digital Innovation category!!!

Reader’s Choice voting closes Fri 18 Nov, if you want to send a vote my way

Huge congrats to my fellow Digital Innovation shortlistees: Jenny Hedley, Dan Hogan and Anna Jacobson!

Interview with Archer Magazine

November 3, 2022Leave a comment

Such a pleasure to talk to Archer Magazine about my new poetry collection Exactly As I Am (UQP) 💖🌈

Head to the Archer website to have a read.

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