Tag: poetry

Poetry performance at Cyber Bunker!

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I’ll be reading poetry at the opening of Cyber Bunker, a new project space for noise, new media, experimental arts, sound and performance, and the sibling space of Cyber Palace! 

Come along on 21st of April 4-9pm for an afternoon of art, sound and poetry. 🌟

Pay what you can – tickets on Humanitix

4 – 9pm | Sunday April 21st
$10 – $20 (pay what you can)
All proceeds go to the artists

Cyber Bunker Project Space
Gipps St/Wickham St, Fortitude Valley.

More info.

Logo of 6 rectangles increasing in size from short to tall, and increasing in colour, from pastel shades of yellow, pink, green and blue, to darker shades of pink, yellow, orange, purple, green and blue. At the bottom of each rectangle is an uppercase letter which combined together reads UPLIFT. This image is repeated three times.

Launching: Uplift – a poetry community hub

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I’ve started my own poetry initiative called Uplift! (Along with my wonderful colleague Charity Shadforth.)

I love the poetry community here in Meanjin and further afield, and I want to help it shine brighter than ever!

Uplift is a poetry community hub that aims to uplift people and their poetry through events, opportunities, and connection. I want us to thrive on poetic reciprocity, and be non-competitive and community-focused.

At this early stage, Uplift is a comprehensive monthly newsletter for sharing and showcasing poetry events, opportunities and more in Meanjin (Brisbane), Queensland, and Australia-wide. 

At Uplift, we research events, publishing opportunities, book releases and beyond, so you don’t have to, then we send them straight to your inbox.

SUBSCRIBE NOW or check out our website.

Got a poetry event, opportunity or book release you want us to share? Head to our website for more info.

In the very near future, we aim to kick off our own events, partner with organisations, and provide even more services to the poetry community.

Uplift is based on stolen lands in Meanjin, the lands of the Jagera and Turrbal people. Sovereignty was never ceded. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

Image description: Graphic image with the cover of Exactly As I Am which features the image of black and white shards surrounded by a yellow border. Beside the image is the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, Australian Government and Creative Australia logos, and text that reads ‘2023 Shortlist. Poetry. Exactly As I Am. Rae White. University of Queensland Press.’ Below this is a grey footer with the text ‘Celebrating Australian Writing. creative.gov.au/pmlas.'

Exactly As I Am has been shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards!

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Absolutely incredible news!!! My beautiful book Exactly As I Am (UQP 2022) has been shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards!

Shout out to my fellow shortlistees in poetry: Gavin Yuan Gao, Lionel Fogarty, Sarah Holland-Batt, and Scott-Patrick Mitchell. And thank you to judges Andy Jackson, Jazz Money and Judith Beveridge. 

Prime Minister’s Literary Awards

Quote from the Judges’ comments:

‘This book is an impressive and necessary work, one which will help to break down barriers and prejudices faced by transgender people. Essentially, it is a book of love and empowerment.’

Image description: Graphic image with the cover of Exactly As I Am which features the image of black and white shards surrounded by a yellow border. Beside the image is the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, Australian Government and Creative Australia logos, and text that reads ‘2023 Shortlist. Poetry. Exactly As I Am. Rae White. University of Queensland Press.’ Below this is a grey footer with the text ‘Celebrating Australian Writing. creative.gov.au/pmlas.'

New poem in Cordite POP!

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I wrote a cheeky little Pokémon poem, (titled “I Google ‘are Pokémon edible?’ and wonder if I’m a bad person”), which has been published in Cordite, with big thanks to guest editors Bec Jessen and Zenobia Frost.

Do you think about the edibility of Pokémon too? Read on…

Want to read the whole issue of Cordite POP!? Do it!

I’m pumped to be published alongside poet faves Shastra Deo, Chloë Callistemon, Mindy Gill, Keri Glastonbury, Dan Hogan, Warsan Shire, Eloise Grills, Pascalle Burton, Alex Creece, Andrew Sutherland, Matt Hetherington, Scott-Patrick Mitchell, Kate Durbin, Ray Briggs, Rory Green, Pam Brown, Susie Walsh, Jarad Bruinstroop, Heather Taylor-Johnson, Jacqui Malins, Damen O’Brien, Sean West, Jini Maxwell, Josie/Jocelyn Deane, Lore White, and so many more fab folks!

Image description: Front cover of Australian Poetry Anthology. The cover features an abstract art piece of a koala-like creature sitting on top of a white house, with a gold sheep-like creature beside them. These three are on an island surrounded by dark water, with a gold yellow sky in the background.

Australia Poetry Anthology

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I recently had the pleasure of guest editing Australian Poetry Anthology Volume 10, 2023 alongside Peter Boyle. I am so immensely proud of the poems we chose and I can’t wait for you to read them.

I’m also honoured to be continuing my work with Australian Poetry as a member of their Board of Directors. I’ve always admired AP’s strong poetic vision and I’m excited to work with them to develop and showcase what poetry can be and do in Australia.

(Cover artwork by Michelle Leber.)

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.’