My second poetry collection Exactly As I Am (UQP) has just been published!
Grab a copy online on the UQP website or an ebook version at ebooks.com.
Exactly As I Am is also available at bookstores in-person and online. If they don’t have copies in stock, ask if you can order in!
If you can’t afford a copy and still want to read Exactly As I Am, check out your local library because libraries are great. If they don’t have copies, you can request some. ❤
My second poetry collection ‘Exactly As I Am’ (University of Queensland Press) is about my lived experience as a non-binary transgender person and it’s launching on 13 July at Avid Reader Bookshop, both in-store and online!
Grab your ticket on the Avid Reader website.
ALSO COVER REVEAL!!! Look at how pretty my beautiful queer-trans new book is!
Preorder available on the UQP website.
I feel so privileged to be announcing this on Transgender Day of Visibility, a day when I can be visible and ‘out’ but I know so many cannot. I see you. You are part of our community and you are loved. 
New poem! ‘Gender marker’ (from my forthcoming collection ‘Exactly As I Am’ – UQP) has been published in Rabbit 34 – Reportage.
My upcoming poetry collection Exactly As I Am was mentioned in Sydney Morning Herald’s ‘The most anticipated books of 2022’ by Melanie Kembrey!
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.
The Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize for an unpublished manuscript is in its 15th year! The award includes prize money of $2,000 and a publishing contract with University of Queensland Press (UQP). I was last year’s winner and it’s been wonderful and life changing! Enter your manuscript so I can pass along the Shapcott Prize baton! 😘💖
*** Visit the Queensland Poetry Festival (QPF) website for more info ***
Super deep words I said from the QPF piece above: “Winning the 2017 Thomas Shapcott prize has given a new life and sense of freedom to my writing practice. My voice as a non-binary person is very often silenced, so to win such a major award has given me the confidence to push myself further and to embrace my voice as a marginalised poet.”
All four Queensland Poetry awards are now open for your excellent entries, including the Arts Queensland supported Thomas Shapcott, Val Vallis & XYZ Awards, along with the ekphrasis prize supported by Philip Bacon Galleries.
*** Once more with feeling: visit the QPF website for more info ***
Pic of me being a happy poetry dork, winning the Shapcott at QPF 2017. This could be you!
On Thursday night I reached a milestone I’ve always wanted: winning the Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize! This means I’ll have a published book ready for you to read in a year’s time, thanks to University of Queensland Press.
Here’s a photo of myself and 2016 Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize winner Shastra Deo. UQP will launch Shastra’s debut collection, The Agonist, today at Queensland Poetry Festival.
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