Artist
Kai Ash
he/him
Kai Ash was raised in Yuggera country, Brisbane region, Queensland, where he grew up amid bush-covered ranges. Once he was old enough, he set off to explore the world: Europe, the Middle East and Oceania. He studied gender, language, law and psychology before returning home again. Kai’s work has been shortlisted in The Ampersand Prize, Adaptable, Lane Cove Literary Awards and Melbourne Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Awards, and he was a mentee in the ASA/CA Award Mentorship Program. The Boy Maeve is his first published novel.
See Kai at Trans Book Festival 2026:
