In-conversation

Ode to (Trans) Joy

A Conversation with Zoe Terakes and Dylin Hardcastle

Saturday 18 April, 11:OO - 12:00

The Wheeler Centre

Auslan Interpreted

In the past two years, we’ve been blessed with not one but two breakout sensual queer reads by trans writers that have taken the Australian publishing industry by storm. To open Trans Book Festival 2026 with a big dose of trans joy, join literary friends Zoe Terakes (Eros) and Dylin Hardcastle (A Language of Limbs) for a loving tribute to the power of trans writing—on the page and on the screen.

Featuring:

Zoe Terakes

Zoe Terakes is an actor and writer living and working on Gadigal Land. They are a vocal advocate for trans rights within arts industries…

Dylin Hardcastle

Dylin Hardcastle is an award-winning author, artist, screenwriter and former Provost’s Scholar at the University of Oxford, currently living on Gadigal Land. He’s the author of…

This event is presented at The Wheeler Centre as a private venue hire.