Trans Book Festival 2025

Saturday, 8 February 2025

The Wheeler Centre, Melbourne

Most TBF 2025 sessions were recorded and are available online for free (linked below).

Tranthologies Video Panel

08:30 - 09:00

Featuring: Anastasia Lee, Liz Duck-Chong, Jace Reh, Rae White, Robin Eames, Sasja Sÿdek, and Theo Brown

Radical Hearts: Queer and Trans
Young Adult Literature

09:15 - 10:15

Featuring: Eli Sutherland (Chair), Alison Evans, Nevo Zisin, Seth Malacari, and Michael Earp

Unraveling Histories of Gender Diversity

10:30 - 11:30

Featuring: Clare O’Hanlon (Chair), Sam Elkin, Yves Rees, and Noah Riseman

First Timers

11:45 - 12:45

Featuring: Jasper Peach (Chair), Kaya Wilson, Erin Riley, and Ernest Price

Poets of Protest and Empowerment

13:00 - 14:00

Featuring: Madison Godfrey (Chair), Hasib Hourani, Elijah Money, and Josie/Jocelyn Suzanne

Talking Trans Bodies

14:15 - 15:15

Featuring: Shelley Parker-Chan (Chair), Mx Sly, Kris Keen, and Quinn Eades

Doing It For Ourselves

15:30 - 16:30

Featuring: Sam Elkin (Chair), Cainne, Madison Moffat, Marcel Liemant, Orlando Silver, and P Eldridge

Beyond Survival: Writing Trans Joy

16:45 - 17:45

Featuring: Yves Rees (Chair), Dylin Hardcastle, Hayden Moon, and Madison Godfrey