Artist
Rae White
they/them
Rae White is the author of poetry collections Milk Teeth (UQP 2018) and Exactly As I Am (UQP 2022), and the picture book All the Colours of the Rainbow (Lothian Children’s Books 2025), with illustrations by Sha’an d’Anthes. They won the Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, and have been shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, Queensland Literary Awards, and Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. Rae is the Creative Director and Founder of Uplift Poetry, a community poetry initiative; the Founding Editor of #EnbyLife, a journal for non-binary and gender diverse creatives; and a co-host on the 4ZZZ radio show Tranzmission.
See Rae at Trans Book Festival 2026:
Photo credit: Chloë Callistemon