Evening Event
The Book that Made
Me Trans
An evening of storytelling
Saturday 18 April, 18:30 - 19:30
The Moat, underneath The Wheeler Centre
Did seeing gender diversity on the page crack your egg or nudge you out of the closet? Around the world, queer books are being banned from libraries and schools, lest they ‘corrupt’ children and young people. But what if we flipped the script and celebrated the power of literature to help us become our truest selves? In this intimate evening of storytelling, hosted by Lantana literary journal, top trans and gender diverse writers share the book that made them trans. Featuring Xiaole Zhan, Jack Nicholls, Bri Fallen, Stone Motherless Cold, and Kai Ash, hosted by Yves Rees (Lantana).
Featuring:
Dr Yves Rees (they/them) is a writer and historian based on unceded Wurundjeri land. They are a Senior Lecturer in History at La Trobe University…
Xiaole Zhan (詹小乐) is a Chinese-Aotearoa writer and composer based in Naarm. Their work features in Auckland University Press’s New Poets…
Jack Nicholls is a British-Australian essayist and speculative fiction writer living in Melbourne. They write with equal gusto about housing crises and haunted houses…
Gabrielle Fallen is a Naarm-based writer and performer. Her performance credits include Democracy Repair Services (Fringe), Poems of a Transsexual Nature (MTC, Fringe)…
Kai Ash (he/him) 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…
Coming soon
This event is presented at The Wheeler Centre as a private venue hire.