Artist

Yves Rees

they/them

Dr Yves Rees is a writer and historian based on unceded Wurundjeri land. They are a Senior Lecturer in History at La Trobe University, the co-host of Archive Fever podcast, and author of Travelling to Tomorrow: the modern women who sparked Australia’s romance with America (NewSouth, 2024) and All About Yves: Notes from a Transition (Allen & Unwin, 2021). They are also co-editor of Nothing to Hide: Voices of Trans and Gender Diverse Australia (Allen & Unwin, 2022) and co-editor of the history journal History Australia. Yves is the founding editor of new literary journal LANTANA.

See Yves at Trans Book Festival 2026:

Transing the Canon

The Book that Made Me Trans: an evening of storytelling