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Monday 24 November
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
Queer women’s sexuality has been represented in fiction for centuries, from the poetry of Sappho to Gertrude Stein to Sarah Waters. Are there common themes in these representations? Why is it important for readers across the spectrum of sexuality, but especially queer readers, to encounter queer women in fiction? And what are some of the books that have been most important to queer female writers? We’re joined by Fiona McGregor (Indelible Ink), Karina Quinn and Rebecca Jessen.
Hosted by Emma Ayres.
Featuring
Rebecca Jessen
Rebecca Jessen was born in Orange and grew up in Western Sydney. In 2011 she graduated from the Queensland University of Technology with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in creative writing. In 2012 Rebecca won the State Library of Queensland Young Writers Award for her short story Gap. In 2013 she won the Queensland Literary Award for Best Emerging Author for the novelisation of Gap.
Quinn Eades
Quinn Eades is a researcher, writer, and poet whose work lies at the nexus of feminist and queer theories of the body, autobiography, and philosophy. Eades is published nationally and internationally, and is the author of all the beginnings: a queer autobiography of the body, and Rallying.
Eades is a Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Studies at La Trobe University, as well as the founding editor of Australia's only interdisciplinary, peer reviewed, gender, sexuality and diversity studies journal, Writing from Below. He is currently working on a collection of fragments written from the transitioning body, titled Transpositions.
In 2015 Quinn Eades changed his name and gender. Prior to 2015, he was writing and speaking as Karina Quinn.
Author photograph by Jamie James.
Eddie Ayres
Eddie Ayres is a writer, music teacher and broadcaster. He was born on the White Cliffs of Dover and began playing violin when he was eight years old. He studied music in Manchester, Berlin and London, played viola professionally in the UK and Hong Kong and moved to Australia in 2003.
Eddie is the presenter of ABC Classic’s weekend breakfast show.
Eddie has written three books – Cadence, about his journey by bicycle from England to Hong Kong with only a violin for company, Danger Music, describing his year teaching music in Afghanistan, and a children’s book, Sonam and the Silence. He is currently working on a new book about the benefits of music in our lives.
Eddie was born Emma, and transitioned just before his 50th birthday. Better late than never.
Fiona McGregor
Fiona McGregor is a Sydney writer and artist working across a range of disciplines including writing, performance, video and installation.
She writes novels, essays, articles and reviews, and has published 5 books. Her latest is the bestselling novel Indelible Ink published by Scribe in June 2010. Her travel memoir Strange Museums was published to critical acclaim in 2008. All her previous books - two novels and a book of short stories - won or were shortlisted for prizes, including the Steele Rudd Award for best book of short stories in Australia. Current works-in-progress are an essay and a novel.