Since June 3, I’ve been on an artist residency at Crosstown Arts in Memphis (a fantastic residency program; applications for 2020 close today!). While here, I’ve been doing a major revision (including a restructure) of the penultimate chapter of my novel-in-progress. The revision has been going well, in many ways better than I had anticipated....
Read MoreMay 6: Reading for the Toronto launch of This One Looks Like A Boy
I haven’t been doing many readings lately but I have one coming up on Monday May 6. Vancouver writer Lorimer Shenher’s memoir This One Looks Like A Boy: My Gender Journey to Life As A Man is being launched as part of Proust & Company, the reading series run by Glad Day Bookshop. Confirmed performers at the event are poet and author Gwen...
Read MoreAwarded an Ontario Arts Council grant
Yesterday, I learned that I’ve been awarded a Literary Creation Projects (Works for Publication) grant from the Ontario Arts Council. The grant, my first from a Canadian arts funding body, is for the further development of my novel-in-progress. I have really needed this—not even “just” the grant itself, but the morale boost here in...
Read MoreOn an artist residency at The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation; awarded an artist residency at Crosstown Arts
I’m about three and a half weeks into a twelve-week artist residency at The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico. I was here in 2014 and I feel very grateful to have received this opportunity for a second time in my lifetime. While here, I hope to finish the penultimate chapter of my novel-in-progress (which is a five-chapter work). The process...
Read MoreMay 29: Reading for Squirt: A Queer Lit Erotica Cabaret (and Other Secreted Genres)
It has been such a long time since I’ve read any erotic work but soon, I’ll be reading a special excerpt 💦 from my novel in progress that I’ve never had the chance to read before. Here are the details of this next reading, as drawn from the associated Facebook event: Squirt: A Queer Lit Erotica Cabaret (and Other Secreted Genres) Tuesday...
Read MoreMay 8: Talk on Tom of Finland at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
Last week, I gave a talk on Tom of Finland at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), in conjunction with the exhibition Tom House: The Work and Life of Tom of Finland. I spoke on a day of significance for appreciators of Tom of Finland: May 8th, the date of Tom’s birthday (now known as Tom of Finland Day). Tom would have been 98 years old. My...
Read MoreApr 6: Reading in NYC
Coming up on Friday April 6, I’ll be reading from my novel-in-progress, as part of a line-up of Australian writers for a reading in New York. The reading is part of the American Association of Australasian Literary Studies 2018 Conference, but is open to the public: Readings by Australian writers Friday Apr 6, 7:00-9:00pm Molasses Bookstore 770 Hart...
Read MoreMar 15: Reading for Queer & Trans Asian Poetics—A Night of Readings
Next month, US-based writers Margaret Rhee and Ching-In Chen are coming to Toronto. If you’re in town, please join Margaret, Ching-In, local author Trish Salah, and me for a night of readings: Queer & Trans Asian Poetics: A Night of Readings Thursday 15 March Glad Day Bookshop, 499 Church St, Toronto Join us for readings by local authors Trish...
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