Melbourne WRITERS FESTIVAL

MEET ME AT THE INTERSECTION - 1 SEPT 2019

Writers whose voices are seldom heard – those who are First Nations, people of colour, queer or living with a disability – come together in Meet Me at the Intersection. Three contributors to the anthology share a snippet of their work. With Rebecca Lim.

SEXUALITY AND DISABILITY: THE INTERSECTION - 6 SEPT 2019

Too often conversations about sex fail to meaningfully address the important intersection between sexuality and disability. Erin Kyan, Creatrix Tiara and Jessica Walton discuss access to dating and romantic relationships, and ways to open up the paths moving forward. With Jordi Kerr.

EMERGING WRITERS’ FESTIVAL - 27 June 2019

IMAGINATION AS CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY

If the world we are living in is largely dictated by the imaginations and blueprints of the powerful, then we must recognise that our collective ability to imagine different worlds is a precious resource for resistance. In this conversation with Claire G. Coleman and Jordi Kerr, we wonder whether imagination, particularly through the speculative genre, may be a form of civic responsibility towards our communities and future generations.

CHILDREN’S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA NATIONAL conference - 1 JUN 2019

VOICES FROM THE INTERSECTION: LGBTQI Writing: Authors Erin Gough, Jordi Kerr and Jessica Walton in conversation with Mark Macleod.

SYDNEY WRITERS’ FESTIVAL - 4 MAY 2019

REWRITING THE BODY: From Hollywood to Instagram, the myth of the ‘perfect body’ endures. But what role can fiction play in portraying those deemed outside the norm, be they characters of colour, fat, queer, living with disability or chronic illness.

Jordi Kerr speaks with three authors who rarely saw their own bodies depicted in the novels of their youth – Dhonielle Clayton, Jax Jacki Brown and Jenna Guillaume – to discuss how they’ve created inclusive stories for young adults today and the groundbreaking #OwnVoices movement.