Events

As I know about events I am participating in, I’ll post information about them here 🥳

🌸 upcoming events.

Resonance - James Batchelor and Collaborators

Resonance is a powerful new dance work from award-winning choreographer James Batchelor and Collaborators, uniting three generations of Australian dancers in a moving celebration of memory, connection, and reinvention.

I am delighted to be a guest artist in the Kamberri season of resonance.

📆10-11 October 2025

📍Canberra Theatre Centre

Clothing the Loop

Clothing the Loop is a collision of fashion, art, design and activism presented by Australian Dance Party and circular and sustainable designer KELI Studio to inspire and activate textile and fashion circular economies.

I will be working with artist Lexi Keelan to create a publication for this event.

📆Saturday 18 October 2025

📍The Vault, Dairy Road

🌸 selected past events.

Resident Street

I hosted a very cute practice sharing of my time as a resident at The Street Theatre.

SpringOUT Literary events

I was excited to facilitate two free literary events during SpringOUT in 2024, Queer Reads, an open conversation about queer texts and Come & Write, an open writing session

Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia

I had the pleasure of launching the wonderful Sam Faulkner's edited collection of stories about growing up Torres Strait Islander in Australia.

A Bold Critique

I was recently in conversation with Dr Michelle Potter, AM as part of the 2024 Bold Festival where we discussed arts criticism and dance writing. 

ACT HUB Forum / The Importance of Queer Stories

In conjunction with the upcoming season of Queers, Everyman Theatre and ACTHub presented a conversation between 3 queer Canberra storytellers: myself; Dylan Van Den Berg, writer of Whitefella Yella Tree; and Kaya Wilson, author of As Beautiful As Any Other.

Headland Writers Festival 2023

I facilitated a panel with the wonderful Erin Riley and Matilda Bosely and taught a workshop on pathways into publishing.

Up-cycled fashion and the ethics of what we wear

I was part of an afternoon about fashion with a conscience, speaking at the Sustaining Our Future North Canberra Sustainability Festival.

Canberra Outlet Centre Inspire

I had a wonderful time on a panel alongside the ever inspiring Evie Kay and Dani Harmer and facilitated by the lovely Gerard Wilton and Tracey Davis.

Canberra Writers Festival 2022

I enjoyed being on a panel alongside participating chair Linda Jaivin, Diana Reid and Jo Dyer.

IDAHOBIT Day at Book Cow

On the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) last month I was very lucky to speak at an event put on by the Book Cow in Kingston alongside the incredible Jenni from A Gender Agenda. Together with a group of readers, we talked about the stories we love, those we hope to read, and those we wished were better.

Newcastle Writers Festival 2022

I was on a panel alongside the wonderful I’ll be on a panel called Family Ties with Krissy Kneen and Mimi Kwa.

BOLD Festival 2022

As part of the BOLD annual conference I was lucky to give a talk on writing and dance and what the two art forms can learn from one another.

Victorian Association for the Teaching of English (VATE) State Conference

I spoke on a panel discussing the use of memory: diaries, blogs and autofiction.

HerCanberra’s Sustainable Fashion Swap

I sat on a panel discussion, Consumer to Conscious: How can we build a sustainable wardrobe, alongside Taylor Pitsilos and Debby Harrington at the HerCanberra Sustainable Fashion Swap.

Recycling Discovery Hub

I participated in an online conversation about textile waste alongside designer and sustainability advocate Kelli Donovan.