Queer View Mirror

Sam and Gemma chat to literary siblings, Liz and Andrew Sutherland, on poetry, polyamorous fantasy, Overland literary journal, and the Emerging Writers' Festival.

Sam Elkin is running the show solo in this episode of Queer View Mirror. He first has a chat with North American editors and authors Willow Catelyn Maclay and Caden Mark Gardner to discuss their new book Corpses, Fools and Monsters - The History and Future of Transness in Cinema which explores the radical history of trans representation in cinema and the political possibilities of its future. He is then joined by Naarm based non-binary writer Michael Earp to discuss their recently anthology Avast! Pirate Stories from Transgender Authors and upcoming appearances at the Emerging Writers Festival.

Sam and Gemma first welcome public theorist and writer McKenzie Wark to discuss her autofictional memoir Love and Money, Sex and Death which reimagines her past through a new perspective after coming out as trans at 56 years old.

They also talk with Professor Paula Gerba of Monash Faculty of Law about the landmark ruling in the Australian Federal Court case of Tickle v Giggle.

Sam has another bookish episode with two literary guests lined up.

He first has a chat with kinky, queer, mother, grandmother, sexologist, and author of recently released Slutdom, Hilary Caldwell, whose doctorate Women Who Buy Sex in Australia was the first study in the world exploring women buying sexual services.

Sam then talks with award winning author, artist, and screenwriter, Dylin Hardcastle, about their most recent book A Language of Limbs which celebrates queer life in all its vibrancy and colour.

Sam Elkin is back for Queer View Mirror with a jam-packed guest line up. Author and professor at ANU, Tessa Morris-Suzuki, discusses her recently published book, A Secretive Century: Monte Punshon’s Australia which explores late nineteenth and twentieth century queer experiences through "the world's oldest lesbian". Then, he's joined in the studios by Gavin Campbell, Gerard O’Connor, and Jono Francisco about the 30th anniversary of the notorious Tasty Raid and their upcoming celebration honouring Naarm's LGBTQIA+ community.

Guest host Kirby Fary has a chat with queer Naarm-based artist and writer Georgia Mill about her recently published article Queer admin: When our stories don’t fit on forms, featured in Archer Magazine.

Guest host Kirby Fary fills in for the Queer View Crew and has a chat with queer advocate, producer, educator, and owner of the queer rave Unicorns, Adele (delsi cat) Moleta, about their return to film with her short documentary Femme premiering at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. Kirby also talks with composer and artistic director of contemporary classical group Ensemble Mania, Dominic Flynn, to discuss Tempo Rubato's TEMPO QUEER 2024.

Sam and Hamish talk with Jax Brown who is running TGD Book Club, a book club for trans and gender-diverse people at Thorne Harbour Health, and author Marcel Liement about their trans dark fantasy novel Doom Bringer.

They then welcome podcaster for Queer View Mirror, Paige Dunstone, as well as Eva, Rosie, and Alannah of Naarm based punk band Hot Milk Machine to discuss their involvement as young people in the music scene and upcoming gigs.

Sam and Hamish first have a chat with Stacey Stokes, contributor to the 2022 anthology of trans and gender-diverse writing Nothing to Hide to discuss her experiences of incarceration as a trans woman and her law reform activity. They then talk with Newcastle based author David Owen Kelly about his newly published fusion of memoir and alternative history Hope City which explores queer experiences admist the HIV pandemic.

Sam and Hamish are first joined by Aotearoa based, Ngāti Maniapoto/Ngāpuhi poet, publisher, editor, and teacher, Stacey Teague, to discuss her new collection of poems Plastic. They then have a chat with Robert Tait, known under the pen name of John Roberts and author of Mardi Gras: The Novel, about his recently published novel Oxford Street Trash; He is also a member of the OutStanding Committee who are currently hosting a short story competition.