In this episode Sam Elkin chats with Ernest Price. Chat highlights include:

• Path to publication and the reaction from their communities

• Ethics of writing about people you know

• Pyramid schemes and LGBTQIA+ community work

Ernest Price is a transgender man working as a secondary English teacher in Naarm/ Melbourne. His writing has been published by Queerstories and Overland. The Pyramid of Needs is his debut novel.

Sam Elkin is a writer, event producer and co-editor of Nothing to Hide: Voices Of Trans And Gender Diverse Australia (Allen & Unwin). Born in England and raised on Noongar land, Sam now lives on unceded Wurundjeri land. Sam’s essays have been published in the Griffith Review, Australian Book Review, Sydney Review of Books and Kill Your Darlings. He hosts the 3RRR radio show Queer View Mirror and is a Tilde Film Festival board member. His debut book Detachable Penis: A Queer Legal Saga was released by Upswell in May 2024.

Queer Writes Session (QWS) Podcast, a Words & Nerds spin off series hosted by Rob aka R.W.R. McDonald and Jonathan Butler, in partnership with Blarney Books & Art in Port Fairy. Books mentioned and reviews can be found on QUEER WRITES SESSIONS | Blarney Books and Art