Join author Nadine Chemali (Brisbane) in conversation with exciting and emerging bi+ writers, Nadia Niaz (Melbourne), Anna Kochetkova (Sydney), and Adele Aria (Perth).

This event is jointly organised with Rabble Books & Games and is part of the upcoming Stand Bi Us Forum 2021.

Our Facebook event link can be accessed here.

About the authors

Nadine Chemali (she/her) is a writer, researcher, and social worker. She is dedicated to creating and nurturing communities, facilitating discussions on identity, sexuality, displacement, and representation. She has written for publications like SBS Voices, The Big Issue, and The Guardian, and has spoken at events like Queerstories, Melbourne Writers Festival, and Brisbane Feminist Festival.

Nadia Niaz (she/her) is the founder and editor of the Australian Multilingual Writing Project, an online journal publishing creative work that weaves together multiple languages. Her poetry has appeared in Rabbit, Not Very Quiet, Peril, and other national and international publications and her collection, The Djinn Hunters is forthcoming as part of the Rabbit Poets Series in 2021.

Anna Kochetkova (she/her) is a Russian-born Australian author and poetess, social media strategist for not-for-profits, and a passionate bi+ activist based in Sydney. Anna is the creator of the Instagram space Bi & Prejudice (@biandprejudice), which celebrates multisexual attraction and human diversity, and the book Bi & Prejudice (MINI collection), a personal account of attempting to connect the dots of identity and sexuality across years, continents, and cultures.

Adele Aria (they/them) is a queer disabled artist and writer-activist whose non-fiction, poetry, and performance writing has featured in international and Australian publications and events. Their writing focuses on human rights and social justice, particularly domestic and family violence. Adele's enthusiastic curiosity is often directed at reading voraciously, challenging dominant narratives, and engaging in tangential conversations with friends.

************************************

We recognise the strength and resilience of First Nations peoples, who maintain a continuing connection to these beautiful lands and waters – a right and responsibility that was stolen from them and never ceded. We acknowledge the traditional caretakers of each of the nations throughout Australia that we now share, and pay our respects to elders past and present.