Archive Fever is a podcast hosted by Professor Clare Wright OAM and Dr Yves Rees that invites guests to go deep on the kinds of archives they use and how they use them. In this special festival edition, the podcast will be recorded live in conversation with Dr Micaela Sahhar, writer, educator and author of Find Me at the Jaffa Gate: an encyclopaedia of a Palestinian family.

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With funding for publishing and the arts facing increasing political censorship, avenues to share marginalised voices are dwindling. This conversation, hosted by Esther Anatolitis, focusses on finding independent pathways to publishing to ensure voices under oppression are still shared and heard. With Kirsty Wilson, Sam Biddle and Dr Yves Rees.

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Join us for an in-conversation event with Dr Yves Rees to celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility.

A historian and trans advocate, Yves is the author of All About Yves and Travelling to Tomorrow and co-editor of Nothing to Hide: Voices of Trans and Gender Diverse Australia. Yves will discuss the challenges and joys of being transgender to help us mark this special day of trans pride and awareness.

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Trans books—a new thing, right? But what about all the gender crossing in ancient mythology and Shakespeare? Then there’s Virginia Woolf’s Orlando and Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women, who identified as a man. Maybe trans stories have always existed, hiding in plain sight. For a trans eye on the library catalogue, join Zoe Terakes (Eros), Marcel Liemant (Doom Bringer), and Liz Duck-Chong for a conversation that asks: what does it mean to retrospectively claim our trans literary forebears? Chaired by Yves Rees (Travelling to Tomorrow). 

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Did seeing gender diversity on the page crack your egg or nudge you out of the closet? Around the world, queer books are being banned from libraries and schools, lest they ‘corrupt’ children and young people. But what if we flipped the script and celebrated the power of literature to help us become our truest selves? In this intimate evening of storytelling, hosted by Lantana literary journal, top trans and gender diverse writers share the book that made them trans. Featuring Xiaole Zhan, Jack Nicholls, Bri Fallen, Stone Motherless Cold, and Kai Ash, hosted by Yves Rees (Lantana). 

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