An Unexpected Party with Ash Taylor and Elizabeth Bourke
Tue, 31 Oct
|Better Read Than Dead
Join us with Ash Taylor and Elizabeth Bourke to celebrate the release of An Unexpected Party: Queer Speculative YA Fiction. Ash and Elizabeth will be in-conversation with Tina Huang.


Time & Location
31 Oct 2023, 6:30 pm – 7:50 pm
Better Read Than Dead, 265 King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia
Guests
About The Event
Co-published by Get YA Words Out and edited by Seth Malacari, An Unexpected Party brings together the stories of emerging authors from the LGBTQIA+ community.
From fantastical realms to real-world struggles, this anthology champions queer identity by challenging stereotypes and exploring the many facets of identity. Written with wit, heart and honesty, these stories take queer protagonists outside the box of young adult romance and centre them at the heart of stories that involve magic, paranormal beings and adventure.
Featuring trans and gender-diverse voices – asexual, aromantic, bisexual and more – the stories in An Unexpected Party are as diverse as their writers.
Our event space is wheelchair accessible via a stair lift. Please contact events@betterread.com.au with any additional access requirements and/or questions.
Ash Taylor is a man of transgender experience, born and raised on Gumbaynggirr country on the mid-north coast of Australia. From a young age he was always…
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Event Ticket
$5.00
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Free ticket and copy of An Unexpected Party
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