First Floor Fantasy
Description
Adults only! Hosted by Emily Westmoreland, indulge in an evening of quick fire, erotic storytelling featuring Mx. Sly, Samantha Byres, Aud Pitch, Ty A and Liz Hicklin.
Food and drinks will be available for purchase via a QR code.
IMPORTANT BOOKING INFORMATION
Address: Harley and Rose (restaurant - upstairs), 572 Barkly St, West Footscray, VIC 3012
Please arrive 10 minutes early
Transport
Train: West Footscray station (850m), Footscray station (1.8km), Tottenham (1.9 km)
Bus: Route 220 stops outside the venue
Bike: Bike parking outside the library at 539 Barkly St
Taxi/Rideshare: Can drop off directly in front
Car: Street parking in the area, and there is a carpark next to the post office at 528 Barkly St
If you're coming as a group, please arrive at the same time, so that we can do our best to seat you together.
Please note that this venue is accessed via a staircase only and does not provide step-free or wheelchair access. We encourage attendees to contact us ahead of time if they have any questions about access or would like to discuss their needs.
Toilet facilities on premises.
Carer Tickets
A support person accompanying a person with disability is entitled to free entry.
Please select one Carer / Support Person – Free ticket with the purchase of a paid ticket. A valid Victorian Carer Card or Australian Companion Card must be presented at entry.
One free support ticket per eligible attendee.
We’re committed to creating an inclusive experience for everyone. Please let us know any accessibility needs when registering for this event or send us a message.
Lineup
Emily Westmoreland
Emily Westmoreland runs Dinner Party Press. She was the Program Director for Willy Lit Fest 2023-2025 and co-founded the Desperate Literature Prize for Short Fiction. In 2023, she was the Penguin Random House Young Bookseller of the Year.
Mx Sly
Mx Sly is a non-binary writer, performance artist, and flight attendant. Originally from Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, now based in Naarm/Melbourne, their life is shaped by the demands of shift work above the clouds, the release of ejaculating buckets when on ground, and the power of nervous system self-regulation. Check out Sly's debut memoir TRANSLAND: Consent, Kink & Pleasure, a 2024 Lambda Literary Award finalist.
Samantha Byres
Samantha Byres is a writer from Whanganui, Aotearoa. She attended the International Institute of Modern Letters in Wellington and her work appears in Turbine, JAAM, Sport and Out Here: An anthology of Takatāpui and LGBTQIA+ writers from Aotearoa. She lives in Naarm/Melbourne.
Aud Pitch
Aud (they/them) is a Scottish-Indonesian geriatric millennial living in Naarm on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People. They write smutty romance novels and sling tarot cards—using the latter to plot the former. Their debut novel Devils + Heartbreak is out now.
Ty A
Ty is a poet and writer living on Wurundjeri Country. Their work explores and celebrates Afro-blackness, queerness, disability and feminism. They have performed at the Melbourne Writers Festival, Melbourne Fringe, and the Emerging Writers Festival. You can find their work in Archer Magazine, and in the speculative fiction anthology, Unlimited Futures (Djed Press, Freemantle Press). When they aren't flinging words together for their own amusement, they can be found online, getting WAY too into composting.
Liz Hicklin
At 95, Liz Hicklin is a poet, stand-up [sit down] comic, and gifted storyteller. She is performing at the Flinders Fringe Festival on 28 February; 95 and Still Alive! Liz was born in the UK, and from an early age, after studying elocution at the behest of her father, she was encouraged by her parents to entertain family guests with poems and stories. At Cambridge University her love of literature was further inflamed during a torrid affair with a young poet by the name of Ted Hughes. As a young nurse. Liz embarked on a round-the-world working holiday. Her plans came to a grinding halt in Melbourne, after meeting the handsome Canadian, Bill Hicklin. With the whole catastrophe of husband and children, Liz’s creative interests were quelled until she retired to the Mornington Peninsula, when she finally found time to write prose and wax lyrical. After writing several smaller works, in 2020 her book Limerence was published, a true story about unrequited love.
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