Revolutionary Dreaming

Revolutionary Dreaming brings together four disabled poets: Sharleigh Crittenden, Robin Eames, Kerri Shying and Gaele Sobott will each read work reflecting on their experience of Crip pride, joy and resistance.

The event will be opened by Inner West Councillor Izabella Antoniou. The poets will then read, followed by a 30-minute facilitated conversation with space for the audience to respond and ask questions. The formal program finishes at 4:30pm. Stay on until 5pm to browse and buy books and chat informally with the poets.

This is a relaxed event. Access information: This event will be interpreted in Auslan. There is a step-free entry. To share your access needs, mischa@roseread.com.au.

Sharleigh Crittenden, Wiradjuri writer and poet living on Wangal land. Inaugural winner of the FirstNations Storytelling Prize in the Best Australian Yarn competition. Her debut work of fiction, Children ofCrows, is forthcoming from Magabala Books in 2027. Instagram @sharcrittenden

Robin Eames, poet and historian living on Gadigal land. Published in Overland, Cordite, AustralianPoetry Journal and Health & History, among others. PhD on the history of pathologising and policinggender transgression in Australia. https://robinmeames.org/

Kerri Shying, poet of Wiradjuri and Chinese family. Co-edited Raging Grace: Australian Writers SpeakOut on Disability, Puncher and Wattmann, 2025. Convenor of Write Up, a disability peer writingcollective. Instagram @cartellista

Gaele Sobott, writer and poet living on Wangal land. Award-winning maker of short films. FoundedOutlandish Arts. PhD in Black Southern African women’s literature. https://www.gaelesobott.com/

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